Meet Etienne Monnier, a second-year Bachelor in Cultural Production and Mediation student at IESA arts&culture.
He is part of the marketing and communication team for the second-year Bachelor annual project NO FRONTIERS.
NO FRONTIERS is a solidarity and humanitarian project that supports the welcome and integration of refugees; Monday, March 19 will be the day to follow!
Why did you decide to join IESA arts&culture?
After leaving school at 16, I had the opportunity to work with various professionals in music, film and theater. I am a musician and have always been drawn to the artistic field.
Not having a diploma being a hindrance for me, I decided to go back to school at 20 to first earn a literary baccalaureate. After that, and after reflection, I decided to move toward cultural production, and IESA, with its approach of offering a professionalizing program alternating between classes and internships, seemed to match my profile, unlike a classic and mostly theoretical university curriculum.
Can you tell us more about this event: its main ambition, partnerships, student involvement?
As for the event, the choice of subject was entirely up to the student team. We spent several working sessions defining what seemed important to us to address within culture, the values we wanted to share, drawing on each person’s different background.
Which, in a way, brings us back to the first question: why did we join IESA and why do we want to work in culture today.
The issue of refugees in France being the subject of much debate, we agreed that it was necessary to raise public awareness around this human issue, through culture and information, which should be accessible to all.
The event is divided into two distinct parts: a first part focused on the work and mobilization of several associations helping refugees integrate; then a second part featuring 4 concerts by emerging young artists just as sensitive as we are to these issues.
In carrying out this project we also surrounded ourselves with various partners, cultural players as well as press and media, who helped us a great deal in relaying information and in the birth of this community around NO FRONTIERS.