In 2009, the 24 founding companies of the Mécène et Loire Foundation will launch the first Mécène et Loire grant. The companies will support this project and ensure that artists have the utmost freedom of expression. The theme is “Art, innovation and the economy in Anjou”.
The theme is intentionally broad
and aimed at all types of expression, and will reward an artist
or a collective of artists aged 35 or under. The foundation
intends to foster a spirit of reflection, to encourage the
pooling of ideas and to push the creative process to its limits
in order to create the necessary conditions for a unique flagship
project which will boost the stature of the region.
This work must therefore help to
develop regional influence and convey the values of humanism and
social awareness which are at the heart of the Mécène
et Loire project.
Deadline for submitting dossiers:
10 April 2009
The "Mécène et Loire"
Enterprise Foundation
With an annual budget of
€160,000, the "Mécène et Loire" Enterprise
Foundation, which was established in 2007, aims over five years
to support innovative or original general interest initiatives in
the fields of culture, solidarity and the environment.
The Mécène et Loire Foundation undertakes two
kinds of sponsorship initiatives: it provides yearly support for
around twenty candidates to present their original projects; and,
every two years, grants €45,000 for a unique project
representing a theme proposed by the Foundation.