Our Non-Profit Association
AIMS and PLANS
We are keen to continue the successful funded artists' residencies Hermine Demoriane started in 1996 with the help of the late art critic, writer and curator Guy Brett through the non-profit association Ateliers D'Artistes de Sacy, and since 2024, we have opened them out to musicians and writers.
The idea is to bring three promising young talents of all nationalities together for an annual fortnight at the château to develop and complete work inspired by the setting and to enrich rural life by involving the local community with our art events. In 2024, we converted the garage to a large, multi-purpose studio for these purposes.
We hope to attract people of all ages from both Hauts de France and further afield to see the château, its grounds and its exhibitions. The association also aims to foster ties with local organisations such as the village primary school. A selection committee meets each year to choose from the many applications for residencies that we receive.
In order to achieve its aims, the Association continually seeks financial assistance from local and national funding bodies, and now hosts creative retreats that subsidise its activities. The Association has plans (“Ateliers Hélène Demoriane”) to extend the château’s activities throughout the year by renovating and equipping a number of out-buildings in order to provide independent living and working space for our artists. We have already completed work on the renovation of the roofs and façades of the courtyard buildings, destined to become artists’ residences. This was achieved with the assistance of Monuments Historiques, la Fondation du Patrimoine and a bank loan.
FORMER ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
(Click on images to see their work)
2025
Musician Pip Roberts (UK)
Writer Mattea Gernentz (USA)
