L'ÉCU DE FRANCE
Place of residence
A place dedicated to artistic creation and research
L'Écu de France in Sanxay is a residence hybrid where guests and artists can cross-fertilise their energies, meet each other and exchange ideas, fostering discoveries in a new way. rewarding.
This combination offers multiple benefits and opportunities for artists in residence, visitors and the local community.
The location in photos
Why a place of residence?
The combination of an arts residence and a guest house creates a dynamic space where art, creativity and encounters feed off each other. This fosters a diverse cultural exchange and encourages artistic innovation while contributing to the enrichment of the local community and visitor experience.
Cultural and creative exchanges
Artists in residence often come from a variety of backgrounds, making for rich and stimulating cultural exchanges. Sharing ideas, techniques and artistic experiences can encourage creative diversity and broaden perspectives.
Interdisciplinary meetings
Artists from different disciplines can meet, collaborate and exchange ideas. This can lead to innovative projects that combine different skills and points of view.
Meetings with the public
By also welcoming visitors as a guest house, the artists in residence have the opportunity to present their work, share their creative processes and interact directly with the public.
Stimulating creativity
The atmosphere of discovery and encounter can greatly stimulate the creativity of artists in residence. Interaction with other artists and the public can inspire new ideas and approaches.
Links with the local community
The artistic residency can become a bridge between the artists and the local community. Artists can contribute to community projects, run workshops or organise events open to the public.
Networking
Meeting other artists and visitors can open doors to future collaborations, exhibitions and professional opportunities.
A rewarding experience for visitors
Guests of the guest house have the chance to stay in a creative environment and experience the artistic process up close. This can make their stay more memorable and unique.
Why a place of residence?
The combination of an arts residence and a guest house creates a dynamic space where art, creativity and encounters feed off each other. This fosters a diverse cultural exchange and encourages artistic innovation while contributing to the enrichment of the local community and visitor experience.
Cultural and creative exchanges
Artists in residence often come from a variety of backgrounds, making for rich and stimulating cultural exchanges. Sharing ideas, techniques and artistic experiences can encourage creative diversity and broaden perspectives.
Interdisciplinary meetings
Artists from different disciplines can meet, collaborate and exchange ideas. This can lead to innovative projects that combine different skills and points of view.
Meetings with the public
By also welcoming visitors as a guest house, the artists in residence have the opportunity to present their work, share their creative processes and interact directly with the public.
Stimulating creativity
The atmosphere of discovery and encounter can greatly stimulate the creativity of artists in residence. Interaction with other artists and the public can inspire new ideas and approaches.
Links with the local community
The artistic residency can become a bridge between the artists and the local community. Artists can contribute to community projects, run workshops or organise events open to the public.
Networking
Meeting other artists and visitors can open doors to future collaborations, exhibitions and professional opportunities.
A rewarding experience for visitors
Guests of the guest house have the chance to stay in a creative environment and experience the artistic process up close. This can make their stay more memorable and unique.
Spaces and services
Large car park
nearby
Quiet garden heart de Sanxay
User-friendly patio
and shady
Offices and
library
Large living room with
different areas
Wifi
A convivial dining room
Table d'hôtes
5 bedrooms
and sleeps 12
5 separate shower rooms
Home-made breakfast
Non-smoking area
Licence IV
Payment by card accepted
The appendix for
even more space
A little history
A Renaissance building dating from 1575
According to the D.R.A.C., l'Écu de France is an exceptional Renaissance building dating back to 1575, which still bears the marks of its origins and the long history through which it has passed. Owned by the same family for more than 250 years, the original spirit has been preserved, and the latest restoration work has uncovered discoveries dating back to different periods (Renaissance sink and wall patina, 18th-century fresco, etc.).
L'Ecu is also the legacy of a family and an inn that was open until the late 60s. Thanks to the will and above all the utopia of one of its former owners, the Auberge de l'Écu has also been a haven of culture in the heart of the small rural village of Sanxay.
The desire and vital need to bring life to this village, off the main roads, led to the creation of the first shows in the ruins of the nearby Gallo-Roman theatre.
Under the direction of this visionary, numerous shows were staged from the 1930s onwards, with the participation of the Comédie l'Ouest and the Beaux-Arts, not to mention the complicity of the local population.
It was a rare cultural offering in a rural setting, and one that interested and attracted many of the intellectuals of the time. Apart from the restoration of this exceptional building, the Écu de France's current adventure is the continuation of a state of mind and a quality of life. A heritage that has been chosen and assumed.
Who are we?
Nicolas Degennes and Jean-François Lacoux
L'Écu de France was conceived and created by Nicolas Degennes, make-up artist and former artistic director of Givenchy make-up, and Jean-François Lacoux, journalist and artistic producer in the audiovisual sector.
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L'ÉCU DE FRANCE
Artists' Residence, Guest House & Gîte in Sanxay (86)
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