By way of introduction…

Salama! (hello) My name is Faly and I am Malagasy; I was abandoned by my parents at the age of 4. Left on the street, I had to fend for myself and it was very hard.

Fortunately the association “Les Enfants du Soleil,” very committed in our country, was able to give me everything I needed: a house to sleep in, food, clothes, an education, training for a future career, and above all a great deal of love.

This association needs financial help to carry out its project, and I learned that a certain Parisian school, IESA, was going to contribute. First-year art market students are organizing a prestigious auction for which (mostly) street artists have donated a work. Street artists helping us, the street children, isn’t that wonderful?

This sale will take place at the Alliance Française, which is very symbolic, because for us in Madagascar, French is a guarantee for our future.

“From the Street to Hope, Let’s Forge Them a Future”

We are counting on your generosity!

Misaotra (thank you)

Faly, written by Anne-Sophie Pichon, a 1st-year student in the Bachelor in Art Expertise and Trade

Our students' mission

The students of the 1st cycle Art Expertise and Trade (art market program, Bac+3) are mobilizing by organizing this charity sale under the supervision of Karine Milon, lead professor for the Art Market and project coordinator, in order to put into practice the courses of their art market program.

They had various assignments: logistical organization of the auction and the exhibition, production of the catalog of artworks for sale, relations with the artists, communication (producing the press kit, creating the website). This study project allowed them to:

  • discovering the world of auctions: how they work, the stages, the contacts, the careers
  • discovering contemporary art and in particular street art

The auction

This sale, led by auctioneer Rémy Le Fur, is organized for the benefit of Children of the Sun (Les Enfants du soleil), an association founded in 1985 to help street children in Madagascar. The proceeds of the sale will fund the program "French for All". About twenty artists, including JonOne, Gegos, Jérôme Mesnager and also Nasty and Oakone, are joining the project by customizing child silhouettes.

The sale will be held at the Alliance Française foundation, at 101 boulevard Raspail, Paris 6th, on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 19:00. The works will be exhibited two days before the sale, which is open to the public with free admission.