Art-Bastide Blog

Tournon Art-Bastide is coming

Art-Bastide is an Artistic and Crafts center with four different disciplines.

With a team of nine founders and five teachers/artists, we have been preparing this fantastic project for two years. We expect to launch in the spring of 2027.
Art-Bastide will be located in the former primary school of the royal bastide of Tournon d’Agenais.
The city council and aldermen have approved the project.

There will be workshops in Shibori printing, textile dyeing, fine art painting, metalworking, and pottery. There will be weekly workshops for local residents, and themed vacations will be offered. We will work with local restaurateurs and B&Bs for accommodation and meals. We are also exploring with several psychologists the possibility of offering workshops for mildly autistic young people in the future.

But there is still much to be done. The building needs to be adapted. Toilets, electricity, etc.
Some teachers/artists have already settled in Tournon, while others are still looking for housing. We are working on a major international marketing plan, with this platform as its central hub. Along with the administrative and financial tasks, this is a massive undertaking, carried out by the volunteers of the Arts Tournon d’Agenais foundation. This foundation is the leading and responsible force in the Art-Bastide project.

We are also in contact with local B&B restaurateurs to ensure everything runs smoothly.
This project will also fit within a broader regional crafts project.

If you have any questions or if you know of a B&B that can offer rooms, please send an email to: ArtsTournon2025@proton.me

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Furthermore, we are fortunate to have already received a considerable number of donations that have made the initial launch of this project possible. Ultimately, we hope to create a structure where a self-financing system will provide a sound financial foundation for the project. But it will be clear, before we get there, that we still need a lot of money to get started. Every donation is welcome, see the donation tool down below.

But all these facilities would be nothing if five excellent teachers/artists hadn't agreed to commit to this project. I invite you to click through the various tabs on this site and discover for yourself who will be there.

I hope to visit you at our center in the future, and I invite you to subscribe to our newsletter now to stay informed about all the upcoming events.

Bo Filarski (Presidente of Arts Tournon d’Agenais / Art-Bastide)