Art and museums

While you are here you may like to wonder around the many handicraft shops which are a traditional part of  life in the village – potters, glassblower, woodcrafts, a dressmaker, a leather worker, painters galleries and studios…..and much more.

Art Galleries and Museums

Xavier Maffre
Xavier Maffre
Rue St-Jean
Tél 05.45.98.62.71
Ceramicist, who creates decorative and useful pieces and welcomes you all year round to his shop (outside the summer season by appointment).
Just down the road from the "Underground Church".
http://www.maffre.fr.st
Tourniquet
L'Atelier du tourniquet, Philippe Montigaud
Rue du Minage
Tél 05.45.60.27.53
A creator of original artworks in wood, with animated figures, painted mobiles and unique wooden toys.  His world is multi-colored, humorous and charmingly eccentric.  Open from May to September.

Yveline Renou
Rue Barbecane
Tél 05.45.98.04.08
Leather craft – handbags, belts and accessories
Next to the Ludovic Trarieux museum.
Gisors
José Gisors
Passage Bardichon
Tél 05.45.98.60.65
A potter with a particular interest in lamps and lighting, he also makes and restores lamp-shades. Open from April to September.
Opposite the underground Church.
Puits Perdu
L'Atelier du Puits Perdu, Brigitte Larcher
Rue St-Jacques
Tél 05.45.98.51.71
A Ceramicist of fine and intricate designs. Open all year round.
Next to the Church of St Jacques.
Daniel Baroy
Quartier Plaisance
Tél 05.45.23.3.44
A glassblower.  Exhibition and demonstrations.  You can see his creations in his workshop (from Easter to October) at the foot of the village near the Hostellerie du Perigord.
Signature, Maryse Bonifet
Signature,Maryse Bonifet
Place Trarieux
Tél 05.45.78.50.22
Dressmaker and couturier welcomes you to her shop all year round.
Opposite the Town Hall (mairie)
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/signature/
Marché en France
Marche en France
Rue St-Jacques.
Tél 06.31.20.68.33
Marché en France, Art and Crafts exhibition in the old "Hôpital Saint François", dated from the 14th century, just up the road from the butcher. Open in June, July, August and September.
www.marcheenfrance.com
Photo des Mondes
Atelier Photo des mondes
8-10, rue Saint-Jacques
Tél. : +33 (0)9 63 21 41 16, Port. : +33 (0)6 74 98 75 88, Fax : +33 (0)5 45 78 24 72
fabienne.cozic@orange.fr - contact@photodesmondes.com
Open from May to October Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 7.30 pm or by appointment.
www.photodesmondes.com

Les musées

Espace Trarieux
Espace Ludovic Trarieux
Place Trarieux
Tél 05.45.98.04.08
In his family home, there is a permanent exhibition on Human Rights, and on the life of Ludovic Trarieux, founder of the French League for the Defense of Human Rights.
La maison des Marionnettes
La Maison des Marionnettes
Place Trarieux
Tél 05.45.98.45.59
Puppet theatre shows in French and English during July and August.
In the village square next to the tabac.

Autour d'Aubeterre

Bernard
Atelier Tournebois, Bernard Termenière
Le Bourg
Rouffiac,à 8km d'Aubeterre
Tél 05.45.98.42.75
A Wood turner, his workshop is open all year round by appointment.
in Rouffiac, opposite the church.
Didier Grare
Didier Grare, Peintre contemporain
Le Bourg
Nabinaud, à 5km d'Aubeterre
Tél 05.45.98.05.23
Didier Grare is a contemporary Charentais artist. Studio visits by appointment
www.didiergrare.com
Blackburn
Atelier bois, Galerie Robert et Lesley Blackburn
Les Combes
Saint Romain ,à 3km d'Aubeterre
Tél 05.45.78.52.12
A cabinetmaker and wood carver. Robert creates works of art in wood.
www.robertandlesley.com