Marina Zhulina, the Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade and Entrepreneurship of the Republic of Mordovia visited “Erzia Centre” on the 14th of March. Not only she had a tour around the art-space, but also she met with the President of Erzia International Art Foundation Mikhail Zhuravlev and CEO of the “Wind of Wanders” tourist agency Olga Boximer. Further plans of the local tourism development were discussed.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Entrepreneurship of the Republic of Mordovia together with Erzia International Art Foundation have already announced the launch of the tourist project “The Route of Master Erzia”.
Erzia International Art Foundation
In the Erzia Foundation restoration is performed by Alexander Tolokin, a specialist, who started his professional career at the Mordovian Erzia Museum of Fine Arts located in the sculptor’s native town, the capital of Mordovia, Saransk, where he worked with the Erzia collection for 18 years. In the course of his longstanding activities, A. Tolokin developed his own unique technology to preserve and restore subtropical trees quebracho, algarrobo and urunday, which was recognized and approved by experts of the Grabar Art Conservation Center and the State Russian Museum.