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On April, 7^th, 2023, Fondation Rémy Cointreau attended the reward ceremony of the French “Prix Avenir Métier d’Art” organized by Institut National des Métiers d’Art (INMA) at the French Ministry of Education in Paris.

It took place in the presence of the Minister Carole Grandjean, in charge of National Education and Training, and the President of INMA, Luc Lesénécal.

Fondation Rémy Cointreau has been supporting this prize for two years in order to contribute to the encouragement of the mastery of fine crafts and their transmission.

Caroline Martin-Rilhac, General Delegate of the Foundation, was a member of the jury again this year.

The prize

Since 2002, INMA has organized every year the French “Prix Avenir Métiers d’Art”. The objective is about rewarding young craftswomen and craftsmen, and to encourage their professional approach and engagement. It is a key to highlight their master of their know-how, their reflexion using a particular material and also their art universe to end up with an artpiece.

Ten national laureates have been rewarded this year. Caroline Martin-Rilhac was happy to personally award Marianne Blengino, specialized in art jewellery in Ecole Boulle, for her Olfaction piece. This creation is a jewellery apple fragrance which aimed is the rehabilitation of the sense of smell.

The 2023 Edition

It is already possible to apply for the 2023 edition of the French “Prix Avenir Métiers d’Art”. All people in France, under the age of 26 years old and currently attending a fine craft training are eligible candidates. Derogations can be made.

The end of the appliance is on June, 15^th, 2023. You have until this day to return your applicant folder to your headteacher. It will be then hand over the education office and INMA. The regional prizes ceremony will take place from June to October 2023, and the national ceremony prizes will take place on December 2023.

Visit the INMA’s website to learn more about it.

This year, the Grands Prix de la Creation de la Ville de Paris’ awards, organised by Bureau du Design, de la Mode et des Métiers d’Art, took place at Hotel de Ville de Paris.

The Grands Prix de la Création

The Grand Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris are organised each year in order to highlight professionnals specialised in arts. There are four categories: design, fashion, fine craft, and fashion accessories. In each category except for accessories, there are two awards: Le Grand Prix and Prix Talent emergent.

Le Grand Prix rewards a professional for the development of his workshop and its engagement for transmission and innovation. Le Prix Talent emergent rewards a young professional for the ambition of his project. Finally, Le Prix Accessoire de mode, born in 2022, rewards a project of accessories creation.

The Grands Prix, fine craft category

There are two laureates in fine craft category. Atelier Alba received Le Prix Talent émergent. This workshop is composed of two professionals, Célia Suzanne and Erwann Larbre. They work straw marquetry with innovation. “We are both passioned by materials and straw marquetry, a rare know-how. This savoir-faire is a way to work with multiple materials: wood, metal, leather, horn, etc.”, says Célia. Their trademark is horsehair!

Le Grand Prix is dedicated to Caroline Besse, artist and decorator. Her approach of decoration is based on the use of colours she realises by herself with natural pigments. Her sensibility to materials and colours and her Asian inspirations influence her style.

Fondation Rémy Cointreau has been in partnership with Bureau du Design, de la Mode et des Métiers d’Art since 2019. Caroline Martin-Rilhac, delegate general of the foundation, was part of the jury of fine craft category, and the cabinetmaker Ludovic Avenel has presided over this category.

Fondation Rémy Cointreau is in partnership with Schuch Productions to produce “Chercheurs d’Orgues”. It is a documentary realised by Pascale Bouhénic and Bernard Fouccroulle. In 91 minutes, it puts in highlights this ancient instrument not much known by the public. The organs crossed the centuries and occupied a great place in the European patrimonial landscapes. The objective of this project is talking about organs as a discreet witness of our past full of modernity.

This documentary is available on May 1^st, 2022 on arte.tv, and will be broadcast on TV on May 8^th, 2022, at 5:10 p.m.

« Chercheurs d’Orgues »

Created in more than two thousand years, the organ has crossed the centuries and has known its height in the XVII^th Century. Today, this wind instrument is often associated to church while it represents more than a simple accompanist of religious songs. France counts 65 organ specialists and 8700 organs which 1500 of them are listed historical monuments.

Through a Europe travel, this documentary proposes to discover the organs as a contemporary and multicultural instrument, rich of architecture and musical repertoire, with infinite interpretation.

The organ offers the possibility to organists to play with a full chorus. In fact, it is composed of several parts such as the hand keyboard, the foot keyboard, or the bellows. The multitude of pipes makes a lot of sounds and interpretes different registers of music: classical, contemporary, jazz etc. All by itself, the organ represents an orchestra. This is how it is so modern.

A new partnership for the Fondation Rémy Cointreau

The organ is still present today thanks to organs specialists. This craftsman is the creator and the restorer. He masters carpentry, cabinet making, marquetry, etc. This trade is as complex as the instrument and asks a great control of the handicrafts.

