For the past few days, the pupils of the Porte-De-Bourgogne school and the Vauban college have had special guests. In fact, for more than two months, they will benefit from artists’ residency schemes in rural areas or priority neighborhoods. The fabric and Shared creation. These were initiated after the signing of an agreement between the municipality, the rectorate of the Nancy-Metz academy and the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs (Drac) of the Grand Est. The work will be the subject of presentations to other students from both establishments and parents. And they will serve as a basis for exhibitions that could be visible all summer, as part of the Nuits de Longwy.
–
To college
Nabila Halim and Amandine Turri Hoelken work within the framework of the La Fabrique scheme for middle school students. The first, born in Morocco, lives and works in Nancy. In 2018, she obtained a higher national diploma in plastic expression. Through her autobiographical work, she exploits the subject of her cancer, the catalyst for her plastic creation. She uses different mediums like photography, video, etc.
Amandine Turri Hoelken divides her time between Nancy and Strasbourg. She is currently completing a PhD in Anthropology focusing on Dialogic Documentary Photography. “I worked a lot on the Zonards, the refugees, and in particular the Syrians. That is why we decided to propose something on immigration here, where the migratory waves have been very important. With the students, we will go to the inhabitants to question them about their past. Nabila will look at history and archives with them. With these two questions: what is migration today, and what do those who experience it say? », Specifies Amandine Turri Hoelken.
–
At school
Sarah Monnier and Noémie Flageul intervene in the framework of Shared Creation at the Porte-De-Bourgogne school. The first holds a graphic lithography masterpiece. His working techniques revolve around the use of materials such as paper, cardboard, waste for the creation of prints with the idea of finding alternatives to traditional engraving practices. Noémie Flageul graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Nantes and learned about plaster molding. “And we too will go with the children to meet the inhabitants of the territory. “
–
What purpose ?
It is Sébastien Paci, adviser for the territories and interministerial conventions of the Democratization and cultural industries pole of the Drac, who sums up the objectives: “These two devices are intended to bring artists and art closer to those who are the most distant. The artists who are badly needed today to re-enchant our daily lives. And for the students, it is an opening to the world, outside and inside, so that they can become happy and enlightened citizens. “
–
