📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Aussillon and Mazamet are small-scale town that used to have a dense industrial life before the textile factories closed. Then both towns suffered from unemployment and social crisis. By developing street art, you will participate in creating new opportunities for your colleagues living in Aussillon.
Come back in a few years to see the result and the positive impact of your work on the local community!
💼 What the programme involves
Come to learn the art of graffiti in the South of France! The small cities of Mazamet and Aussillon will welcome a group of international and local volunteers to brighten up the walls of aging buildings. You will learn graffiti painting techniques and use your skills to paint a mural about local and international culture.
You will also help our partner organization Estancabra to organize a hip hop and ragamuffin concert -all in traditional local Occitan language- for the inauguration of your artwork. You will discover the everyday life of artists and musicians coming from different villages.
Art and culture lovers, this project is for you!
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep either at a local high school dormitory, or at the local campsite in two-person tents (please bring your sleeping bag and camping mat).
The group daily life activities and meals will take in a multipurpose room.
The group will share the cleaning tasks and prepare meals together.
The budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the preparation of meals with seasonal products from the market and local producers.
📍 About the location
You will be located at the centre of the Tarn county, in the Southwest of France, with remarkable natural and man-made heritage. The Tarn is a very rural area, made of sunbathed hills and valleys covered by small fields and forests. The beauty and diversity of this countryside presents a great historical, architectural and environmental interest. Outdoors’s activities such as hiking, archaeology visits are possible.
Not far from Aussillon are the UNESCO Heritage cities of Albi and Carcassonne, where life goes on pretty much as it has been since centuries ago. You will be able to visit several medieval castles.
ℹ️ Additional information
Bring working clothes, gloves, and closed shoes. Bring a sleeping bag for cold weather, as nights might be cold and we may also sleep in the mountains. To enjoy hiking, bring your trekking shoes. For the brave ones who want to take a dip in the river, bring your swimsuit. Feel free to bring activities from home such as photos, games, musical instruments, etc.
Foreigners from the European Union must bring their personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and all participants must bring their insurance certificate. If health issues arise during the program, volunteers will need to cover all costs; they will be reimbursed upon their return to their home country.
