Pedagogy of the art department
The art department is dedicated to the ways in which art exists and is emerging today. It reveals the artistic representations and practices of the future. Issues and questions are raised, which students face with the support, experience, and insights that professors have acquired from their own artistic or theoretical experience.
The curriculum is organised so that it fulfils a dual purpose. It makes it possible to grasp a variety of media and practices. It allows each student to establish a unique field of research. During the two years, emphasis is placed on the primary importance of ‘workshop culture’, i.e. the acquisition of knowledge through experimentation with media. This workshop time is a period in which to develop tools, to explore artistic thinking through practice. By ‘workshop culture’, we mean: the path, the steps, the language, the tools, and the enriching resources required to bring an idea to fruition. In the topic on enriching resources, we will focus on elements of knowledge: history of media, techniques, and their context; fluency in written and spoken language; and development of a critical approach to the challenges of artistic practices. The topic on language will focus on the components required to envisage how an idea will be brought to fruition.
Media practice is often accompanied by installation as a tool for debate, risk-taking, and note-taking. Other presentation materials are used according to the nature and artistic sensibility of the projects (online layout, page layout, staging, projection). The development of ideas and forms takes precedence over assessment alone. The back-and-forth between thought and form gradually leads the student to refine his or her perspective. Participation in conferences, seminars, registration for workshops, experience acquired during internships in France and abroad, but also well organised workshops or taking the initiative of having exhibitions outside the institute are all elements favourable to the social repute of any young artist and are a part of everyday life of the art option.
Degrees offered
- Diplôme National d’Art (bac + 3), (equivalent to a Bachelor of Arts)
- Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique (bac + 5), (equivalent to a Master’s degree)
