The Matrimony Days

For the very first time, Verviers welcomes the Journées du Matrimoine. Organized by the non-profit organization L’architecture qui dégenre, this weekend highlights the heritage of women and gender minorities in art, architecture, urban planning and local history. Guided tours, creative workshop and conference: an opportunity to rediscover Verviers heritage from another angle. All activities are free. Online reservations are mandatory and open on October 26 at 18h on www.matrimonydays.be/fr Saturday, November 28 Boch, Graverol, Lacour and the others. Artists and women at the Museum of Fine Arts de Verviers Visite guided tour with Lyse Vancampenhoudt, art historian Based on the work La Souffrance de Sapho (1951) by Jane Graverol, this tour explores the artists and women present in the museum's collections, from Anna Boch to Simone Lacour, and invites us to nuance the "second canon" of art history in Belgium. Schedules: 10h-11h30 and 14h-15h30 Location: Musées de Verviers, rue Renier 17 20 people max. In the footsteps of fifteen Verviers women, from Hodimont to Sommeleville Visite guided tour with Freddy Joris, historian A walk to discover fifteen women who marked local history, from the 18th to the 20th century, in very varied fields. Schedules: 10h-12h and 14h-16h Location: square opposite the former Maison Closset, place Saucy 138-142 25 people max. Sunday, November 29 Guided walk of the project "Verviers Ville Conviviale" Guided tour with Jean-Christophe Culot, architect-urbanist (Baumans-Deffet office) Discovery of an inclusive urban planning project which aims to make the city center a green, attractive, lively and pacified heart, with multipurpose public spaces. Schedules: 10h-12h and 14h-16h Location: Parc Fabiola, rue du Théâtre 25 people max. Doily workshop Workshop with textile artist Nathalie Dupont Mêlant embroidery and materials of yesterday and today, participants are invited to bring postcards, photos or other supports to give them a new life. Schedules: 10h-12h30 and 14h-16h30 Location: Wool and Fashion Tourist Center (multipurpose room), rue de la Chapelle 30 12 people max. "What feminists do to architecture" Conference with Apolline Vranken, architect and founder of L’architecture qui dégenre An overview of the main feminist architects: their careers, their works, their heritages and their contributions to the way of thinking about architecture. Schedule: 17h-18h30 Location: Bibliothèque de Verviers (study room), place du Marché 9 50 people max.