“A purchased work is a child going on vacation”, discover Solid’art, the Contemporary Art Solidarity Fair, for those forgotten on vacation

Like the restaurants of the heart, like the food bank, we would like certain events to no longer take place… Unfortunately in 2024, the observation is there, more and more families are experiencing difficulties in feeding themselves, like they experience difficulties in offering vacations to their children. Because in France, 1 in 3 children still do not go on vacation.

So for several years, to allow them to experience the joys of the deep blue sea, the mountains, or the countryside, Secours Populaire has been mobilizing to offer dreams to these children With a very simple motto, “a purchased work is a child going on vacation.” Putting art at the service of the most deprived is the principle of the Solid’art show, which is celebrating its 10th this year.^e birthday.

To finance the campaign called “Les Oubliés des Vacances”, Secours Populaire invites you to meet at Lille town hall, where, on nearly 2,500 m², no less than 120 artists will mobilize throughout on weekends to collect donations for the association.

“The idea of ​​Solid’art is to be a unifying eventexplains Florian Neveu, the director of the show. All together, we are mobilizing to raise funds so that all the children at least have the opportunity to go away, so that they have a day of escape, so that they too have memories to tell their friends. It is also a question of well-being and dignity.”

The idea is also to offer works accessible to all budgets, so that everyone can reach out to their children. Each artist therefore offers works in different formats ranging from €25 to €5,000.

A great initiative for Jef Aérosol, sponsor in 2019: “Solid’Art is a great idea, which puts art at the service of an important cause. Too many children leave never their neighborhood. It is important that each of us, at our own level, do a little something to help Secours Populaire offer these children a few hours or a few days of change of scenery, discovery, joy and happiness. »

We will thus be able to admire the photos of Nablezon, the collages of La Dame Quicolle, the street art of Kelu Abstract or the torn paintings of Martin Loume, and of course the animal portraits of the artist Sandrot, godmother of this 2024 edition. It is with immense gratitude that I undertake to contribute, in whatever way I can, to the development of the children supported by Secours populaire. Allowing them to share moments of happiness is a mission that brings hope. They represent our future, that of all humanity “.

This animal artist offers remarkable compositions, both on canvas and on walls. His creations, with a brush or brush, capture the depth of the subject’s gaze. She recently collaborated with the Paris Aquarium, the Marseille Museum and the city of Toulouse, for a monumental work on the Canal du Midi.

Here she signs the poster for the show, representing a white dove, symbol of peace, hope and love. She will also offer a series of performances throughout the duration of the show.

And there will be numerous artist performances during these 3 days:

JPG Jenfi, urban & contemporary participatory artist will invite visitors to create their own work of art on mini cubic structures.

The artist Tommy Knuts will offer him a stretched canvas so that everyone can participate in an “Art number coloring” fresco (with numbered paint pots). The fresco will be donated to Secours Populaire

Art Taddam will offer to make stencils

Vincent Lelievre urban artist who has a devoted passion for architecture will perform on Sunday afternoon

Saúl Velázquez de Castro, master Spanish foundryman and sculptor, will create a live sculpture

Djiango, architect of the portrait, will create all the works

who will set up their stand directly at the show!

Painting, photography, street art, sculpture, drawings, screen prints… all techniques are represented, guaranteeing a variety of artistic expressions and styles, enough to allow you to find your happiness and make happiness during this weekend of thousands of children. Last year, 3,900 vacation days were offered thanks to Solid’Art.

The funds collected, as explained Jean-Louis Callens, Secretary General of Popular Relief of the North, “ will allow children of families supported by Secours populaire, to go on vacation. In a united approach to popular education, the French Popular Relief is committed to ensuring that all children can learn, thrive and participate in the evolution of the society in which they live.

After August 15, a child who has not gone on vacation will no longer go on vacation. This year again, as part of the operation “ the forgotten ones of the holidays », from August 19 to 23, the Secours Populaire federations of Nord and Pas de Calais will take 10,000 people to Walibi and Pairi Daiza! Last year, the exhibition attracted 6,500 visitors, raising €19,500 for popular relief. A great way to support artists, while offering dreams to children. Solidarity art.