Centro de Arte Los Galpones

Centro de Arte Los Galpones in Caracas‎, Venezuela

Centro de Arte Los Galpones in Caracas‎, Venezuela
Los Galpones Art Center is a meeting place in the city to generate Community through contemporary artistic manifestations such as visual, musical, gastronomic, scenic, literary and cinematographic proposals. The view of Los Galpones is to develop a self-sustainable cultural management model through activities that valorise the urban space.

In 2008, the project for the refurbishment of the spaces began, where fifteen buildings, dedicated to the arts, literature and design, currently live, a terrace of 200 square meters dedicated to the realization of outdoor events and the enjoyment of landscaping, marked by the presence of 44 monumental and centuries-old mango trees in the heart of eastern Caracas.

The sheds of Los Chorros were built by Melchor Centeno Vallenilla, brother of the Venezuelan artist Pedro Centeno Vallenilla. The ING. Melchor Centeno built this space in 1943 to give free rein to his scientific creativity. Author of a television patent in 1927, Centeno Vallenilla is one of the first Venezuelans to receive academic training at MIT, a pioneer in the use of solar energy and in the extraction of oil, creator of an unprecedented color television system over the years. 50 and co-founder of the Faculty of Engineering of the Central University of Venezuela.

The building of industrial character that before served to Centeno Vallenilla for the scientific innovation, with the passage of the years was legacy to the art, first as artist's workshops and later from December 11, 2005 like a space dedicated to the present manifestations called Periférico Caracas / Contemporary Art. With the advice of Arq. José Alberto Rivas, a reconfiguration of the architectural space was made.
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Aires de Caracas (Centro de Arte Los Galpones)

Aires de Caracas es un micro televisivo que va dirigido a todo público, especialmente a personas que deseen conocer un poco más los sitios de interés turístico de la ciudad capital, pues son individuos curiosos, aventureros y activos. Micro grabado en exteriores con una duración entre tres y cinco minutos. Episodio: Centro de Arte Los Galpones, Caracas, Venezuela.
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