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“It has been so interesting and absolutely fascinating,” she added, noting that she will meet with the other nine judges “to discuss everything and share their opinions” to jointly determine the three winners of the French Residency Prize.

Chief Justice Nora Hickey M’Scihili’s final announcement will be made in the gallery on December 20.

The historic chateau of Dampierre-sur-Boutonne, a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France, in which Wendy is president of the Société du Chateau, is steeped in culture and art.

“It is also a former haunt of Salvador Dali who has resided there many times, and whose original works are still hung in the beautiful interiors of this flagship space of French culture, art and heritage”, said Ciara Hambly, co-owner of Hambly. & Hambly with her husband, Nick.
French residence and hosts art exhibitions and cultural events. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the Chateau in the very exciting days to come and to introduce our artists Hambly & Hambly to this magnificent space for future magic, ”she said.

Delighted with the strong links forging between Hambly & Hambly job function email database and the Château, and the potential for future collaborations, Wendy said: “The connection we hope for [to nurture] between the Château and the artist in residence at Hambly & Hambly, is that at the Château, we can exhibit their work, advertise, so that when visitors come to the Château, they are given a leaflet to go see the artist in work of the residency.

“Fantastic connections”

“In what is a very small farming community village, it’s fantastic to have connections to the international art world. It’s unheard of, really, certainly in Charente-Maritime, ”she told this newspaper.