JUMILART
14 ~ 16th June, Berck sur mer
This was the 2nd year of Jumilart, a very successful and popular art exhibition to showcase artwork, crafts and photographs of Berck, Northern France and its twin towns of Hythe, Kent and Bad Honnef, Germany.
Several artists from Hythe Art Society exhibited their paintings along with photographs from a Hythe resident.
Friday 14th June was the official opening by the Mayor of Berck, Bruno Cousein.
School groups attended, engaged in craft activities, created their own mural and practised English with some of our twinning members.
The event was open to the public over the weekend.
Sunday saw the artistspaintingEn plien air in the local gardens and seafront.
The Twinning relationship with Hythe goes from strength to strength and activities like this make for an even stronger bond.
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 Jacqui painting |  Artist painting on location on Sunday as part of festival |  Artist painting |
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 Examples of paintings done on location |  Mayor of Berck and Collette Martel at official opening |  Jacqui explaining painting to French Schoolchildren |
 Jacqui with French Schoolchildren |  Students ScribblesStudents Scribbles |  Fred Kirkby responding on behalf of Hythe |
 Part of Hythe Display |  Berck beach |  Berck beach |
 Berck Venue |  Venue and Twinning Flag |  Twinning Flag |