Suite au succès retentissant de la grande exposition qui s’est tenue au 19Liberté en décembre 2016, et dans l’optique de pérenniser l’engagement en faveur des créateurs et artisans d’art, Son Altesse Royale la Grande-Duchesse héritière, la Chambre des Métiers du Luxembourg, Spuerkeess et M. Roland Kuhn ont créé en mai 2017 l’association sans but lucratif De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg.
L’Association De Mains de Maîtres Luxembourg
Conseil d'Administration :
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Présidente d’honneur
Grande-Duchesse Stéphanie
S.A.R. la Grande-Duchesse
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Président
M. Roland Kuhn
Administrateur délégué de KUHN S.A.
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Trésorier
Mme Françoise Thoma
Directeur général et Présidente du Comité de direction de Spuerkeess
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Administrateur délégué
M. Tom Wirion
Directeur général de la Chambre des Métiers du Luxembourg
Direction artistique
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Jean-Marc Dimanche
Commissioner General Biennale De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg
Rayonnement des Métiers d'Art du Grand-Duché
The De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg association aims to pursue and expand the initiative launched in 2016 by H.R.H. the Hereditary Grand Duchess: to organise a major exhibition in the heart of Luxembourg, cataloguing and bringing together creators and art craftsmen practising in the Grand Duchy and its Greater Region.
Among the association’s missions, the first is to perpetuate the « De Mains De Maîtres » exhibition, whose fame extends beyond borders, becoming a true Biennial of Arts and Crafts and building essential bridges between key players in various European countries.
The association’s purpose also includes exporting Luxembourg’s arts and crafts and artisanal know-how. Complementing and strengthening this biennial event at the heart of the Grand Duchy, the association develops a programme of exhibitions abroad, aiming to showcase each year a selection of Luxembourgish art craftsmen in various European capitals, according to each country’s major events, or within embassies and other prestigious venues.
Also prioritising the essential transmission for the preservation of trades and skills, the association has created excellence scholarships which enable future craftsmen or those already established to further their expertise abroad. These scholarships, awarded at regular intervals, are partly financed by proceeds from the exhibitions, during which all the works presented may be acquired.
Thus, the De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg association aims to be a true driving force for the preservation and development of the arts and crafts of Luxembourg, both at the heart of the Grand Duchy, beyond its borders throughout Europe, and tomorrow on the international stage.