Portes Ouvertes de Menilmontant

[mossie]

The main purpose of my trip this time was to visit the Portes Ouvertes of Menilmontant
www.ateliersdemenilmontant.org/adm/portes_ouvertes/portes_ouvertes.htm
This involved much wandering round the XXe, but judicious use of the map, the buses and the metro, made it fairly painless. I did not visit them all I hasten to add.

Here is a selection





On the way round I had to dodge this angry little so-and-so



One young lady misunderstood my request to take pictures and posed rather stiffly for me



But this old couple had no worries, the shark in the next picture is theirs and pinned to the fence on the opposite side of the passage





This is also their work



I also visited the excellent studio of M Geyman and took this on the approach



I spent two entertaining afternoons doing the rounds and was very well received despite my atrocios French

[PariS]

Great pics, Mossie. Sounds like you had a really nice time visiting the artists workshops!

[Shoesy]

What fun! Does this open house take place every year?

[mossie]

Yes Shoesy,and others who may be interested. There are two parallel associations, this one in Menilmontant and another in Belleville. Belleville hold their Portes Ouvertes in the spring, while Menilmontant have theirs in autumn.
I've always missed out on Belleville but when enquiring about it earlier this year, I was given details for this one.
I don't know dates for Belleville next year but will try and find out, hopefully my legs will hold out and enable me to visit.

[Jody]

Always something new to do in Paris !!!Looks like fun ..and good exercise!!Good photos thanks for sharing

[mossie]

What I forgot in my original post, was that I had bought a cat.
I had got my youngest son most concerned when I told him I was thinking of getting one for company. My late wife could not stand them but we had one when I was a child and always liked them.

Anyway this was a pottery cat from one of the ateliers



Also my Paris trips always include a wander through the Puces de Vanves. This time I found a little Daum owl, which now sits beside the cat on my mantelpiece. Lears ,"The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea, in a beautiful pea green boat" springs to mind. Definitely going gaga in my old age ;D ;D ;D

[Shoesy]

An owl and a pussycat! Love your purchases!