The International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers, Local 1 NY (IUBAC Local 1 NY) sponsored the interactive children’s event “Amazing Arches” with the International Masonry Institute (IMI) and in conjunction with the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibition “Palaces for the People: Guastavino and the Art of Structural Tile.” The free four-day program, which ran from April 15, 2014 until April 17, 2014, provided children with a hands-on tutorial assisting in the construction of a Guastavino-style arch. On the Fifth Avenue terrace of the Museum of New York, members of the IUBAC Local 1 NY guided children through the arch construction with tools, techniques and materials used by expert bricklayers. For many of the children, this program was the first opportunity to work with industry-grade materials and be part of an engineering project of this scale.
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