Les Ateliers du samedi avec Spire Création

Our Atelier Rural, the brainchild of the Spire Création Association, is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
Originally set up in Ligny en Brionnais, in the south of the Saône-et-Loire department between Marcigny and Charlieu, the Association welcomed its students and trainees for many years in a renovated stable with whitewashed walls. Some people didn't hesitate to come from Gueugnon, Mâcon, Roanne, Paray le Monial and Marcigny to take part in the sessions and courses.

Today, our Atelier Rural is based at the Pont d'Argent in Saint-Emiland, with the same objective: to awaken the creative potential that lies dormant in everyone, to develop training in the visual arts, to contribute to leisure activities and to encourage intergenerational relations. Indeed, what could be more enjoyable than to see people over 75 and young people or children coming together! There's something for everyone, and the exchanges are enriching! Our students and trainees currently come from Beaune, Lyon, Montceau, Montbard, Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, Saint-Jean-de-Trézy, Mesvres, Autun and Couches.

Workshops for children aged 5 and over often begin with a story chosen to stimulate the imagination, and then give free rein to free and accompanied expression: drawing, painting with gouache or watercolour, collage, making little books, postcards, masks, etc., depending on the children's desires and the time of year.

The Youth and Adult Workshops help develop an understanding of volumes and their transposition, the use of colours and harmonies, the History of Art...
No subject is taboo, and depending on your motivations, the workshop welcomes on its easels : Animals from the countryside or the jungle, Boats, Landscapes, Compositions of objects or floral compositions... Documentary studies of objects found in nature... Live models or Fashion drawing, Comics...
All techniques can be approached: Gouache, Charcoal, Sanguine, Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolour, Mixed media...

Workshops and courses take place in a friendly, temperate setting! A large flower-filled garden is available for breaks.
Micheyle MARLIER takes great pleasure in working with each student to ensure the success of their individual and/or group project.

Micheyle MARLIER is an art teacher, a popular education project leader and a storyteller. She is a fashion designer (her childhood dream) and a professional trainer for young people and adults. As part of the Ateliers Spire Création programme, she has worked on a number of artistic projects with associations, including the Foyers Ruraux du 71 and associations in the Autunois area. She has worked with teachers from the French National Education system and private schools on art projects for children aged 3 to 12.
She has exhibited with the Artistes Français at the Grand Palais and in galleries in Paris and the provinces; she has won numerous prizes. She no longer exhibits, preferring to devote herself to her students and her work as a studio artist and portrait painter, which she particularly enjoys.

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