Workshops

Wednesday 24 May, from 2.30 to 4.30 pm
Daghmous
Family ter­rarium work­shop, from 6 years old
According to Abdessamad El Montassir, the dagh­mous is a plant with many medic­inal virtues and sym­bol­ises the memory of the desert. Both a wit­ness and a healer, the plant keeps the mem­o­ries of its ter­ri­tory while taking care of its inhab­i­tants. In a ter­rarium installed in the art centre, let’s plant together the seeds, shoots and seedlings of plants that will dis­creetly listen to the sto­ries of the vis­i­tors and take care of them and the works throughout the exhi­bi­tion.

Saturday 3 June, from 2.30 to 4.30 pm
Taref Lazrag
Weaving work­shop, inter­gen­er­a­tional
Inspired by the var­ious desert land­scapes in the exhi­bi­tion - from rolling sand dunes to deserts of rocks and peb­bles as far as the eye can see - take your turn to dress a horizon line. Assemble your own wool threads, cotton browns and other cords, play with tex­tures, shapes and colours to create a weaving of sky, earth, dunes and other desert mirages.

Wednesdays 14 and 21 June, from 3.30 to 5.30 pm
A’sla Yabsa
Cyanotype family work­shop, from 6 years old
Inspired by the plants of the Sahara col­lected by Abdessamad El Montassir, we will search for plants, those that resist the inva­sion of con­crete and the city in our imme­diate envi­ron­ment. After a stroll through the streets near the art centre, and in the manner of the botanist Anna Atkins, we will create the very first herbarium of the neigh­bour­hood using her pho­to­graphic print tech­nique: the cyan­otype.

Saturday 1 July, from 2.30 to 4.30 pm
Guelmin
Sound cre­ation work­shop, pre-teens and teens
A few snatches of con­ver­sa­tions from passers - by, the wind blowing through the trees in the park, vehi­cles honking their horns or speeding on the road... What clues do these sounds give us about the land­scape around us? Just like Abdessamad El Montassir in the middle of the desert, let’s close our eyes, put our ears to the ground and col­lect all these noises, whistles and
other whis­pers that cross our daily lives to imagine a sound com­po­si­tion all together.

WORKSHOPS & TOURS FOR GROUPS AND SCHOOLS
Group visits are con­ducted by a medi­ator and are adapted to all audi­ences.

Any group needing a guided tour in a for­eign lan­guage or in sign lan­guage can let us know four days in advance.

All our activ­i­ties are free.
Information & reser­va­tions: public­s@­be­ton­salon.net / +33.(0)1.45.84.17.56