Keep
your pencils ready!
To
celebrate “la petite Reine”, The Bicycle, you are invited by the
association of « Les amis des musées » to contribute to
an exhibition in Saint-Lô.
The
start of the Tour de France from Saint-Lo offers the association an
opportunity to join the exhibition project organized by the Bocage
Normand Museum.
« Les
amis des musées » would like to create a mural on the theme of
the Mail Art exhibiting original envelopes from all over the
world.
Below
are the requirements for participating in this project. This
information can be relayed to schools, leisure centres,
etc.…particularly inviting French classes within the educational
institutions.
Open
call for Mail Art organized for the occasion of the Tour de France
2016, on the following themes:
. pédaler dans la
choucroute/dans la semoule : to get
nowhere fast, to flounder around
. la tête dans le
guidon : working hard , be
extremely focused
. avoir un petit vélo
dans la tête : to have a screw
loose
. avoir un coup de
pompe : to be knackered
. être à plat :
to be exhausted
. en connaître un
rayon : to know a fair bit about
something
. changer de
braquet : aspire to a higher level
The
illustration on the envelope can be:
A
poetry, a drawing, a painting, a photo, a collage, an embroidery and,
why not, a 3D object providing it has the adequate address and
postage.
Please
send Artwork, address and postage all on the same side, to:
Petite
Reine
Musée
des Beaux-Arts, Place du Champ de Mars
50000
SAINT-LȎ
(Any
medium or technique, no jury, and no return. No sale and no
commercial use)
All
works will be exhibited both on the blog and at the Bocage Normand
Museum of Saint-Lo from June to September 2016.
Some works might be reproduced for
posters,postcards or exhibition panels.
Should
you not agree with the above conditions, please submit a written and
signed statement to this effect.
For
technical reasons the works with permission for the further use of
image must be received by the Museum before 15th
April 2016. The deadline otherwise is mid-July 2016
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Merci, Martine, pour la traduction!
