Art in all its forms, taking centre stage in the village for a week \u2013 that is the concept behind our brand-new association, *Les arts en Occitania y Val d\u2019Aran*.<\/p>\n
This association, founded in November 2019, is the result of a meeting between two artists from the Pyrenees: Marie PENETRO, a painter originally from Fos, and Jean-Jacques ABDALLAH, a sculptor working in marble and granite from the Hautes-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es. After gaining experience running a sculpture festival in the Pyrenees, they decided to take their project a little further, deep into the St B\u00e9at valley, to the small village of FOS, right on the edge of the Spanish Val d\u2019Aran.<\/p>\n
Drawing on their shared experience, they did everything in their power to bring together artists from a variety of backgrounds: painters, sculptors, musicians, craftspeople, and so on. The idea was that \u201cthe place would be teeming with artists\u201d. Mission accomplished!<\/p>\n
They were supported by a team of volunteers and committee members: Rosine NAVARRO, Jean-Louis TURLAN, Claudine CASSAGNE and Val\u00e9rie SUIRE, as well as Sylvain CAZALBOU, a singer-songwriter, and later Jean Fran\u00e7ois GUEZE, a musician. All are keen to bring art to life in this valley.<\/p>\n
Our association aims to showcase art in all its forms and to promote artists in general, with a strong desire to highlight a cross-border project.<\/p>\n
It contributes to the development and creation of artistic, cultural and educational initiatives, as well as projects to promote heritage, both in France and abroad.<\/p>\n
It also aims to support regions that are not yet sufficiently involved in the arts, by organising or taking part in meetings and exchanges with all stakeholders in the sector.<\/p>\n
To achieve its aim, the association reserves the right to organise all types of events within the framework of the activities defined above, including, amongst others: meetings, exhibitions, concerts and partnerships in joint initiatives with other French or foreign associations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-14919","agenda","type-agenda","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination-commingespyrenees.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda\/14919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination-commingespyrenees.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination-commingespyrenees.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/agenda"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination-commingespyrenees.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}