The craftsman designs all the organ pieces according to the musical repertoire (classical, contemporary) and the future place of residency of the instrument. He has to be an expert in history, music and mechanic, but also to have an interest for new technologies. In fact, today, the mechanicals are evolving to produce new organs. Those ones will be a part of the rich heritage.

« Chercheurs d’Orgues » is beyond the organs specialists because it participates to the transmission values. The Fondation Rémy Cointreau is in partnership with Schuch Productions in order to support and diffuse this know-how not enough well-known but essential for the comprehension of our history.

William Amor is an engaged artist. His work is closed to the craftsmanship and fine crafts. In fact, he uses a particular material and masters all the transformation steps to make this material a piece of art. All his creations are unique or limited series products. They are the result of a complex know-how that could be forsaken materials ennobler. The know-how of the floral parurier could also be his. In fact, all his works are based on the realisation of flowers he assembles for different projects in the luxury field. Beaugrenelle, the mall of the 15^th arrondissement of Paris, has asked him for the realisation of a hanging artwork called “Les Bouteilles à la Mer – Jardin Poétique”. This monumental artpiece is visible from the 7^th of April to le 30^th of June 2022.

William Amor, an engaged professional

All the universe of William Amor is based on one source of inspiration, Nature. He finds in it a lyrical atmosphere he can transcribe in each piece with delicacy. The Nature inspires him with its beauty, all the story it has, and paradoxally with the pollution curse. This last inspiration becomes a supply of provision.

The wastes overwhelm and William Amor wants to give them another life. He brings them further and transforms them into what they destroy: a luxurious flower. Each creation becomes a message, a harbinger creation.

Les Bouteilles à la Mer – Jardin Poétique

Ce mall Beaugrenelle choose William Amor because of this environmental engagement. In order to remind the public about the respect of our planet we live in, he created a monumental artwork: 13 meters high and 7 meters of diameters. This work is made of 10.000 plastic bottles collected and it represents a waterfall of vines ornated of flowers. “Les Bouteilles à la Mer – Jardin Poétique » symbolizes a dualism: the impact of the Human being on Nature and the collect of wates to clear the environment.

This project is meaningful and goes beyond with the creation of a tree of message, “Arbre à Messages”. The people who collected the wastes put in their bottle a message of hope with regard to our planet. Those words will live through this tree of 2,70 meters high. It will be exposed then sold at auctions the 23^rd of May 2022, at 6 p.m. The bid will be given to the association Les Bonnes Fées.

Congratulation to him and this ambitious and symbolic project!

The Remy Cointreau Group has changed its home office address and it has been the opportunity for the eponym Foundation to organise an exhibition of the art pieces of its laureates in this new place.

An exhibition as a durable support

Created in 2017, the Fondation Rémy Cointreau has supported around thirty exceptional craftsmen with the objective to follow them in the long term. As well, the idea of this exhibition has appeared as an evident response to the valorisation of the exceptional know-how. Our vocation is about encouraging the transmission of the savoir-faire. It is also about studying, supporting and promoting the fine crafts and reinforcing their visibility.

Each piece illustrates the master of a unique trade which is the heritage of a complex know-how. It is described by the master of the handicrafts, the techniques, and the work of a material with an artistic point of view.

Exhibiting those art pieces is the fulfilment of our mission. For this first edition, a few craftsmen are exposed. Among them, we count William Amor, Manon Bouvier, Eve George, Valentine Huyghues Despointes, Steven Leprizé, Mona Oren and Lucile Viaud.

The craftsmen

William Amor is a forsaken materials ennobler. Artist and self-taught creator, two of his pieces are exposed at Rémy Cointreau Group. They represent two flowers realised with plastic bottle tinted and sculpted.

Manon Bouvier is specialized in straw marquetry. Her piece SiOII is made of straw and concrete. It ornaments the walls of the office, such as the pieces of Steven Leprizé, Wonsole and Target. Cabinetmaker and researcher, he goes beyond the traditional methods in order to experiment the wood in the contemporary furniture.

Lucile Viaud, a seaweed glassmaker, works in the research and precisely in the transformation of sea products. With her scientific experiences, she creates great collections for her brand Ostraco. Two of her creations are at Rémy Cointreau Group. Eve George is also specialized in the glass know-how. With her technique of the glassblowing with a cane, she creates interior object collections. One of the vase of Collection Moire is exhibited.

Eve George est également spécialisée dans le verre. Grâce à la technique du soufflage à la canne, elle réalise des collections d’objets d’intérieur dont vous pourrez voir un vase de sa Collection Moire.

Fishing was created by Valentine Huyghues Despointes. Specialized in leatherworking, she creates with a personal and poetic imagination. Finally, Mona Oren also has her own style. She works with different materials and techniques and realises art pieces on paper, plaster and latex. With the wax, she composes tulip fields but also cabbages. One of those cabbages is exhibit in our Parisian office.