The red city of Marrakech hosts 11 to 14 April 2013 the 7th Festival Awaln’art: International Encounters with Art in Public Places.

Awalnart is carried by the Collective Shards Moon with the support of the Al Haouz Province, the Urban Commune of Marrakesh, the Regional Council of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, the Ministry of Culture, the National Festival of Popular Arts of Oasiria, lInstitut of Paris French, French Canadian Institutes of Morocco, Marrakech lInstitut French, Embassy of France, Spanish Steps and Holland.

According to organizers, this cultural and artistic event, which will also invest public spaces Tahannaoute, Tamesloht, Ait Ourir and Aghmat, is to invite artists to create and build on these public spaces a little more lesthétique Moroccan and Mediterranean street arts.

However, with the Festival Awaln’art, you will discover: new shows of national circus school Shemsy, Theatre Nomad, Shards of the Moon Collective, a sewing mobile made ​​in Holland, a popular dance, a Ferris wheel and a clown made ​​in France, waders Togo, surprise urban Spanish. And to top this anthology showman, installation of fire spectacular French company Carabosse in one of the most beautiful places of our heritage, the Palais Badii. In parallel, the festival is open from 9 to 11 April Malraux seminar co-organized with the departments of French and Moroccan culture and Embassys France. Participants will discuss the question of the role of culture in economic development and human sappuyant including lexemple dAwalnart.