The French Public Higher Schools of Art
Cergy
Ecole nationale supérieure d’arts Paris-Cergy
about
A unique and innovative pedagogical approach
Highly attentive to contemporary worlds since its origin, and being a laboratory open to the creation of our time, the school adapts and anticipates. It synchronizes its teaching with the developments in the professional environment in which its students will take part. It focusses its attention on the question of art with the goal of excellence and is constantly modifying its curriculum. The driving force behind these transformations comes from a dynamic teaching staff, the ambition of its national and international collaborations, and the entrepreneurial commitment of the students.
Today the ENSAPC is one of the rare higher schools of art to have taken the principle of à la carte teaching (or the individualized path) to such lengths. This allows students to freely choose among the numerous course options, ARC (Workshops for research and creation) and studios proposed by the school’s professors and guest professionals. Thanks to this system, the student designs his own path. Responsible and independent he/she builds his/her own education and chooses the singular variations that are to be applied to it. Each student has a correspondingly unique trajectory.
With the goal of training high level creators and professionals, the school has trained a large number of artists who have built unique trajectories in the domains of visual arts, cinema, design and literature. Absalon, Erwan Bouroullec, Latifa Echakhch, Loris Gréaud, Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-Charles Hue, Valérie Mrejen, Nicolas Moulin, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Boris Achour and Sylvain Rousseau and Erik Samakh, are a few examples of this.
Research is structured and developed, notably by the opening in 2013 of 7 lines of research covering a wide spectrum of accessible themes beginning in fourth year. Under the title “lines of research” thematic programmes of work are gathered. These programmes mobilize partners belonging to the domain of research in an institutional fashion. Conceived of to be developed over a period of two to three years, lines of research for the vast majority, were recognized by their peers through specific financing such as that coming form Labex (Laboratories of excellence) or the commission for research of the Minister of Culture. Work done by students and researchers is subject to restitution in multiple forms (seminars, publishing of acts, exhibitions, productions…). Graduate students are also involved along with doctoral students of the associated scientific partners.
options
Art
qualifications
DNSEP option Art
post-graduate
accreditation of prior learning and experience
DNSEP option Art
research units
research programmes
Japonologies
Research is structured and developed notably by the opening in 2013 of 7 lines of research covering a wide spectrum of accessible themes beginning in fourth year. Under the title “lines of research” thematic programmes of work are gathered. These programmes mobilize partners belonging to the domain of research in an institutional fashion. Conceived to be developed over a period of two to three years, the lines of research for the vast majority, were recognized by their peers through specific financing such as that coming form Labex (Laboratories of excellence) or the commission for research of the Minister of Culture. Work done by students and researchers is subject to restituted in multiple forms (seminars, publishing of acts, exhibitions, productions…). Graduate students are also involved along with doctoral students of the associated scientific partners.
Led by Corinne Le Neün, the “Japonologies” conference welcomes researchers and doctoral students from the Research Unit of the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations: Center for Japanese studies directed by Professor Michael Lucken. This partnership is defined within the framework of a signed two year convention between the school and the CEJ.
activities and events
A lecture cycle, seminars and study and research days, exhibitions in the Ygrec gallery and beyond the walls…
We would encourage you to consult our website where you will find exhibitions and events taking place in Ygrec, the gallery of the ENSAPC and also in partner spaces in France and elsewhere, spaces that contribute to the realization of our projects such as: the Cinematheque of Tangiers, Central Saint Martins, the Verbeke Foundation, Nam June Paik Art Center in Seoul, the National Centre for Visual Arts, the Palais de Tokyo, the Paris Museum of Modern Art, the Ferme du Buisson, Mac/Val, the Castle Roche-Guyon…
post-curricular or extracurricular activities
Classes open to the public in painting and drawing, given by artists who are also former students
international cooperation
Exchanges within Europe (Austria, Belgium, England, Denmark…), Switzerland and the United States, Canada, Israel, Lebanon, Asia (Japan, China, Korea) and Mexico.
– International projects and workshops in Europe (Germany, Italy, Belgium, United Kingdom), the Middle East (Israel, Lebanon, Turkey), Asia (China, Japan), Africa (Cameroon), North America (USA, Canada), South America (Colombia, Chile, Mexico) and Cuba.
gallery
ENSAPC Ygrec—20 rue Louise Weiss 75013 Paris
The Ygrec is an exhibition space that opened in March of 2012, renewing the project of La Vitrine, established ten years previously by the ENSAPC. Ygrec is a space for research and interaction between Cergy and Paris, between a pedagogical and professional activity. Neither gallery nor art center the Ygrec positions itself as a possible third way dedicated to questioning and reinventing art practice. A permanent structure for the production and distribution of contemporary art, Ygrec accompanies emerging creation and develops audacious artistic projects. It is as much a place that exhibits productions, as a collective work space that makes them happen. It adapts and transforms according to the projects that it hosts: exhibition, performance, concert, projection, launching of publications…
A toolbox for the teachers and students participating in and initiating its activities, YGREC wishes to be a space for meetings and exchanges. The link between an artistic and pedagogical practice where one is re-imagined by the other.
specific equipment
Sound, new/no media, video, photography, computing, computer design (digital plateaus) and publishing, wood/metal workshop, screen-printing, print.
Dance and cinema studios.
administrative team
Sylvain Lizon Directeur
Chloé Samaniego Secrétaire générale
Pierre Genre Secrétaire général adjoint
Michèle Büsch Secrétariat pédagogique
Marie-Lise Dumesnil Secrétariat pédagogique
Patricia Miot Secrétariat pédagogique
Lamiaa Sajid-Soliman Stages et professionalisation
Sylvie Sebbah Secrétariat de la Recherche
Delphine Paul Responsable des relations internationales
Véronique Follet Coordinatrice des études et des projets extérieurs
Emeline Vincent ENSAPC / Y G R E C
Claudine Fournier Centre de documentation
professors
Boris Achour
Pierre Ardouvin
Renaud Auguste- Dormeuil
Carole Benzaken
Sylvie Blocher
François Bon
Carole Boulbès
Jean-Michel Brinon
Jérôme Combier
Christophe Cuzin
Éric Dalbis
Geoffroy de Lagasnerie
Vincent Gérard
Jeff Guess
Julie Heintz
Bozéna Jake
Véronique Joumard
Luc Lang
Corinne Le Neün
Catherine Lobstein
Éric Maillet
Bernard Marcadé
Federico Nicolao
Judith Perron
Anne Pontet
Jeffrey Rian
Patrice Rollet
Claire Roudenko-Bertin
Pierre Savatier
Michèle Waquant
contact
2 rue des Italiens, Parvis de la Préfecture
95000 | Cergy-Pontoise
tél. +33 (0)1 30 30 54 44
fax +33 (0)1 30 38 38 09
accueil@ensapc.fr
http://www.ensapc.fr
students
212 students