Culture Nantes

Lovers of literature are familiar with the association Les Romanciers nantais, which brings together some thirty authors from the Nantes region who are published by well-known publishers (Actes Sud, Coiffard, Coop Breizh, d'Orbestier, Durand-Peyroles, Flammarion, Gallimard, Joca Seria, Krakoen, l'Atalante, le Petit Pavé, Parigramme, Siloë). Visit the site to follow the events (meetings, novelists' signings, writing contests) and discover some thirty authors through their individual or collective works, such as the ^7th collective collection of short stories, Magie Loire, where the Loire comes to life in quality texts of various literary genres. Or the ^8th collection, Écrits Vins de Nantes, where we drink from the vineyards of Nantes. These collections are published by P'tit Louis.

Artaban is first a cultural association whose vocation is to open the world of culture to a wider audience. At the origin of the project, artists and art historians organizing conferences, art history courses, guided tours, entertaining activities, discovery days, meetings with artists. Artaban is an agency specialized in cultural travel to combine thirst for escape and knowledge. They also collaborate at numerous cultural events and nantais festivals.

The founders of Les Anneaux de la Mémoire, who love their city and want to see it break with the denial of its own little-known and dramatic past, wanted to encourage Nantes and its people to learn and face up to their history. The association was founded in Nantes in 1991. Its first projects focused on the city of Nantes, which was France's leading trading port in the ^18th century, and on the Loire-Atlantique region. In 1992, the association organized the exhibition "Les Anneaux de la Mémoire" (The Rings of Memory), the name of which was subsequently retained. The exhibition was a huge success, attracting more than 400,000 visitors to a subject that was nevertheless very difficult to deal with in terms of Nantes' past. It marked an essential turning point in the work of remembrance carried out in Nantes and more generally in France, and all historians refer to it today as it played such an important role in the recognition in France and in the field of the history of the slave trade and slavery. The association is particularly committed to promoting historical knowledge on the subject, defending cultural diversity, opening up to the world and working on memories, particularly those linked to slavery and the Western slave trade. With a view to promoting balanced, reciprocal exchanges between societies in Africa, America and Europe, it carries out cultural projects at international level, in collaboration with local organizations.

Opened in 1985 on the Quai de la Fosse, the Jacques Demy Media Library has become the heart of Nantes' library network. It coordinates actions in favor of books and public reading. It welcomes its users on 10 000 m2, gathering more than 430 000 documents in total. In its aisles, you will find a classic collection (books, magazines, youth and adult comics), a digital collection (CDs, DVDs, audio books), as well as an old collection with precious documents that can be consulted by appointment. The cultural season is punctuated by readings, meetings, creative workshops and national highlights. A cultural center of choice for the people of Nantes, young and old!

La Dulcie Galerie is an art gallery located in Nantes. It presents work by students of the École des Beaux-Arts in a pedagogical context, as well as monographic or group exhibitions by guest artists. The gallery is also part of La Collection, a collection of artworks assembled at the École des Beaux-Arts. The collection comprises some 600 works and is open for loan. Visitors can borrow works and take them home, to the office or to school, without waiting for the exhibition to end. The gallery is named after Dulcie September, the assassinated anti-apartheid activist. It features exhibitions of works acquired by La Collection, with artists such as Martine Aballéa, Jean-Michel Alberola, Michel Aubry and many others. Admission is free.

Kiosque Nantais is your one-stop shop for information on shows and ticketing in Nantes. A local reseller for over 10 venues in the metropolitan area, KN provides a regulated service with a dedicated box office manager, online sales and physical box offices. It also offers a customized cultural mediation program. For companies, its on-site cultural events service is ideal for promoting quality of life in the workplace. KN also offers customized gift cards and group outings.