Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Here are the ideas for this year's Arts project on the theme of secret gardens!


The secret garden of the Hôtel de Cébié, Rue de Vermenouze : creation of a garden as an exhibition and performance space.

Garden secrets... : interviews of the gardeners of the Jardins de l'ACART, Promenade de Vorona, Aurillac. Plus photos and illustrations. Also : creation of a friendship garden by a team of Czech and French pupils in less than 12 hours (in April).

Nos petits jardins/our miniature gardens : the children of the Saint-Eugène primary school will be creating gardens in wooden boxes (50cmX50cm) and writing a blog (shared with a British school) in French and English to describe their work over the year.

La vie de Vermenouze : the life, times and poetry of Arsène Vermenouze: visit of Ytrac (house of his birth, poetry walk) ; words, folk dance and music in the Parc Vermenouze (Aurillac), talk on the history of the park, cell phone photo competition.

Walk & talk in Aurillac : day-long visit of the town on the theme of gardens, landscapes, and labyrinths, starts at Puy Courny, goes to the Musée d'Art & d'Archéologie de la Ville d'Aurillac, then Saint-Géraud Abbey church and gardens, the "Jardin du Monde" between Bvd d'Aurinques et Rue de la Coste, the gardens and dungeon of Saint-Etienne castle, and the Musée des Volcans. The guided tour includes activities, readings and film extracts.

Secret garden of Erik Satie : filmed choreography inspired by the music of Eric Satie (music played by the Lycée orchestra), reading of his poems, an art installation evoking his inner life (created by Saint-Géraud artists). The film of the dance will be made by Option ciné pupils at the Hôtel de Cébié.

Walk to Saint-Simon : along the « route verte », including a visit of the jardins familiaux, visit of the church, and story of the Sully tree.

Vallée de la Jordanne : poetry recitals, extracts from plays, etc. on the theme of Nature at the wooden bridges along the walk.

Cycle ride to Puy Mary : day trip to Puy Mary, includes a talk on the Cantal volcano.

"Green your classroom" competition : each class in Saint-Eugène Lycée will enter the competition to decorate with plants their classrooms. Weekly quotes, poems, commented pictures, etc. will be put up in the classrooms.

Secret gardens of Aurillac (photos) : photography project on the interior courtyards and backyards of Aurillac that have been made into small hidden gardens (exhibition at the Hôtel de Cébié).

Le verger de Déduit : visit of the gardens in Anglards-de-Salers (Château de la Trémolière) in April (visit by the gardener, talk on Medieval gardens given by Première pupils, reading of extracts from Le Roman de la Rose and recital of courtly love poetry, concert of Medieval music, Medieval picnic in Medieval costume...).

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