the land of Mix’Art Myrys bought to build a school group there?
The outcome seems inevitable: Mix’Art Myrys Should soon leave the field which he occupies at the Ponts-Jumeaux, more precisely at 10-12 rue Ferdinand Lassalle. This Thursday, March 10 during the office of the Metropolis, a deliberation will focus on the purchase of the property by the municipality toulouse for there build a school group. Until then, the land belonged to Toulouse Métropole.
“Disengagement” from Toulouse Métropole
The opposition groups “Alternative for a Citizen Metropolis” and the group “Green, Solidarity and Citizen Metropolis” have gone up to the battlements in an open letter addressed to Jean-Luc Moudenc, president of Toulouse Métropole. They denounce thewithdrawal from the Metropolis“, which adds “to the profound impacts that the health crisis has had on cultural actors.”
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The city undertook to provide these premises and renovation work insurerthrough the agreement established in 2018. However, since these works were the responsibility of the Métropole and had not been carried out, the Mix’Art Myrys collective was given an administrative closure January 20, 2021″, explain the elected officials in this letter.
“Recognized as a New Territory of Art, it is in this capacity that it [le collectif, ndlr] received a grant of Toulouse Métropole until 2021. The collective is currently suffering from unjustified withdrawal of this subsidy last year”, continue the opposition groups. While a appeal Brought by the collective against Toulouse Métropole is ongoingthey consider the sale of the property “totally premature”.
If the establishment of a school group in this sector is certainly of public interestwe urge the City of Toulouse to study the possibility ofinvest in other more suitable places“, activating the opposition elected officials, demanding “that a sustainable solution be offered to the Mix’Art Myrys collective.”
“No other possibilities” to build a school group
Contacted by The Independent OpinionMarion Lalane-de-Laubadère, deputy mayor in charge of school affairs, believes for her part that there is “no other alternatives” for the construction of a school group in the neighborhood.
It makes we’ve been looking for several months land large enough to set it up in the area and we have no no other possibilities, explains the chosen one. Especially since the need is urgent, it takes about 4 years to build a school group and we had to shave and rebuild on this ground. We must give the starting signal now to hopes to open by 2026.”
The municipal councilor is also considered as the town hall worked with the collective of artists “for many months” through Francois Grass, deputy in charge of the coordination of cultural policies. “All artists who need a placewhether to rehearse or perform, must get closer to him so that their requests are studied“, adds Marion Lalane-de-Laubadère.
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