The Fondation Rémy Cointreau supports public interest initiatives with the intention to uplift projects which enable the transmission of exceptional savoir-faire of arts and crafts. We are pleased to welcome, as part of the initiative that we support, The Craft Project Association, co-founded by Raphaëlle le Baud and Pierre Salagnac, which aims to promote, gather and support craft professionals.
The Craft Project Association mobilizes a large community of craft professionals, especially on social media. Raphaëlle le Baud explains: “Born from the podcast of the same name, The Craft Project Association is anchored in the digital culture. This allows us to promote art crafts in a new territory”. The Fondation is happy to assist the Association with the conservation of certain art crafts which transmission has stopped and which perpetuation is in danger thanks to the creation of the Orphan Crafts Grant.
“The Fondation Rémy Cointreau promotes the values of transmission that it shares with The Craft Project. The creation of the Orphan Crafts Grant allows the preservation of forgotten savoir-faire, such as the case of gilding on edges, which is nevertheless highly prized by art bookbinders. It is therefore essential to shed light and provide real support for arts and crafts that are an integral part of our intangible cultural heritage”. Caroline Martin-Rilhac, General Delegate of The Fondation Rémy Cointreau
The first grant, for which The Fondation Rémy Cointreau is the main sponsor, is awarded to Guillaume Catay, a bookbinding graduate from the Ecole Estienne. The Orphan Crafts Grant will allow him to finance his training with Jean-Luc Bongrain, the last French edge gilder, who retired in 2018.
“Handmade gilding on edges is not only incomparable to its mechanic variation in terms of shineand material but it also allows the decoration to cross the centuries while protecting the work”. Jean-Luc Bongrain, edge gilder
To find out more about the Orphan Crafts Grant, discover the video :
Last May, in the context of the crisis triggered by the Covid-19 epidemic, the Fondation Rémy Cointreau joined forces with Trousse à Projets in France, to fight against dropping out of school and support “100% of connected f@milies”, their project to reduce the digital divide.
The French Ministry of National Education and Solidarity estimates that between 170,000 and 200,000 families are in a situation of digital disconnection; a situation that’s only gotten worse with the closing of schools. As part of this novel initiative, the Fondation has contributed towards the acquisition of basic IT equipment and services for technical high schools preparing students for the trades of tomorrow.
In this back-to-school period, we are pleased to announce that the equipment needed by the beneficiary high schools to fight the digital divide has now been delivered and given to more than 200 students concerned from 9 vocational high schools located in suburban Paris. Training for the staff handling digital support for the students and their families is also underway.
Discover, in video, the first ceremonies of handing over the computers and testimonies from the principals. The joy that can be read on the faces of the beneficiary high school students, despite the masks, is one of our greatest rewards!
The Fondation Rémy Cointreau supports the Talents et Violon’celles Association for the creation of the Maison Talents & Violon’celles in Paris.
Created in 2010, the Talents & Violon’celles association’s mission consists in safeguarding, conserving, enhancing and enriching the musical and cultural heritage of the French school of string quartet instruments.
The association’s objective is to allow the talented expressions of young musicians of the string quartet through:
the loan of high-end instruments for indefinite periods,
the management of old instruments loaned by their owners,
the organization of master classes,
but also, through the support of the violin making and the French archery.
For several years, Talents & Violon’celles sought a place to develop new consistent actions promoting certain values of the association such as: transmission, excellence and sharing; in perfect harmony with the values of the Fondation Rémy Cointreau, whose mission is the promotion and transmission of excellence in their expertise.
Therefore, the Fondation Rémy Cointreau is pleased to be associated with the Talents & Violon’celles association, allowing the creation and outreach of the Maison Talents & Violon’celles which will welcome different exceptional craftspersons.
The Maison Talents & Violon’celles project is a coworking space encompassing the string quartet instruments and which combines 3 functions:
A workshop to welcome luthiers and bow makers who are well-established and forthcoming ones,
A multi-purpose room for musicians and especially young talents, available for lessons, training, rehearsals, master classes…
The headquarters of the association to manage the activities, to welcome the sponsors and friends of Talents & Violon’celles.
This house aims to be a place of exchange, open to the public passing by, or during customer events / meetings or open house events. The violinmaking / archery workshops are designed to be visible from the rue de Rome, the central place of French violinmaking.
A selection committee will be created to select the luthier or bow maker in residence at the Maison Talents & Violon’celles workshop based on the relevance of their projects and skills. It will be made up of members of the Talents & Violon’celles artistic committee, representatives of the profession including Mrs. Sandrine Raffin, bow maker supported by the Fondation Rémy Cointreau, and a representative of the Fondation Rémy Cointreau, Mrs. Caroline Martin-Rilhac.
