News - ZEPA 2

9 December 2013 Seven students, seven characters

Let’s have a look to see how the 7 students from the University of Artois found their first week with Artistic Director Matt Feerick.
Arnaud Verkindere, from Culture Commune, follows their creative adventure on behalf of ZEPA 2. Here is his (...)

22 November 2013 And the seven winners are...

Culture Commune and Université d’Artois are pleased to reveal the names of the 7 students who will undoubtedly be excited about being part of the ’Creation of an outdoor show’ workshop held throughout the academic year.
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18 November 2013 Christmas is in the making at Le Fourneau this week

Being involved in making the decorations for the Christmas market is rather unusual!
But this is exactly what is happening at le Fourneau this week, where Irish company Bui Bolg, specialised in large scale installations in the public space, will be creating the props for the Xmas market in (...)

8 November 2013 ZEPA 2 at the European Culture Forum in Brussels

The 2013 edition of the European Culture Forum was organised on 4th, 5th and 6th November 2013 in Brussels, and amongst the 1200 European participants were ZEPA 2 Coordinator Mathilde Vautier and Atelier 231 Administrator Anne le Goff (who were lucky enough to have had a place!).
A rather (...)

22 October 2013 Fish & Chips #4: some fish to swim around the Promenade des anglais...

Over two days, on 15th and 16th Oct 2013, four French students from the Rouen and Le Havre Fine Arts School (ESADHAR) and four students from the Bachelor of Street arts from the University of Winchester got together at Atelier 231 for the first time to work on developing a joint set design for (...)

17 October 2013 From Britanny to Pas-de-Calais, Wet Picnic travels through the European Zone of Artistic Projects!

Dive back into UK company Wet Picnic’s artistic experiences and follow Matt Feerick, the company’s Artistic Director... ...auditionning students from the Université d’Artois (Pas-de-Calais) Wet Picnic director auditions students from the Université d’Artois ...co-directing Picnic on the (...)

11 October 2013 An Anglo-french set design session to prepare the Fish and Chips festival

The Fish & Chips festival is back in Sotteville-lès-Rouen on 29th, 30th and 31st january 2014. It seems in ages but the set design of the event, created by Les Plastiqueurs, is already being developed.
Between 14th and 16th October 2013, at Atelier 231, four students from the Bachelor of (...)

10 October 2013 Following the ZEPA 1 footsteps...

This month, the CREA magazine, monthly magazine published by Rouen Borough local authority (CREA Rouen Elbeuf Austreberthe) is putting forward the book Over the Channel, relating the ZEPA experience between 2008 and 2012.
A nice way to look back at the project that has enabled ZEPA 2 to exist (...)

10 October 2013 Université de Rouen and Atelier 231 launch their partnership for ZEPA 2

Artistic workshops led by UK outdoor artists, crossborder conference, seminar, Outdoor arts week at the Maison de l’Université (Université de Rouen cultural venue)...This term will be very outdoor arts orientated for the students from the Université de Rouen!
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1 October 2013 The ZEPA 2 network at the Interreg Roadshow on "Europe, Culture and Territories"

On 24th and 25th September 2013, the INTERREG IV A France (Channel) – England European cooperation programme held a roadshow on “Europe, Culture and Territories” in Amiens.
This two-day event highlighted and evaluated 39 Anglo-French projects funded by the European Regional Development Fund (...)