Cerese: Coffee Chat joined by Sonia's University students

Editor:  the January Coffee Chat was joined by two of Sonia's Science University students, who are undertaking a project to colorize the pointilliste painting of Achille Laugé, La route au lieu-dit "L'Hort", into four iterations, each one displaying a different season.  Sonia had requested at our
December Coffee Chat that we might be able to help the students in furnishing english-language poetry quotations to match each season, which we did at January's Coffee Chat, including recording four different voices (Jane, Cerese, Corinne, and Katharine C) for each season.  We are grateful
to the Manager of the Hotel Mercure who gave us a meeting-room for our session - we usually lounge
in the comfortable sofas and chairs adjacent to the brasserie). 

La route au lieu dit "L'Hort", painted by Achille Laugé

Cerese writes:  

Jane, Mary-Catherine, the painting, Tess, Elyse, Corinne

Corinne records some poetry for Tess' voice recorder

 
I personally enjoyed not only the combined artistic, literary and inter-cultural exchange which transpired during last Thursday's Coffee Chat, but it also felt very gratifying to embrace a community project which cemented a range of generations on a topic as simple as the pure enjoyment of beauty... How often does such a broad range of age groups and backgrounds meet eye to eye on that which is beautiful!

I'm sure that I can speak for everyone who attended and participated in last week's generously gentle and priceless moments with Tess, Elyse and Sonia. Backdropped by the canvas of Achille Laugé's "La route au lieu-dit "L'Hort" and the lovely selection of fine poetic prose which Katharine C so kindly researched  for the occasion, I dare  think it not an exaggeration if I  say that AWG-LR has indeed discovered a voluptuous format of interest in this kind of Coffee Chat exchange, which we will not soon forget.

I for one, and I hope that my antennas are correct in interpreting that others as well, would welcome yet another like project or even one that is completely different which peaks our interest and even our thirst for artistic and cultural awakening, "taste testing" and "grazing".

Bravo!!! Bravo!!! and more Bravo to Tess, Elyse, Sonia and Mr. Geniet, as well as our very own members who rose to the occasion and wove their very own spirits into such a fine occasion indeed.

Tess and Elyse in front of the picture, which hangs in the Musee Fabre, that they have pixellated into four versions, each depicting a different season. 

Jane reads poetry to accompany one of the seasons, recorded by Tess. 

Furthermore,  I would like to immediately and enthusiastically seize the suggestion to have this experience integrated into AWG-LR's 30th Anniversary celebration in May; what an EXCELLENT proposal!!! I will be looking forward to exchanging with Sonia on this in the near future, as well as an exchange on any other potentially interesting artistic projects AWG could be involved in.

Lydia, Jane and Mary-Catherine;  we enjoyed wonderful service from the hotel staff

To boot, on behalf of AWG-LR, I'd like to also thank Mr. Geniet for allowing Tess and Elyse to return to our Coffee Chat on February 18th with an update and feedback on the project, as well as express the club's gratitude for envisioning the possibility of AWG participants eventually viewing the February 4th Musée Fabre exhibit on which the young students are so diligently working.

Once again, A very big THANK YOU to Mr. Geniet, Sonia, Tess and Elyse with our CONGRATULATIONS on a job well done and a big ROUND OF APPLAUSE to the AWG-LR members who participated in the experience. I can't wait for the next Coffee Chat cultural project !!!

From l to r:  Cerese, Katharine, Lydia, Jane, Mary-Catherine, Corinne, Elyse, Tess, Sue Rich, Susan Rey, Sonia

Sonia writes:

Now for the news from the girls, they were EXHILARATED by the morning spent with you and are actually willing to attend the next coffee chat of the 18th February to report on the project. I am sending a mail to Frédéric to make sure this is possible, also I will ask details about how we can organize a private visit of the installation for AWGLR.

You'll hear from me later for another project and as soon as I get a reply about this.

Thanks so much for your warm welcome last Thursday, it was a delicious and precious moment. Looking forward to seeing you.