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Olivier Prize — Bourges 2028
Institutions • Territories • Schools • Businesses • Foundations • Patrons
Contribute to the rayonnement of French-speaking creative women, artisans, and entrepreneurs through a cultural and entrepreneurial initiative designed as a legacy of transmission.
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Summary
Our First Committed Supporters
The Olivier Prize gratefully thanks its first committed supporters who are accompanying the initial stages of this initiative.
Centre des Monuments Nationaux
For its attention to initiatives contributing to the dialogue between heritage, creation, and transmission.
École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Bourges
For its openness to the intersections of contemporary creation, artistic research, and creative professions.
Association Villes et Métiers d’Art
For its commitment to promoting craft professions, savoir-faire, and creative territories.
Their trust supports the gradual development of the Olivier Prize Circle of Supporters and helps foster an ecosystem combining entrepreneurship, creation, transmission, and cultural influence.
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Why join the Circle of Supporters?
The Olivier Prize brings together institutions, businesses, patrons, and individuals who believe that creation, craft professions, and women's entrepreneurship are sustainable levers for cultural and human development.
Designed as a long-term initiative, the program supports the emergence of inspiring trajectories and fosters encounters between entrepreneurship, heritage, contemporary creation, and transmission.
Joining the Circle of Supporters means participating in a collective dynamic aimed at recognizing, supporting, and promoting those who create, undertake, and transmit.
The Olivier Prize is part of an ecosystem combining creation, transmission, and support, championed by the Mentors' Circle .
What Your Support Makes Possible
Uncovering Talent
Supporting committed creative women and entrepreneurs.
Preserving Know-How
Encouraging the transmission of craft professions and living heritage.
Fostering Connections
Promoting dialogue between creation, economy, and culture.
Building a Legacy
Contributing to the cultural influence championed by the Olivier Prize.
Forms of Engagement
The Circle of Supporters welcomes different levels of involvement depending on each individual's objectives and expertise.
- Financial patronage
- Cultural or academic partnership
- Mentoring and support
- Hosting events
- Skills contribution
- Networking and opening opportunities
A Long-Term Project
The Olivier Prize is part of an ambition for cultural influence combining women's entrepreneurship, creation, cultural hospitality, and transmission.
Developed with an international and francophone vision, the program aims to contribute sustainably to the cultural dynamic driven by Bourges 2028 and beyond.
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Prix de l’Olivier — Atelier de l’Olivier × Maison NANA1807
Le Cadre du Prix de l’Olivier
Pensé comme une distinction culturelle et patrimoniale, le Prix de l’Olivier s’inscrit dans une démarche structurée de reconnaissance, de transmission et de valorisation des savoir-faire féminins d’excellence.
Une Distinction Annuelle
Le Prix de l’Olivier a vocation à distinguer chaque année des femmes incarnant l’excellence dans les domaines des Métiers d’Art, de la création et de la transmission des savoir-faire.
Un Comité de Sélection
Les candidatures et nominations sont étudiées par un comité réunissant les partenaires fondateurs et des personnalités qualifiées issues des univers de l'entrepreneuriat, les métiers d'art, et de la culture.
Des Critères d’Excellence
Le Prix distingue des parcours marqués par la maîtrise artisanale, la singularité créative, l’engagement dans la transmission et la contribution au rayonnement des savoir-faire.
Un Rayonnement Culturel
Pensé depuis le Berry, le Prix de l’Olivier a vocation à rayonner à l’échelle internationale auprès des créatrices engagées dans l’excellence.
FAQ | Olive Tree Award
Discover the objectives of the Olive Tree Prize, and the cultural commitment upheld by Atelier de l'Olivier and Maison NANA1807.
What is Mintéalogie®?
The Prix de l’Olivier is a cultural and entrepreneurial initiative dedicated to recognizing creative, entrepreneurial women who pass on knowledge and are involved in the fields of crafts, creation, and cultural heritage.
Why did we create the Olive Tree Award?
The program was born out of a desire to promote savoir-faire, artisanal excellence, cultural transmission, and impactful female entrepreneurship through a sustainable and collaborative dynamic.
What vision does Maison NANA1807 share with Atelier de l'Olivier?
Maison NANA1807 and l'Atelier de l'Olivier share a common vision of excellence founded on the transmission of savoir-faire, the celebration of creative gesture, and the recognition of women who shape, preserve, and reinvent decorative and artisanal arts.
What does the Olive Tree Prize reward?
The Award recognizes outstanding initiatives in the fields of creation, crafts, cultural transmission, entrepreneurial innovation, and intercultural dialogue.
What is the Olive Tree Award Mentors' Circle?
The Circle of Mentors brings together experts, entrepreneurs, cultural figures, and professionals committed to providing human and strategic support to future award winners.
Who can join the Mentors' Circle?
The program is open to individuals recognized for their experience, commitment, and ability to impart knowledge in the fields of culture, entrepreneurship, creation, and hospitality.
What is Mintéalogie®?
Minteaology® refers to the science and art of Mint Tea. It explores the cultural, historical, and relational dimensions linked to traditions of hospitality and transmission.
Why does mint tea play such an important role in this initiative?
Mint tea symbolizes hospitality, dialogue, and cross-cultural transmission. It naturally complements the relational and cultural vision embodied by the Olive Tree Award.
Does the Olive Tree Prize have an international dimension?
Yes. The program aims to progressively develop cultural and entrepreneurial collaborations at national, Euro-Mediterranean, and international levels.
What role does the Atelier de l'Olivier play in the Prix de l'Olivier?
A founding partner of this initiative alongside Maison NANA1807, Atelier de l'Olivier brings its expertise in the world of Art Professions and artisanal creation.
Its commitment helps to anchor the Prix de l'Olivier in an approach of transmission, valorization of know-how, and celebration of female excellence.
How to become a partner of or support the Prix de l’Olivier?
Institutions, businesses, patrons, and cultural stakeholders can join the program to support the development of initiatives for knowledge transfer, mentorship, and skills promotion.
Why does the olive tree embody this distinction?
A universal symbol of peace, transmission, and longevity, the olive tree embodies the cardinal values of this distinction: cultural roots, heritage, elevation of gesture, and the enduring nature of the work.
Explorer l’univers du Prix de l’Olivier
Découvrez les initiatives du Prix de l’Olivier dédiées à l’excellence féminine, à la transmission des savoir-faire et au rayonnement culturel.
Célébrer l’excellence et la transmission des savoir-faire
À travers la Mintéalogie®, le Prix de l’Olivier et son engagement aux côtés de l’Atelier de l’Olivier, Maison NANA1807 œuvre à la reconnaissance des arts du Thé à la Menthe, des Métiers d’Art et de l’excellence artisanale comme expressions vivantes d’un patrimoine culturel en transmission.
Cette initiative rend hommage aux femmes créatrices, artisanes et gardiennes de savoir-faire dont le geste, la maîtrise et la sensibilité contribuent à faire perdurer les arts du beau, de l’hospitalité et de la création.
Elle affirme une vision de l’excellence fondée sur la noblesse du geste, la profondeur des savoir-faire et la transmission des héritages culturels comme formes contemporaines d’engagement et de rayonnement.