Montmartre at the Bergen 2014
Article Transcript
At Eindhoven in the Netherlands you will find The Bergen, an area with various small shops, restaurants, bars, etc. For the past four years during the last weekend of August, this area has transformed into a typical French quarter: Montmartre in Paris. This year, 40 portrait artists, including many ISCA members, came from all over Europe (Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, Belgium and, of course,the Netherlands) to be a part of this unique festival! With help from sponsors and from some of the budget of the local authority and Retailers Association, we were able to provide a small fee to the artists and musicians and pay for promotion and equipment for the day.
The organization partner Company Comics (with the help of EnProfil and a lot of volunteers) wanted to organize an event for entrepreneurs of the area, the residents, the public, but not least for the artists!
We started the night before with a little pre-party, with food and drinks and French music.
Then on August 31, between noon and 5pm, the artists were spread out over the Kleine Berg, Bergstraat and Wilhelminaplein (streets in the area), sitting in small groups, drawing portraits or caricatures of the public. All for free! There was also a lot of entertainment, musicians, a French duo with accordion, a chansonnier (singer), local troubadours and also some street theater. All artists had one hour of free time to move around, see what colleagues were doing, have some fun and enjoy the event themselves.
Afterwards, at one of the sponsor restaurants, there was a dinner for all artists, where they could meet, share their experiences, plan visits to each other and make plans to come back next year.
In 2015, the organization will have a lustrum (our five-year anniversary.) Most artists already confirmed their appearance, and if our budget will allow it, we will be able to invite even more artists than this year.
Since it will be a lustrum, we will try to make it a special edition with something extra, both for the artists and the public.
Miriam Claes is the office manager of Company Comics and together with Harold Hugenholtz organized the festival Montmartre. At Company Comics, Harold does the drawing and Miriam does everything else!
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