Sarah Goldberg
Passionate about "Art" in general, for 6 years I have been turning toward the cultural sector. I spent a short stint (very brief) in corporate events, and also in setting up a cultural project in Burkina Faso. But above all I created the association Le Candiraton, a small urban laboratory whose ambition is to spark artistic events and encourage encounters and cross-over between emerging artists and creators from urban cultures. After setting up a large number of festivals, exhibitions, and concerts for various Parisian cultural venues (La Bellevilloise, Le Batofar, galleries…), I created France’s first art toys festival: BE MY TOYS.
For 6 years I have been working in the cultural sector without a degree. So it was time to take a little time to settle down, step back, and theorize everything I had just learned in the field.
I completed my training at IESA arts&culture, Professional Master in Cultural Project Management, between September 2012 and March 2013, alongside a position as Artistic Director at 100 ECS, a cultural venue hosting more than 1500 artists a year. A marathon year of training, then, but one rich in encounters and learning.
For my real-scale project, it seemed obvious to me that it should be the 3rd edition of BE MY TOYS. I took the opportunity to completely rethink the content and the way of running this festival: the edition took place last April: a huge success that contributes to what I am undertaking today…
Today, I have opened Maker/Seine, a FabLab/ArtLab in the heart of Paris. A fabrication laboratory where artists, professionals, and amateurs can come to experiment, learn, or make all kinds of digitally produced objects by themselves. But it is also the first Parisian gallery to present the work of artists using CAD (Computer-Aided Design) technology.