The new municipality of Fleurance intends to give a new direction to the city’s cultural policy in order to reach more residents. The change will take place in September, the performances planned from March until the summer have therefore been maintained.
Fleurantine culture is evolving. Elected mayor in the spring, Grégory Bobbato says he wants to maintain a strong cultural ambition while modifying his mode of operation in order to broaden the public.
He first wants to dispel certain concerns…: “The cultural programming was not finalized and nothing had been signed by my predecessor, so nothing is canceled,” he says. The performances planned from March until the summer were therefore maintained. “I ratified them so as not to harm the companies that had been reserved and out of respect for the artists.”
From September, however, the municipality wishes to make its mark. “We will change the periodicity of the cultural season which becomes seasonal”, explains the first magistrate.
The budget devoted to culture should not be called into question. “No one will make me blush for wanting to bring every Fleurantin at least once a year to a show organized by the town of Fleurance,” insists the mayor. He also wants to considerably expand attendance at cultural events.
More accessible programming
For the summer, several meetings are already scheduled. “It will be more about festivities in association with Caroline Cabarrou-Jean, assistant for city dynamics and festivities,” explains the assistant for culture, Hélène Renard.
Among the events announced are a Cuivr’O evening, open-air cinema, the Nuits musicales en Armagnac (NMA) show on Sunday August 2, as well as an exhibition tour in the city in partnership with the Fleurance des arts collective; certain shows which had been spotted were kept.
The municipality also wishes to strengthen collaboration with local structures. “We will continue to work with the media library and develop partnerships with the music school and the NMA,” explains Hélène Renard. The elected official also mentions larger-scale projects, designed to be “more accessible”.
“During the campaign, we clearly understood that the culture was not adapted to the population, that it only reached a limited audience,” reports the deputy. The municipality therefore intends to offer shows capable of “distracting, moving, thrilling the senses” and bringing together a wider audience around culture.
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