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Summer is here... When we close our eyes we can see hundreds of faces, the laughs, the consternations, the enthousiasm, the questionning, the joy, the tears and the unique gestures of the young Europeans who met this year in Călăraşi (Romania), Fidenza (Italy) and in Saint-Jean d'Angély.
Few of them returned to their home country without telling us how much this experience was important for them and how much they deplore the lack of information and European training courses in their daily lives. To meditate.

Summer is here... make way for the artists and creation! Suzanne Hetzel; photographer; European Camerata;unique chamber ensemble;Venance Fortunat and the "Nuits Romanes" invites you once again and as always to new and rich encounters.

Concert Benjamin Britten : saturday 29th july - 20h30 - Saint Jean d'Angélys church

For the last two years Saint-Jean d'Angély has hosted in residence a group of 20 young European musicians, violinists, altists, violoncellists and double bass players: European Camerata. The set proposes a concert dedicated to the English musicien who dissapeared 30 years ago: Benjamin Britten. In the days following the concert this programme will be recorded for the edition of a CD with "Naïve" productions.

The 9th edition of the medieval song course directed by Venance Fortunat will take place from the 10th-20th August 2006.
The inscriptions are open! (enrollment form pdf)

Thursday 10th August - 21h - Concert Venance Fortunat Saint Pierre d'Aulnay church, at 20h a free guided tour off the church will be given by the tourist office

Sunday 13th August - 18h - Public rehersal in Taillants' church - free entrance

Wednesday 16th August - 18h - Public rehersal in Saint-Heries' church - free entrance

Saturday 19th August - 19h - End of course concert. Saint-Jean d'Angélys' church Saint Jean Baptist - free entrance

From 16th August untill the 15th September 2006 Suzanne Hetzel is coming back to Saint Jean d'Angély.
Suzanne Hetzels' work is founded on the relations which she nurishes with a population in a determined area. She proposes the use of photography on a collective mode of exchang, experiences and expression. A negociation process is put into place in order to define the conditions of participation of each person. What belongs to me that I am prepared to show? What image does one give of oneself?
It is likely that she invests the significatif places of the town of Saint-Jean d'Angély and the Pays Vals de Saintonge and create an "in situ" exhibition...

PLACE OF HONOUR FOR ROMANESQUE ART

- Automn University, professionnals of heritage mediation

Last hall for the organising comitte of the second edition... Placed this year under the european theme of mediation, the Automn University will unite heritage mediation specialists, french and european medievists at the Royale Abbey from 16th-18th October 2006.

- Publication of the 2005 Automn university actes.

Very shortly with the editor Harmattan. "Education et sociétés" collection, the actes from the first Automn university for heritage mediation professionals: Parler du patrimoine. Enjeux, démarches et mises en oeuvres. Publication due during the Automn 2006

- NUITS ROMANES

Within the framework of the Romanesque Art plan iniciated by the Poitou-Charentes Region, the Centre of European Culture, alongside the Pays des Vals de Saintonge and the town halls wishes to offer their experience to the local territory by developing summer animations in the rural Romanesque heritage sites often abandoned.

All these activities that have been put into place are free and have a pedagogical and cultural vocation.

The different artists or sets propose to the spectators songs and melodies inspired either by the devotion to mary or by the love brought to the middle Age woman.

Sites and animations

- Fenioux church: 12th August 2006 - 19h / ensemble VOX FEMINAE

- Varaize church: 15th August 2006 - 19h / Carole Matras, marial litugical songs from the 11th and 12th centuries

- Lozay church: 17th August 2006 - 19h / Public rehersal of the Venance Fortunat Master class

- Nuaillé-sur-Boutonne church: 18th August 2006 - 19h / Public rehersal of the Venance Fortunat Master class

Each animation will finish off with a convivial moment over the tasting of local products.

Poitou-Charentes website

Good news for the Centre of European Culture: the Grundtvig2 educative partnership "Let's communicate" of which it is the co-ordinator has seen it's second year application accepted. The aim of this project is to encourage migrants to learn the language of their host community to ensure a better integration.
The project is implemented in France, Norway, Portugal and Belgium. Teachers in adult education learn new methodologies in terms of language teaching and implement them in their institutions. The adult teachers participate in different activities which are set up for them within the framework of the partnership.
To read the minutes from project meetings:
- october 2005 (pdf)
- january 2006 (pdf)

- Presentation of the IFCCE - Institut of civic trainig and European cooperation

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Director of publication : Alain Ohnenwald - Edited by David Chauveau
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