Santiago, May 15, 2019 \u2013 Vice President Dr. Margarita Cede\u00f1o visited the exhibit \u201cRead, Recycle and Create\u201d where the winning pieces of the National Literary Bottles 2019, at the Center of Convention and Dominican Culture of the Technological University of Santiago (UTESA). During her visit she valued the talent, creativity and commitment of the participating students with the environment. <\/p>\n
Dr. Cede\u00f1o visited the exhibited along with Melany de Jes\u00fas Rodr\u00edguez, Director of the Cultural Center; Ingrid Gonz\u00e1lez de Rodr\u00edguez, Under-Director of the Dominican newspaper La Informaci\u00f3n; Dulce Elvira de los Santos, Director of the Children and Youth Library of the Dominican Republic (BIJRD), and students from various schools from Santiago, the country\u2019s second largest city. <\/p>\n
During her visit, Vice President Cede\u00f1o highlighted that the National Literary Bottles Contest is an initiative that allows youth to use their imagination and raise awareness on the importance of taking care of the environment by turning discarded articles into works of art.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year some three thousand students from Santiago participated in the contest by creating quality works of art. But the most important dynamic of this Literary Bottles initiative is to teach the children the possibility to create, innovate and exercise their imagination by creating works of arts that are inspired by literary works,\u201d explained Vice President Cede\u00f1o.<\/p>\n
The participating students belong to local public and private schools in Santiago. Six schools were awarded special awards who created pieces of art based on recycled materials and based on the literary works of Dominican writer and poet Virgilio D\u00edaz Grull\u00f3n. <\/p>\n
Winners <\/p>\n
The first place award was issued to the local school \u201cDoctor Miguel Canela L\u00e1zaro\u201d for its sense of innovation and creation. They based their work on the short story \u201cEl Reloj\u201d (The Clock). The private school \u201cColegio Padre Julio Chevalier\u201d won the second place award with their interpretation of the short story \u201cEl Enemigo\u201d (The Enemy). The third place award was for the short story \u201cEl Pozo sin Fondo,\u201d (The Bottomless Well),\u201d presented by the \u201cLiceo Secundario Juncalito Abajo.\u201d <\/p>\n
The winning works of art will be exhibited during the entire week at the Center. <\/p>\n
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