📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Want to renovate a place of artistic activities for the population? This is the right place! We have been organising this international workcamp each summer for 12 years in partnership with the association “Un Pas De Côté”. This association develops cultural and artistic activities on the site of the Cultural Domain of Aubance in St Lézin. The renovation going on for more than 10 years has made it a lovely bucolic place, useful for a lot of activities (festivals, artistic workshops, children's camp). It used to be an important place for activities for locals before the association started using it. This workcamp is rooted in the life of the village. You will meet with volunteers of the associations and the inhabitants of the village.
You will also experience the life under circus tent and the link with the other artistic activities of the association. You will decide of the daily organisation: the goal of the project is also to experiment group life in self-management (choice of the organisation of daily life, the budget, the leisure activities…). You can also experiment an eco-friendly lifestyle: local and bio products, composting, dry toilet …
💼 What the programme involves
You will continue the renovation of the Cultural Domain that started more than 10 years ago. You will renovate the façade of a building thanks to traditional and ecological masonry techniques and will also perform some carpentry works. The work is accessible to all without previous experiences.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep in huts built of ecological materials. You will have access to the toilets and showers of a sports hall. The collective life and cooking will take place under an inner courtyard. You will also have a room for activities, offices, and a circus tent where you stay. Daily life tasks and cooking will be self-organised by the group. We work with locals producers for the food.
📍 About the location
St Lézin is a small village (800 inhabitants) of Maine-et-Loire County between Cholet and Angers and 80 km far from Nantes. It’s possible to discover these cities during your stay. Leisure activities are organized by the group according to the budget. Visiting some cities or discovering the banks of the Loire, bathing, canoeing… It’s up to you. A lot of cultural events take place in this period: concerts, festivals … The association can also propose various artistic activities under the circus tent: circus arts, Brazilian percussions, theater … For musicians, we can lend you many instruments. (drums, piano, guitar…)
ℹ️ Additional information
Bring good shoes, working clothes and warm clothes for evenings. Bring a camping mat and a sleeping bag. Bring your enthusiasm and your “joie de vivre”. More informations : http://unpasdecote.asso.fr Facebook : Un Pas De Côté.
It is a French and English speaking project! Come to test your French through meetings with the population.