For the 10th consecutive year, “Mars aux Musées” has been inviting young individuals from the French Riviera to explore the museums of Nice in a different way since March 7th. No fewer than 18 museums and cultural venues in Nice are involved until March 31, 2011. Discover ongoing not-to-miss events.
Mars aux Musées is a totally free original concept. Although open to everyone, “Mars aux Musées” is primarily an event organized by and for students, thanks to the support of the City of Nice and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. As every year, it is indeed the students of the Master’s 2 in Mediation and Cultural Engineering at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis who carry the project, supported by the City of Nice and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis through the Directorate of Culture and the FSDIE, the Solidarity Fund and Development of Student Initiatives. All the numerous events offered are free!
At the crossroads of arts and with an approach focused on opening up to young audiences, “Mars aux Musées” has been offering, since March 7th, around twenty thematic evenings and afternoons that will mix, among other things, music, theater, dance, or visual arts. While the approach of “Mars aux Musées” is festive, its ambition is also educational. Throughout the duration of the event, the museums open up to the professors of the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, who will be able to deliver their courses there thanks to a vast program of relocated classes. These will be accompanied by mediations around collections and exhibitions, specially organized by and for students.
“Mars aux Musées”, a university project
The cultural event “Mars aux Musées” is jointly organized by the City of Nice, the Directorate of Culture of the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, and the M.I.C.A. student association. Over the editions, this student association has managed to gain the trust of institutions and museums that renew their participation in this event every year. The M.I.C.A (Mediators and Associated Cultural Engineers) association gathers every year the students of the UNS in the Master’s 2 professional Mediation and Cultural Engineering, Performing Arts, and Museology.
This innovative and unique Master in France, led by Paul Rasse, director of the I3M laboratory, aims to train the future actors of cultural life. They will then be able to elaborate projects, create links between the scientific team and the public, and intervene with various cultural structures. Like the European Union, this Master’s aims to be mixed, as it includes students from all backgrounds, both geographical (France, China, Turkey) and disciplinary (Communication, LEA, Art History, History, etc.) with atypical paths (professional reconversion and continued education). Finally, this teaching model is exported, as it exists across the Mediterranean, within the Higher School of Communication and Advertising of Casablanca.
Mars aux musées celebrates its 10th anniversary
A month of museums centered on students in Nice, such was the initial concept supported by the City of Nice, the Directorate of the City’s museums, and the Directorate of Culture of the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, ten years ago. The target being students, why not entrust them with the organization of the event? Since its origin, it has therefore been incumbent upon the Master’s 2 students in Mediation and Cultural Engineering at the UNS. In 2001, “Mars aux Musées” was born, and the success was immediate. Since then, students can, completely free of charge, discover the city’s museums through a vast program of activities, conferences, and relocated courses. Over the editions, the project has been refined, developed, attracting more and more people, so much so that 150,000 visitors have already crossed the threshold of a museum on the occasion of this unique event in France. A successful bet all the more, as it rests each year on a team of motivated and annually renewed students.
It is not too late to go to the museum, as “Mars aux musées” only closes its doors on March 31. So if you haven’t gone yet, here are the not-to-miss events.
Coming Up
– Tuesday, March 15 and 16 at the National Theatre of Nice.
– Wednesday, March 16: Mediation around the tramway “Arts de la rue”.
6:00 PM: Start of mediation aboard the tram.
7:45 PM: Urban acrobats performance by the Frheaven collective, Place Garibaldi.
8:00 PM Reception at the Forum des Associations.
– Thursday, March 17 at the Nice Opera Côte d’Azur:
2:30 PM: Visit of the Diacosmie (by reservation).
8:00 PM: General rehearsal of the Philharmonic Orchestra (by reservation).
– Friday, March 18 at the Museum of Fine Arts “Mars aux Musées makes the Fine Arts dance”:
6:00 PM: Welcome to the sound of harps.
6:15 PM: Contemporary dance performance by the Falafluuf company.
7:00-8:30 PM: Buffet, harp concert, and mediation by students around Gustave Adolphe Mossa.
– Saturday, March 19 at the International Museum of Naive Art: “Carnival Creole” (in red and black):
4:30-7:00 PM: Mask creation workshop.
5:00 PM: Performance by the Guadeloupean group Karibana.
6:00 PM: Mediation of the exhibition on Carnival.
7:00 PM: Island buffet.
– Sunday, March 20 at the National Theatre of Nice:
3:30 PM: Antigone by Sophocles by Paulo Correia (by reservation).
– Monday, March 21 at the Natural History Museum: “Evening of the Strange”:
7:00 PM: Discovery of the museum’s reserves, “mystery” mediation by the Compagnie des Délices.
– Tuesday, March 22 at the Masséna Museum “Neo-Burlesque Evening”:
7:00 PM: Welcome by costumed hostesses.
7:30 PM: Belle Epoque fashion show by Claire de Rivoyre.
8:00 PM: Song tour by Lady Flo.
8:30 PM: Buffet opening.
9:00 PM: Striptease by Lada Redstar.
– Wednesday, March 23 at the Matisse Museum “Matisse summons the arts”:
10:00 AM-5:00 PM: Fashion workshop by the BTS styling students of the Pro’artigraph School.
2:00-4:00 PM: Mediation by students.
10:30 AM-12:30 PM and 2:00-4:00 PM: Photo Workshop by the association Les Semenciers Photographes (by reservation).
2:30-4:00 PM: Visual Arts Workshop by the teacher-artist Sylvie Hervo-Bergé (by reservation).
4:15 PM: Intervention of the UNS Theatre Workshop.
5:15 PM: Buffet.
– Thursday, March 24 at Villa Arson “Sound meetings”:
2:00 PM: “We are all experts of speech”. Participatory intervention by Gregory Castera and Joris Lacoste, members of the Encyclopedia of speech.
4:00 PM: Introduction to the “Bernard Heidsieck” exhibition by Eric Mangion, director of the Art Center and curator of the exhibition.
5:30 PM: Performance by Aymeric Hainaux, artist in residence (www.unpoisson.com).
– Thursday, March 24 at Palais Lascaris: “A love of Baroque”:
6:00 PM: Welcome at Place Rossetti by the Compagnie des Délices: theater and tasting of aphrodisiac beverages.
6:30-9:00 PM: Harp recital and libertine text readings.
7:00 PM: Old dances by UNS students.
8:00 PM: Baroque music by CNRR students.
9:00 PM: Baroque voices intermixed by the company A little voice told me.
– Friday, March 25 at the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts: “Asia between Yin and Yang”:
11:00 AM-1:30 PM: Yoga session (by reservation).
2:30-5:00 PM: Ayurvedic massages by the Ayurveda and Panchakarma center.
6:30 PM: Demonstrations of traditional dances, concerts, and Chinese martial arts in partnership with the association Chine Horizon. Indian dances: Odissi by the Mîlam association and Bharata natyam by the Tanjore association.
9:30 PM: Japanese buffet.
– Saturday, March 26 at the Museum and Archaeological site of Nice- Cemenelum: “Murder at Cemenelum”:
2:00-4:00 PM: Murder Party (by reservation).
4:00 PM: Outcome with the presence of author Ugo Bellagamba.
– Thursday, March 31 at the Saint-Jean d’Angély Campus: Closing with concerts starting at 7:30 PM (The Human-E.T.- rock TY – hip-hop Deluxe – funk, hip hop, jazz).
