Art
Design

Catalogues, artist books, artists’ writings

– « Conférences de la presqu’île »: lecture cycles proposed by teachers from ésam Caen/Cherbourg linked to different options and mentions in the school – open to everyone, Wednesdays at 6p.m. In the auditorium of Caen campus.
– « XXe siècle etc. »: a cycle of art history lectures proposed in partnership with the Basse-Normandie FRAC and the Artothèque of Caen.
– « Impressions multiples » trade fair: a gathering of independent publishers (multiples and prints by artists, graphic and typographic trials, electronic and sound publications, micro-publishing) proposed within the framework of the Passages de témoins festival.
– “Interstice – rencontre des inclassables” Festival: dedicated to the practices of international visual artists and musicians that questions the intermedia relationships of sound/image/object/space.
– Graduate exhibitions: work done by the DNSEP (“A suivre…”), DNAT and honors graduates.
– Temporary shows and exhibitions proposed in partnership with local cultural structures (the Nordik Impact festival, the Boréales festival, the Caen/Normandie National Center for Choreography, the Comédie of Caen, the Theater of Caen, etc.)

Weekly workshops and an introduction to artistic practice for children, teenagers and adults; visual arts activities in schools.

ésam Caen/Cherbourg has been running a programme of international cooperation and exchanges for over 30 years : joint workshops and exhibitions, residency programs, field trips, student and staff mobility…

The school holds bilateral agreements with the following institutions :

Erasmus+ :
Fachhochschule Mannheim, Germany
Fachhochschule Münster, Germany
Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main, Germany
Muthesius Kunsthochschule in Kiel, Germany
Plymouth College of Art, United Kingdom
University of the Arts London – Wimbledon College of Art, United Kingdom
Ecole de Recherche Graphique de Bruxelles, Belgium
St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria
Escola d’Art i Superior de Disseny Ondara Tarrega, Spain
Budapest Metropolitan University of Applied Sciences, Hungary
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Hungary
University of Ulster, United Kingdom
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Italia
Latvijas Makslas akademia, Latvia
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia
Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Norway
Akademia Sztuk Pieknych Warszaw, Poland
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey

Others :
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced learning, Canada
University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
Maryland Institute College of Art, USA
Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath College of Fine Arts, India
Universidad Internacional, Mexico
Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts, Russia
Ecole cantonale d’art du Valais, Switzerland

A large (200m2) exhibition gallery located on Caen campus that hosts exhibitions of school graduates in addition to other exhibitions by artists from outside of the school, programmed in the framework of cultural partnerships.

Technical workshops:
– Volume section: wood workshops; metal workshops, in which cutting and welding, folding, forging, casting are done; a resin and plastics workshop.
– Ceramics section: workshops allowing students to explore a multitude of ceramics techniques (molding, modeling, turning, casting, enameling and tin glazing, raku, stoneware, reduction and oxidized baking)
– Print section: engraving workshops in soft carving, xylography, aquatint, screen-printing workshops with a number of print tables; lithography and photolithography workshop.
– Publishing section: printer allowing wood-typography, lead typography, offset and digital.
– Photography section: film developing laboratory, black and white and color printing workshops, including one for large formats; a shooting studio; a digital photography workshop.
– Video section: video editing spaces, film studio equipped with a cyclo for embedding
– Sound section: sound studio equipped with a voice recording studio; sound editing spaces
– Computer and multimedia section: computer room for classes, digital workshops in typography, layout, multimedia, animation and virtual 3D.

Libraries: The libraries located on each of the two campuses of ésam Caen/Cherbourg provide up a fund of references and resources for visual and contemporary art from the 20th century to today, that is to say over 27,000 documents in printed form (monographs, exhibition catalogues, essays) audiovisual documents (CD-Audio, DVD, CD-Rom), periodicals (art reviews, French and international graphic design reviews).

Student workshops: workshops with an area of 100 and 200m2 allow each student to benefit from an adapted workspace within the school throughout the year so as to imagine and carry out their personal projects. The pedagogical exhibition spaces allow them to present their work in professional conditions during evaluations or when passing degrees.

A 250 seater auditorium with a 12×11m plateau.

The school is a member of several networks :
– Normandie Université (Normandy higher education institutes)

– ANdEA (national association of higher schools of arts)
– Art Accord France (French association for art schools international coordinators)
– ELIA (European League of Institute of the Arts)

Arnaud Stinès Director
Samuel Weddle Administrator
Brice Giacalone Studies and Research
France Jacquel-Blanc International relations
Julie Laisney Communication and Cultural Activites
Pierre Aubert Library

Caen campus [headquarters]:
17 cours Caffarelli 14000 | Caen
Cherbourg campus:
61 rue de l’abbaye 50100 | Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
tél. +33 (0)2 14 37 25 00
fax +33 (0)2 14 37 25 01
info@esam-c2.fr
http://www.esam-c2.fr
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