European Crafts Days - JEMA

Special opening of municipal museums and the Maison du Patrimoine de TPM. Animations, workshops, guided tours, free exhibitions. Free parking and shuttles from Espace Orlandi 2, RDN 8.

Program :

- Ironmongers and arts and crafts village: Place Jean Jaurès - April 11 and 12
° Presentation of the "Ferronnerie d'Art" courses offered by the Lycée Paul Langevin de La Seyne sur Mer
° Demonstrations by teachers Jason Galizzi, Philippe Castillo and their students
° Presence of professional metalworkers, feather workers, upholsterers, wood turners, sculptors, stone carvers, etc.
° Screen-printing workshop "Impression de totebag" with Benjamin and Daniel Chaland, visual artists

- Exhibitions at various venues - April 10 to 12
Salle de la Criée aux Fleurs (Rue Nationale) - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Prestigious exhibition "Les verriers de Biot" (Biot glassmakers)
Salle Pierre Puget (Place Marius Trotobas) - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: "Bulles" by Luc Patentreger (A poetic universe in which Paprika, a little red dog, explores the bubble as a space for thought and emotion).
Galerie de l'Olivier (7 rue Gambetta) - 10 am to 6 pm: "Sièges et matières" by Edgar Stanich
Musée de la Fleur et de l'olivier (4 rue de la Tour) - from 10am to 12pm and from 1pm to 5pm: "Ollioules célèbre Gaspard de Besse" exhibition, with original plates by BEHEM and a space for discovering 9th Art (comics).
Musée de la Clef et de la serrure (Avenue B. Dagnan) - open from 10am to 12pm and from 1pm to 5pm: Marc Hervé collection and demonstrations by Ludovic Marsille, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, and Alice De Kerchove de Denterghem, locksmiths d'Art.
Maison du Patrimoine (20 Rue Gambetta) - 10am to 6pm: "Commedia del Arte" Costumes exhibition

- Guided tours :
A la découverte du center ancien" by Martin Grange, guide conférencier (reservations required on 04 94 63 11 74 - 15 people max) departing from the Ollioules Tourist Office on April 11 at 9:30 am. The tour will be followed by a pot de l'Amitié at the Galerie de l'Olivier.
° Discovery of the Chapelle de l'Observance and its collection of Sacred Art located above the Observantins Convent - Departure from the Musée de la Fleur on April 11 and 12 at 2 pm, 3 pm and 4 pm (visits every 30 min, no reservation required). Groups of 18
- Animations in the city center
Place Victor Clément - Saturday, April 11, 3pm to 5pm and Place Trotobas - Sunday, April 12, 3pm to 5pm: Wooden games
Place Trotobas - Saturday, April 11, 3pm to 5pm and Place Victor Clément - Sunday, April 12, 3pm to 5pm: Medieval combat demonstrations organized by "La Croisée des Lames".
Place Jean Jaurès - Saturday, April 11, 9am to 5pm: musical entertainment with "Bâton rouge".
Place Jean Jaurès - Sunday April 12, 2pm to 5pm: Family treasure hunt organized by the Association "Les yeux dans les jeux".
Place Jean Jaurès - Sunday, April 12 at 11am and 3pm: strolling show with the Fanfoire Officielle de Piste Azur

- Conference "Patrimoine et Métiers d'Art à Ollioules : un lien historique" hosted by Annick Buisson-Etienne - Salle Jean Moulin - April 12, 4pm

- Workshops :
° Calligraphy workshop at the Musée de l'Ecole Publique on April 11 and 12 (no reservation required)
Wreath-making workshop by reservation: ollioules.mapado.com on Sunday April 12 from 10am to 11:30am and from 2pm to 4pm.

- Center des Métiers d'Art MANO X ALTO - 2A rue A. Beltrame - Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12 from 9am to 6pm on the theme of ex-voto: demonstrations, introductory workshops, participatory fresco, and meetings with artisans (free, no registration required):
° Wood and marquetry workshop with Alexandre Crouzet and turning workshop with Pierre-Yves Dardier, from Guillestre.
° Ceramic discovery and initiation workshop with Mona Ceramic, Clémence Bienvenu and Sexymud
Stone-cutting demonstrations and cabochon workshops with Olivier Brisville, "Bocailloux", from Guillestre.
° Musical presence of the Conservatoire TPM
° Participatory artistic performance by the BACA collective
° Introductory screen-printing workshop on Sunday afternoon with Benjamin Chaland.

- FABLAB at the Centre des Métiers d'Art MANO X ALTO (2A rue A. Beltrame) - Saturday April 11 and Sunday April 12 from 9am to 6pm: heart-shaped object-making workshops with the Association Les Petits débrouillards Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur.