A new team for the next marble festival, France
For several years, Marie Penetro has participated in courses organized as part of the summer festival, sculpture and marble at St. Beat.
The presidency of the association "Marbles and Arts" in Saint-Beat has changed hands. At the general assembly which was held on November 10 in the presence of about forty participants, the president Séverine Aït-Cheikh passed the torch to Marie Penetro, all confident for the continuation of the festival. Annick Peremiquel has been kept in her position as treasurer; Maryline Calestroupat proposed to resume the duties of secretary. "I really want to thank Séverine for the way she has passed the baton," says Marie Penetro, who is familiar with the association and its sculpture and marble festival in which she participated for 8 years: at the marble workshop but also to those of stone and bronze. Marie Penetro is a professional painter in the Gers, but remains the child of the country: de Fos where she kept family ties. It is thus by answering the call for candidacy launched by Séverine Aït-Cheikh that Marie finds herself projecting at the head of the association, with by her side, the return of Jean-Jacques Abdallah, formerly and again at the controls artistic coordination. "The festival is important to me. My application was spontaneous. This festival is a nugget for Saint-Beat and the territory elsewhere. It must be recognized at its true value, at the height of what it is and truly represents. Quality will be one of the strong points on which we will work to make this festival even more prestigious. There is also a lot of work to be done in terms of communication and for that, we can count on the help of Quentin Batiot. He is a student and volunteers to work on this indispensable point, "explains Marie, who like her predecessor, has the same fierce desire to see local and departmental politicians get involved. "The marble festival is a real tourist and economic asset. Everyone has to own it, "she says. The newly established team has already turned to the 2019 festival. A task, and not least for all volunteers who will take over the organization of this major event in Comminges.