To find out more about the Talents & Violon’celles Association, discover the video made for their 10-year anniversary :https://youtu.be/7kYTeNMOoPk
During the health crisis due to Covid-19, the Fondation Rémy Cointreau teams up with Trousse à projets to fight against school dropout.
The Fondation Rémy Cointreau is pleased to support the project, to reduce the digital divide, carried by the Trousse à projets: “100% of f @ milies connected”, a new initiative to fight school dropouts in the context of the crisis triggered by the Covid-19 epidemic.
With a mission to act in favor of the terroirs in their cultural, human and environmental expression, the Fondation Rémy Cointreau partners with la Trousse à projets (Project Kit) , crowdfunding platform dedicated to educational projects.
The closure of schools since March 17, 2020, in a context of confinement of the population, has highlighted the major difficulties encountered by many students from very modest social backgrounds to maintain an educational relationship with their teachers. This difficulty, largely linked to the absence of any computer equipment in the family’s home, widens educational inequalities with a high risk of increase in dropping out directly correlated with the families’ poverty situation.
By supporting this approach towards professional and technical high schools preparing for the professions of tomorrow, the Fondation Rémy Cointreau wishes to contribute to the success of the project consisting in participating in the acquisition of basic IT equipment and services (PCs, tablets, subscriptions for a good connection, software and applications, supplies of cartridges for printing). This equipment will be supplied by local public educational establishments and school cooperatives, for the benefit of families who are deprived of it, on the basis of needs identified by the heads of establishments supported by social workers from National Education, in using the Trousse à projets Platform approved by the French Ministry of National Education and Solidarity.
The French Ministry of National Education and Solidarity estimates that between 170,000 and 200,000 families are in a situation of digital disconnection for all of metropolitan France and overseas.
The 2019 award ceremony of the Grand Prix de la création de la Ville de Paris took place on November 29th.
The Fondation Rémy Cointreausupports the Art and Crafts category of the Grands Prix de la Ville de Paris rewarding each year an emerging talent and a confirmed professional talent.
Caroline Martin-Rilhac,General Delegate of the Fondation Rémy Cointreau , was a member of the jury for the second year in a row.
For the category Arts and Crafts:
The “Grand Prix 2019” goes to Cecile Feilchenfeldt.
Cécile is from Switzerland and studied textile design in Zürich, Germany before moving to Paris in 2007. She uses traditional techniques of weaving and knitting to innovate with materials, especially with nylon, rafia, lycra, cotton or cashmere by creating 3D creations.
The « 2019 Talent Emerging » Award goes to William Amor
William creates floral compositions by reusing wastes. An ornament flower maker like no other making waste a noble luxury material. William works with people with disabilities for the realization of his creations, valuing the exchange and the transmission of know-how.
The grands prix de la création (Grand Prizes of Creation) rewarded 6 professionals: 3 grands prix de la création (Grand Prizes of Creation) and 3 prix talents émergents (Emerging Talent Awards) in Fashion, Design and Artistic Careers.
A prize of 15,000 euros is awarded to the winners.
Each prize is 8,000 euros, granted by the Ville de Paris (City of Paris) and enriched through the Fonds des Ateliers de Paris by private partners: Groupe Galeries Lafayette, la Fédération Française du Prêt à Porter Féminin (French Federation of Women’s Prêt à Porter), ESMOD, Roger Pradier and Fondation Rémy Cointreau.
In addition to the endowment, the laureates will benefit from the visibility offered by the media and associated partners: Intramuros, AD Magazine, Fashion Network, Who’s Next, Paris Design Week, Maison & Objet, Joyce Gallery and Eyes on Talent.
Applications are open until October 14th, 2019 at midnight. This contest is open to professionals / companies, designers and artisans who have been practicing for at least one year as of October 15th, 2019.
The selection criteria are creativity, savoir-faire and quality, the development strategy for the company, and its commitment to transmission or innovation.
On January 11th, 2018, Caroline Martin-Rilhac and Hervé Dumesny, on behalf of Fondation Rémy Cointreau, participated in the national jury for the Prix Avenir des Métiers d’Art 2017 – level IV and V – at the Institut National Métiers d’Art. They were joined by Marie-Hélène Fremont, General Director of the INMA, and a dozen recognized personalities (institutions professionals, journalists, etc.) for their engagement in favor of the arts.
The Institut National des Métiers d’Art (INMA) helps encourage and solidify young talents’ projects to bring value to their savoir-faire.
On November 22nd, 2018, at the town hall of Paris’s 12th arrondissement, Caroline Martin-Rilhac, on behalf of Fondation Rémy Cointreau, participated in the jury for the Grand Prize in Design for the City of Paris 2018, which awards six prizes for each of the following disciplines: fashion, design and artisan trades. The jury was composed of representatives from the city of Paris and qualified individuals in the arts. These prizes honor and encourage two talented creatives within each of the three categories. This promising project is where quality and strategy in development are awarded.
