OCCITAN STREET ART
France
Art
Culture
Art
Culture
Fixed dates
About the project
OCCITAN STREET ART
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Aussillon and Mazamet are small-scale cities that used to have a dense industrial life before the textile factories closed. Since then both towns suffer from unemployment and social clustering. Through street art, you will participate in creating new opportunities for the inhabitants of Aussillon.
Every year Aussillon welcomes international volunteers for the graffiti project.
Come back again in a few years to see how much your work contributed to the local community!
💼 What the programme involves
Come and 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 bring colours to 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 organise a Hip Hop and Ragamuffin concert -all in traditional local Occitan language- during the project.
Art and culture lovers, this project is for you!
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accommodation is located in dormitories (please bring your sleeping bag).
The group activities and meals will take place in a multipurpose room.
The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the grocery shopping and in the preparation of meals with good products from the market and local producers.
📍 About the location
The project is located in 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 with small fields and forests. The beauty and diversity of this countryside presents a great historical, architectural and environmental interest. Outdoors activities such as hiking, archaeology visits are possible.
Not far from Aussillon are the UNESCO Heritage cities of Albi and Carcassonne, whose untouched architecture will make you time travel. You will have the opportunity to visit several medieval castles.
⚠️ Requirements
Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and will then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
This project is supported by the program European Solidarity Corps (ESC) for young people between 18 and 30 years. It is open to all volunteers that fit the ESC criteria.
The participation to the ESC volunteering teams is subjects to several principles and conditions, presented on the ESC webpage: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en
- volunteers do not have to pay any fee (not sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project and will receive a financial support for their travel, according to a maximum amount established in accordance with their travel distance and upon the presentation of original tickets;
- volunteers need to enrol in the PASS, the ESC Portal; then Concordia France will organize their matching, on the online system, with the volunteering project;
- volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on basis of 6€/day, once they arrive on the project in France;
- volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online through the portal.
ℹ️ Additional information
Bring working clothes, gloves, and closed shoes. Bring a warm sleeping bag, 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 swim suit. You can also bring traditional recipes from your home country/region, an instrument of music and games.
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📅 Available sessions
CONCF-152-ESC
24/06/2022 → 08/07/2022
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
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French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
81200 Aussillon, France
France
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 21:08 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
French