
Sainte-Sabine – France
Arts Workshops with the Companions.
THE CONTEXT OF YOUR INITIATIVE
The Emmaus Sainte Sabine community is also a transition house. This means that companions are able to take part in arts activity workshops three times a week in parallel with their daily bric-a-brac activities. Founded by a nurse, the goals were to help companions that came here with their rehabilitation into the community by offering them artistic workshops as a tool for their personal and creative development, which is necessary for a person’s complete rehabilitation.
THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT AS PART OF YOUR INITIATIVE
The visual arts workshop on Monday encourages various forms of creativity: painting, sculpture, drawing, objects, furniture, writing. Participation in exhibitions and solidarity sales.
Theatre workshop on Tuesday: creating shows, creating entertainment for companions’ General Assemblies, responding to external requests.
Recovery-deco workshop on Thursday: creating everyday and decorative objects out of materials recovered from the bric-a-brac.
WHO IS INVOLVED FROM OUR GROUP?
Volunteer companions, two team leaders, teams of paid employees in Sainte Sabine, Sasoge and Norges la Ville.
WHICH PARTNERS ARE YOU WORKING WITH ON THIS INITIATIVE?
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FUTURE PROSPECTS
Each project undertaken has ended with a presentation, a play, a collective exhibition of work produced at the Museum of Life in Bourguignon as part of the Itinéraires Singuliers festival, exchanges and artistic events with IFSI in Dijon, external orders, participation in various environmental demonstrations.
All completed initiatives have helped to develop companions’ self confidence and improve their image, as well as helping to create outside links and get involved with socio-cultural projects.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANY INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR INITIATIVE?
WHAT ARE YOUR PROSPECTS?
Maintain a creative dynamic through welcoming new participants and ensuring a good mix in the group.
Finding new partners to read companions’ stories and for possible publication.