Centro de Artesanía de Castilla y León – CEARCAL
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ADDRESS:
C/ Valle de Arán, 7 – 47010 Valladolid
DESCRIPTION OF THE CENTER
The Castilla y León Craft Centre (CEARCAL) was established in 2002 by the regional government of Castilla y León, Valladolid City Hall and the Castilla y León Federation of Craft Organisations (FOACAL), and the latter is the Centre’s legal owner and financial mainstay.
CEARCAL has become… a national benchmark in continuing training and induction courses in artistic and traditional trades. The Centre delivers training continuously in over 17 trades and has over 430 trainees a year, in courses with ISO 9001 certification.
The Centre’s programme includes both long-term instruction and single-subject courses, as well as seminars, meetings or conferences, and thousands of pupils have taken part over the years in its training and outreach activities. In all of CEARCAL’s courses, diplomas are issued to certify the training received.
Besides training, CEARCAL runs many activities for the promotion of craftwork in Castilla y León and is a national benchmark of best practice in collaboration between the professional sector, regional government and provincial and local authorities. These activities involve projects such as the European Artistic Craft Days in Castilla y León or the only seminars held in any art school in the region, for which activity in 2019 it received the National Craft Award for Private Entities given by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.
COURSES
The courses offered by CEARCAL notably include the following, on traditional building trades:
Stonemasonry course
– Duration: 108 hours, spread over 3 trimesters of 36 hours each
– Start of course: September
– Instructor: Alberto García
– Objective: Becoming familiar with general manual stone-carving procedures with natural stone in relation… to their utility in the fields of stonework, ornamentation and sculpture
– Methodology: Hands-on work with the necessary theoretical support
– Aimed at: Artisans, sculptors and anyone interested in getting to know techniques for carving and sculpting stone
Carpentry and cabinetmaking course
– Duration: 108 hours, spread over 3 trimesters of 36 hours each
– Start of course: September
– Instructor: Miguel Ángel Tapia
– Objective: Becoming familiar with the trade of carpentry and cabinetmaking and the use of traditional manual woodworking tools. Learning the various forms of joinery, jointing and bonding applicable to carpentry products and solid-wood objects.
– Methodology: Hands-on work with the necessary theoretical support
– Aimed at: Anyone interested in carpentry
Ceramics course
– Duration: 108 hours, spread over 3 trimesters of 36 hours each
– Start of course: September
– Instructor: Rosa Barquín
– Objective: Learning and using ceramic techniques. Getting to know the various ceramic pastes. Studying the various structural forms of ceramic objects. Learning and using various clay-modelling techniques. Learning and applying decorative techniques. Learning techniques for firing ceramic objects. Firing of ceramic objects.
– Methodology: Hands-on work with the necessary theoretical support
– Aimed at: Anyone interested in the techniques of ceramic manufacture and decoration
Lead-came stained glass and grisaille course
– Duration: 108 hours, spread over 3 trimesters of 36 hours each
– Start of course: September
– Instructor: María Alameda
– Objective: Learning about glass as a material for artistic creation and acquiring the necessary knowledge for working it with cold and hot techniques. Learning to use the tools and machinery employed in stained glasswork suitably and safely. Fostering the pupil’s creative artistic development and generating an appropriate working atmosphere in the workshop.
– Methodology: Hands-on work with the necessary theoretical support
– Aimed at: Anyone interested in starting or continuing to learn about glasswork techniques
