From 27 to 30 March 2025 in Les Rousses, Le Pont des Arts brings together cinema, exhibitions, meet-ups and music. The event is entirely free.
About this event in the Jura in Les Rousses
Le Pont des Arts in the halls of Les Rousses
The Association Culturelle Rousselande presents Le Pont des Arts 2025. The opening is scheduled for Thursday 27 March 2025 at 20:00 at cinéma les Quinsonnets, rue des Écoles, in Les Rousses. Exhibitions and activities continue on Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March 2025.
Exhibitions, activities and performances are entirely free. The programme is spread across several municipal halls and partner exhibition venues.
Opening and Friday events
- Thursday 27 March at 20:00, at cinéma les Quinsonnets: opening of Le Pont des Arts 2025 and screening of Margaux Dreyer's short film, “Absinthe nuit”, with the young director in attendance. Also on the programme is “Mémoires d’un escargot” (“Memoir of a snail”), Adam Elliot's 2024 animated film, running for 1 hour 34 minutes, not recommended for children under 12.
- Friday 28 March from 18:00, at the library: presentation of books by local authors lasting around 1 hour, followed by a reading of a play by Patrick Genre.
The authors announced are Noël Cretin, Sophie Fornuto, Régis Cristin, Régis Vanini, the association Les mots mêlés de Prémanon, Clément Liger for poetry, Marion Brand, illustrator and author, Delphine Gallois, Cécile Cantilzoglou and Patrick Genre for theatre.
Saturday activities and weekend draws
- Saturday 29 March, at Au Lis Martagon: floral workshops. Registration: [email protected]
- Saturday 29 March, at the Vents de Terre bookshop: dictation exercise, with registration required via [email protected] or [email protected]
- Saturday 29 March from 14:00, in the FPA foyer: book signings by the local authors listed above.
- Saturday 29 March at 14:30, at cinéma les Quinsonnets: photographs, screening and discussion with Julien Arbez.
- Saturday 29 March between 11:00 and 18:00: L’Esbaudye, a group playing “high-energy medieval music”, performs as it moves from hall to hall throughout the day.
- Saturday 29 March from 18:30: Wooden mind performs outdoors on a stage in front of the town hall.
- Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March at 17:00: two raffle draws, one each day, in the FPA entrance foyer.
Exhibitions, hall by hall
The exhibitions take place on Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March.
- FPA foyer: Alain Aouni, painting; workshop to create a collaborative artwork.
- Espace Jeanne Fournier: Steve Amizet, photography; Maelle Hello, illustrator and graphic designer; Laetitia Vandelle, pottery; Atelier de la Bienne, painting; Iris Le Gall, painting; Julien Arbez, photographs.
- Salle Gérard Loye: Anabel Huyghbaert, sewing; Tiffany, candles; Virginie Ledru, textile arts and hats; association Rouss’arts, painting.
- Town hall, ceremonial room: Charlotte Serrao, graphic design and printing, “Crash méduse”; Atelier d’art domestique, painting and sculpture; Anne Allers, painting; Christianne Bourgy, painting.
- Town hall, council chamber: Les Scrapuleu’z, Catherine Chevassus, scrapbooking; Florence Mercier, Flo Colore, painting on wood; Florence Le Guennec, pastel and charcoal; Galerie Bleu d’enfer, Raymond Guibert, painting; Swedyn’, leather pictures.
- FPA: Dominique Bauduin, textile arts and embroidery; Jean-Paul Dubois, painting and driftwood; Pauline Deniset, pottery; Christine Lacroix, photographs; Fanny Grillet, furniture makeovers.
- Salle Marguerites: association Trois couleurs, painting; Audrey Chamagne, illustrator; Marie-France Chatellier, collages; Eva Robin, painting.
Partner venues
In addition to the municipal halls — Salle Gérard Loye, Espace Jeanne Fournier, the town hall with its ceremonial room and council chamber, the older people's centre or Foyer Mandrillon, the library and Salle Marguerites beneath the FPA — other exhibition venues are taking part in Le Pont des Arts.
These are cinéma les Quinsonnets ([email protected]), the Myrtilles shop ([email protected]), the Vents de Terre bookshop ([email protected]), Madame Raymonde Aubry's gallery and Au lis martagon ([email protected]).
Opening times and practical information
On Friday 28 March, setting up begins from 09:00 and the exhibitions open in the early afternoon. On Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March, opening hours are 10:00 to 18:00.
All halls are accessible to disabled people. There are numerous car parks near the halls.
A refreshment stall will be available to the public throughout the event in the foyer of the Foyer des Personnes Âgées: FPA, foyer Mandrillon, 164, rue Pasteur.
Remember that the clocks go forward during the night of 29–30 March!