Papercuts at Prangins/ Free tickets for Monday Film in English 21 July

The current exhibition on at the Château de Prangins is entitled "Papiers decoupés" ("Paper cuts") and this year focuses on contemporary paper cutting.

Above paper cut by Werner Gunterswiler  "La Mouche, 2012" - All images courtesy Château de Prangins The exhibition includes some historical paper cuts, including a love letter, silhouettes and scenes depicting an Alpine cattle drive all created by traditional paper cutting artists. There is also an installation of paper dresses!

Fancy trying paper cutting yourself?  Every Sunday at the château there are demonstrations of papercutting and an opportunity to try your hand at the art itself from 14:30 to 16:30. The exhibition lasts until the 28th September.  For full details of exhibtion and the Sunday afternoon demonstrations click here

Ticket for Film "A Long Way Down" based on the best selling book by Nick Hornby  - Monday 21 July 2014 There are five pairs of ticket up for grabs for the Monday movie in English on the 21 July in Nyon. The film is "A Long Way Down" based on the best selling book by Nick Hornby. The film stars Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots and is an "avant-première"!  To be in with a chance of winning tickets, send an email with your full name, the name of the other person who will be accompanying you and the towns or villages that you both live in to info@capitole-nyon.ch    Closing date Saturday 19th July 2014. See trailer below.