Exposition

L'art de vie : rencontre entre deux pays

  • L'art de vie : rencontre entre deux pays

    The Art of Living: Meeting Between Two Countries, an exhibition designed for the Festival des Solidarités in Châtillon-sur-Seine, paints a portrait of two cultures, one at the heart of Europe, Ukraine, the other in sub-Saharan Africa, Burkina-Faso.

    Travelling between Ukraine and Burkina-Faso, the exhibition takes visitors on a journey of discovery of two countries, two cultures, two associations (Vinca and Burkina-Solidarité) working in the field of international solidarity, and two artists: Mariia MATHOKNIUK, painter and Anouck MICHEL, illustrator.

    Two worlds that meet at the crossroads, in the heart of the Pays châtillonnais, at the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais - Trésor de Vix , from 1 to 30 November 2024.

     

  • Le festival des Solidarités

    Launched over 20 years ago, the Festival des Solidarités is an international event, promoting and celebrating solidarity that is open to the world and to others.

     

    Every year in November, associations, local authorities, schools, socio-cultural structures, social economy players, citizens' groups, etc. organise more than 4,400 friendly and committed events to inspire citizens of all ages to take action for a fair, united and sustainable world.

     

     

    The events take place all over France, as well as in other countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Gabon, Guinea, Niger, Senegal, Togo, etc.

     

     

     

  • Mariia MATOKHNIUK

    Masha Klepko Matokhniuk was born in 1978 in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. She lives and works in Châtillon-sur-Seine. Since 2018, thanks to her icon teacher Marie Aveline, Masha has devoted herself to painting through Orthodox icon classes.

    She is an accomplished artist who works with oil and acrylic paint on canvas and has a background in engineering.

    She uses ancient painting methods and enriches her work with natural pigments, gesso creation, and real gold gilding. Her works explore the inner world of women through the symbolism of clouds and Orthodox icons, reflecting her Ukrainian roots.

    Her art subtly expresses a range of feminine emotions, creating a timeless window on the female soul that is both freedom and will.

    Her work is regularly exhibited in the region and sold worldwide.

     

    https://www.facebook.com/matopainting

    https://www.instagram.com/mato.painting

    www.matopainting.com

  • L'association VINCA

    We are the VINCA Artistic and Cultural Association, born from the initiative of a group committed to humanitarian and artistic actions.

    The VINCA Artistic and Cultural Association's associative project is part of a social and cultural inclusion and is aimed to suport the integration of Ukrainian and French populations in France.

    Through artistic, educational, and solidarity actions, we aim to build bridges between communities and foster an environment of exchange and sharing. Drawing on our core values and collective strengths, we work towards a future where cultural diversity is celebrated and everyone finds their place.

  • Anouck MICHEL

    “I've always been attracted to art and drawing. I was able to pick up the pencil again at the age of 42 thanks to my teacher Isabel Maîna, a sketchbook artist and animal draughtswoman, with whom I also took part in numerous lquick sketch and travel diary, outdoors, in museums and zoos.
     
    Between 2016 and 2019, I put my professional career as a hospital civil servant on hold to enter the Emile COHL school in Lyon. For 3 years, I was able to discover various artistic techniques, hone my skills and confirm my preferred method: live drawing with felt pens and coloring with watercolors. This technique gives off a certain spontaneity and a sensitive vibrancy that moves me.
     
    I was able to draw portraits of residents at a nursing home in Isère, and I repeated the experience this summer at the nursing home of la Douix (Châtillon-sur-Seine). In 30 minutes, you have to get to the heart of the matter, something happens because I'm face to face with the person, we look at each other, we talk or not, it's brief but ultimately intense, and you can feel this special moment in the drawing.
     
    I particularly like watercolors and inks, their transparency and vibration. However, for the l'Art de vie exhibition, I wanted to propose portraits in oil, so that I could work in the same method as Mariia, and so that our proposals would respond to each other. So this will be a first for me, a challenge for this beginner artist that I am after all.”

  • Solidarité Burkina

     Solidarité Bukina promotes :

    - education for global citizenship.

    - access to education and trade.

    - land development, market gardening, processing, and sale of produce

    - the creation of infrastructures to benefit local populations, particularly for the access to water and sanitation.

    - access to health and prevention.

    Solidarité Burkinatakes part in craft markets, solidarity markets, andChristmas markets and sells Burkinabe handicrafts. All profits are used to finance actions and projects of the association.

     

    www.facebook.com/solidarite.burkina.villagedeLeo/

     

     

  • L'art de vie : rencontre entre deux pays
  • Le festival des Solidarités
  • Mariia MATOKHNIUK
  • L'association VINCA
  • Anouck MICHEL
  • Solidarité Burkina

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