Formentera's Autumn of Art (Tardor d'Art) opened yesterday, Thursday 6 October, and will run through Sunday 9 October. From 10.00am to 10.00pm, the Jardí de ses Eres in Sant Francesc will be a showcase for locally crafted artwork and a place of exchange among members of the public. The fair opened yesterday.

The event features 15 home-town creators: artists Sol Courreges Boné de Torre, Fran Lucas Simón, María Teresa Matilla López, Jorge Traverso and Woff Kahlen; painters Maribel Escandell Guasch, Diana Masiliauskas, María Lagrange, Enric Riera and Antoni Taulé; photographer Fabiana Schulz; sculptors Pablo Arias and Lorenzo Pepe, and video-artists Albert Merino and Juan González Fornés.
 
The fair also has daily programming. Today, Friday 7 October, 6.00pm to 8.00pm, visual artist and cultural manager Laura Marte leads a workshop on good professional practices in the arts and the professionalisation of cultural workers. Tomorrow, Saturday 8 October, 7.00pm to 8.00pm, artists and members of the local cultural community will participate in a round table titled "The current situation of the arts in the Balearic Islands: Similarities and differences". Finally, Sunday 9 October, 7.00pm to 8.00pm, Elena Ruiz, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Eivissa (MACE), will close the fair with a reading of "Isabel Echarri/La Reina Blanca".

7 October 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

The Formentera Office of Rural Affairs is pleased to report that bids for the sale of industrial machinery to extract olive oil at the future oil mill will be accepted until 17 October. The bid price is €269,000 and the execution period, once awarded, is nine months.

Josep Marí, councillor of rural affairs, voiced his satisfaction at the news, affirming, "This is the only remaining administrative step before the project is finalised, and local oil production is pivotal".

Tragsa has been tapped for construction of the industrial space where the oil mill will be located (behind the Cooperativa del Camp warehouse). According to Councillor Marí, the company is currently "completing the final steps before work can begin".

The building will have a surface area of 115 m², in addition to a separate receiving area for olives. Building plans include rooms for olive washing and oil extraction, an oil storage and packaging area, changing room and toilet. The project will cost approximately €200,000.

Construction of a health code-compliant mill is a key step in creating and marketing a brand of locally made olive oil, something which, Councillor Marí hopes, "will deliver a fresh impulse to the island's agricultural sector".

6 October 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera