Collector Artists
In 2019, by inviting Oriol Vilanova to lead an artist-in-residence program in schools, the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco launched an initiative that continues today, with the aim of helping middle school students in the Principality understand what collecting means to an artist.
With the support of the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Department of Education, Youth, and Sports
Invited as part of a dual residency program for artists and collectors in schools and digital creation, Elisa Bollazzi collaborates with sixth-grade arts students at the François d’Assise Nicolas Barré and Charles III schools. During her residency, she raises awareness of contemporary creation and mediation based on works from the MicroCollection. Her digital creation residency focuses on the NMNM collections, in line with her interest in the infinitely small.
À l’occasion de sa résidence en milieu scolaire et de création numérique, Léa Collet a proposé un travail collectif en plusieurs étapes, axé sur la représentation du paysage de la Principauté et de la végétation qui la compose. Après plusieurs interventions auprès des collégiens et collégiennes, l’artiste a réalisé une vidéo avec celles et ceux qui ont souhaité poursuivre le projet.
Éléonore False works with two 6th grade classes from the Principality’s two secondary schools. She invites the pupils to collect images from the various printed media around them and to classify them in her own way, with a view to composing their own collages.