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See you on February 6 for the inauguration!
An art initiation center for 0-6 year olds, mille formes Montpellier is open free of charge to families and groups. The Art Center is made up of different spaces: a gallery, a 0-2 years space, a workshop, a mini-museum, a performance room, a reading hut and a café-cuisine.
The Art Center's programming is designed in partnership with the Centre Pompidou and in dialogue with contemporary artists following a rhythm of two seasons per year, highlighting the diversity of artistic fields. A space dedicated to the discovery of all art forms through exploration, play, doing and undoing, mille formes Montpellier proposes a renewed definition of the relationship between children and adults.
mille formes Montpellier is a cultural establishment of the City of Montpellier. It belongs to the mille formes network, created and initiated by the city of Clermont-Ferrand in partnership with the Centre Pompidou.
mille formes Montpellier fait partie du réseau mille formes, initié et créé par la Ville de Clermont-Ferrand, en partenariat avec le Centre Pompidou.
L'espace
Dans un espace de 1 000 m², mille formes offrira aux plus petits, aux familles et aux professionnels de la petite enfance un espace d’éveil, de sensibilisation et d’activités artistiques, mais aussi un lieu d’accompagnement à la parentalité.
Lors des vacances d’automne 2025, 15 enfants du Centre de loisirs Astérix ont visité le chantier avec l’artiste Nathalie Trovato. Ils ont été invités à inventer les noms des différents espaces composant le Centre d’art. Onomatopées et jeux de mots ont permis la naissance de noms rigolos pour baptiser les différents espaces :
- L’accueil est devenu : Bonjour !
- Le Café : Le Café Miam Miam
- L’atelier : La Formilière
- La Galerie 2-6 ans : La Galerie
- La Cabane de lecture : La Cabane
- Le mini-Musée : Le MiMu
- La boite noire : La Boîte Bleue Nuit
- La station bébé : La Bulle aux bébés
Opening weekend program
Friday, February 6
11h - Official opening
In the presence of Mr. Mayor of Montpellier, Mr. Mayor of Clermont-Ferrand and Mr. President of the Centre Pompidou and many children.
First kick-off, first shared breath, the opening of mille formes Montpellier marks the beginning of a sensitive journey benefiting from the expertise and know-how of the Centre Pompidou in its programming for young children.
Here, wonder is cultivated step by step at children's level in the various spaces offered for the first time to discovery and exploration. Between visual acrobatics and creative acts, mille formes Montpellier promises a suspended moment on the border of art, play and reverie. An invitation to step aside, look up, smile and marvel. The show begins! Silhouettes unfurl, colors come alive and materials come to life. Each movement tells a story, each artistic project opens a window onto a limitless imagination.
Young and old alike are invited to let themselves be guided by the poetry of (a thousand) forms, surprised by the audacity of gestures, carried away by the light breath of a delicately orchestrated fantasy...
Afternoon
HAPPY POP, a mobile baby station by Stéphanie Laleuw
Colorful, joyful, teeming, and populated with astonishing plant elements... Through this installation, Stéphanie Laleuw invites toddlers and their parents on a sensory and sensitive journey through a colorful jungle of fabrics, where many visual and sound surprises are hidden.
Production: Centre Pompidou
From 0 to 2 years
Friday, February 6 at 4:15pm and 5pm.
On reservation: milleformes@montpellier.fr
PETITES FORMES : DIALOGUE CHOREGRAPHIQUE AVEC LA CIE SATELLITE
Since 2018, ICI-Centre chorégraphique national Montpellier Occitanie and the Pôle petite enfance de la Ville de Montpellier have initiated a "Choreography and Early Childhood" program led, since 2024, by Cie Satellite. So it's only natural that Compagnie Satellite should offer a participatory choreographic dialogue with young and old alike.
Walking children to 6 years old
On reservation: milleformes@montpellier.fr
Friday February 6 at 5:30pm
Saturday February 7
HAPPY POP, a mobile baby station by Stéphanie Laleuw
Colorful, joyful, teeming, and populated with astonishing plant elements... Through this installation, Stéphanie Laleuw invites toddlers and their parents on a sensory and sensitive journey through a colorful jungle of fabrics, where many visual and sound surprises are hidden.
Production: Centre Pompidou
From 0 to 2 years
A 9:50 am, 10:40 am, 4:15 pm and 5 pm.
Petites formes : surprise cirque avec la compagnie Balthazar
Prepare for the unexpected! Let yourself be surprised by an impromptu circus stroll that will transform the art center into an unexpected dance floor...
Walking children aged 6
Saturday February 7 and Sunday February 8, 2026 at 11:30 am
Petites formes :NOCHE with Cie De loin
Two circus dancers take us on a journey. At the crossroads of contemporary circus and dance, Noche is an invitation to plunge into a surreal atmosphere blurring the boundaries between reality and imagination.
From 4 to 6 years old
Free admission, subject to availability
From 2pm to 5pm
Sunday, February 8
HAPPY POP, a mobile baby station by Stéphanie Laleuw
Colorful, joyful, teeming, and populated with astonishing plant elements... Through this installation, Stéphanie Laleuw invites toddlers and their parents on a sensory and sensitive journey through a colorful jungle of fabrics, where many visual and sound surprises are hidden.
Production : Centre Pompidou
From 0 to 2 years
A 9h50, 10h40, 16h15 et 17h.
Petites formes : mini boom & paillettes
Funk and soft electro music, dance steps and sequins. Young and old alike will be invited to dance after or before a session where each will put make-up on the other. A joyful moment suspended in time!
Walking children to age 6
Free admission, subject to availability
At 2:30pm.
The set design for mille formes Montpellier was imagined by architect and visual artist Sara de.Gouy. This scenography is a work in itself, within which the various artistic proposals programmed take place. Graphic designer and artist Paul Cox designed the playful and highly colorful visual identity of the mille formes network.
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