In all discretion, the venerable association, created in 1867, contributes each year to promoting young talents in the field of art, as well as authors whose potential or remarkable creation it considers. In 2022, like every even year, a Vocation Prize was awarded to a talent from Le Havre, aged 18 to 30. The prize, endowed with €2,000, implemented since 1990 in accordance with the will of Andrée Lévarey, who had made the association his universal legatee, is intended to help its winners in the pursuit of their artistic and scientific studies.
The young filmmaker Esteban Guibert joins the list of people with sometimes extraordinary vocations, such as the lyrical singer Muriel Pitte, first winner of the Vocation Prize, who joined the Saint-Evode master’s degree at Rouen Cathedral, or the drummer Antoine Fattout, who teaches at the Berklee School of Music in Boston.
A strong bond between students and “old”
Support for youth and talent does not stop there. In order to allow each high school student to make the most of the possibilities offered by their studies, beyond the difficulties related to the financial or family environment, the Maurice Lévarey commission of the Association can also pay social assistance to a student in difficulty. to acquire equipment dedicated to studies or to travel to take part in competitions.
Faithful to its values of solidarity and duty to remember, the Association of Former Students also hosts memorial ceremonies. Since 1921, around November 11, the Remembrance Ceremony, in front of the high school war memorial, has brought together a large number of students and, beyond that, personalities linked to the life of the high school and the city.
A group of movie buffs
The award ceremony took place on 1is July. This year, the winner chosen by the jury is the young and talented director Esteban Guibert, audiovisual BTS student and creator of Sames Production, a group of young film buffs whose films already made are creating a buzz. Since 2016, the association of audiovisual production and production has brought together high school students or students who are passionate regarding practices that contribute to the birth of films. ” I am honored, as a high school alumnus and member of the Alumni Association, to receive this award that I had heard regarding as a high school student. Being a laureate is both rewarding for me and my vocation for the audiovisual sector. It is also my first prize as a director. »
