Where to practice creative hobbies Midi-Pyrénées

Who hasn't heard of the famous wooden planks known as Kapla, all strictly the same size, sometimes in different colors? Two years ago, an experimentation center opened in the heart of St-Cyprien! With the craze for board games continuing to grow, Novica Cerovic came up with the idea of starting up this activity, which delights young and old alike, leisure centers and school groups, or corporate seminars. For a birthday party, or to reconnect with the pleasure of playing and creating, there's only one address: this one! And for those who don't know, Kapla is a French brand that uses Landes pine.

You can buy jewelry in-store or pick it up on site.

Founded in 1872 by Gustave FAYET, the Société des Beaux-Arts remains Béziers' leading fine arts association. It offers workshops in drawing, painting, watercolor, mixed media, photography and street art. Modeling and stone sculpture enthusiasts can also learn or improve their skills at the Maison Cordier. A veritable breeding ground for talent, every two years the association organizes the Salon International d'Arts Plastiques, in collaboration with the town. It's a not-to-be-missed event for art lovers of all levels.

The school is generally open to adults for courses in drawing, painting, modeling and sculpture. Every Wednesday, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Béziers offers art classes for children aged 9 to 14. Children can try their hand at painting, collage, pastel and sculpture... Themed workshops are held over one or two days during the school vacations. With ceramics workshops, even adults can express their creative spirit.

In their back-shop Florence and Michel organise creative courses, the patchwork in mind. It's crazy what can be achieved with small squares of cloth. So try the Christmas balls, your loved ones will be snowed.

In 1967, Dominique Imbert decided to install his workshop in Rape-le-Fort. Drawn by the work of the metal he forges, forge. This is where he draws his first chimney for his personal use. He reproduces it for some enthusiastic people and that's how Focus begins. Far from the photographs of the classic chimney, the true modern steel boxes, each model is a real work of art. An address not to be missed for lovers of design and contemporary creations.

If you're looking for originality, you've come to the right place! Marc Dequidt creates and composes religious and decorative stained glass, and also works glass into objects and furniture. All styles are present, from antique to design, even futuristic, and lamps, mirrors and coffee tables are mounted with lead and soldered with tin. If you'd like to discover the art of stained glass, then take on this project at your own pace. Everything is provided at a reasonable cost, and you'll leave with your own custom-made stained glass. Don't hesitate to call before coming to the workshop!

Managed by an insertion workshop, this unusual workshop assumes that recycled paper has its place in solidarity economy. Salaried employees benefit from contracts assisted and learn to reuse the subject matter of old newspapers. They recover batteries and piles of printed paper, which they soak in warm water. The dough thus obtained, still loaded with ink, went into a sieve and then dried and reteintée. The leaves are then folded, cut and assembled. It is used to manufacture admirable objects: frames recycled A 4 recycled paper, rideau, corbeille for selective sorting, designer boxes, handcrafted notebooks, jour, postcards, masks. All these works are sold at the workshop or on the association's website. Sorts offers courses for children and their families. They will thus be able to manufacture and decorate their own sheet, make a paper mask, or even perform a tapestry piece. Each participant leaves with a little gift.

This slightly offbeat association of visual artists offers fabrication workshops based on the plastic arts and artistic recycling. Object theater shows are also created, as well as scenery and set design. Objectology workshops enable participants to make objects from recycled materials. Part of a sustainable development approach, these unusual creative workshops combine DIY, assembly and detour of objects and materials. Other workshops introduce the practice of object theater, in various forms, including a playful analog video device!

L'Atelier Solaire is an association whose vocation is to promote artists and craftsmen. You will find the artist and President of the association Sylvie Pouytes who gives introductory courses in pottery and modeling. She exhibits her own creations and co-creations of large jars, the potteries of Richard Danoun and Martial Ruffin, the sewing of Odette Herrera, the jewelry of Pascaline... here the artists multiply the supports: ceramics, painting, sculpture, drawing... creating unique pieces that one admires and buys within this gallery-workshop.

Since 2013, L'Atelier de Mo in Montpellier has cultivated the artistic fulfillment of its members - children, teenagers and adults - in a friendly, caring atmosphere. The workshop, which became an association in 2019, has taken on a new dimension with three permanent teachers. Members, aged 5 to 89, decide together what activities they wish to take part in: classes, Saturday and vacation workshops, group exhibitions. Nearly 200 participants a year benefit from an environment conducive to exploring their talents in drawing, painting and other media. L'Atelier de Mo demonstrates that art has no age limit.