The French Public Higher Schools of Art
Toulouse
Institut supérieur des arts et du design de Toulouse
about
The isdaT – institut supérieur des arts et du design de Toulouse (Toulouse Higher Institute of Arts and Design) is a public higher education institution dedicated to training artists and creators in the fields of arts, design, graphic design, music, and dance.
Each specialty offers specific courses that combine artistic practice, theoretical reflection, collective experimentation, and cultural context. The goal is to impart solid skills, critical thinking, and the ability to take action in the artistic, educational, and professional worlds. Students are supported in building their personal paths and looking to the future with autonomy and commitment.
Award of qualifications
- National Arts Diploma (third-year level, french equivalent of the Bachelor of Arts Degree) in the options art, design spaces and objects specialisation, and graphic design.
- National University Diploma in Artistic Expression (fifth-year level, french equivalent of the Master of Arts Degree) in the options art, design spaces, objects and ecosystems, and graphic design.
- National Professional University Diploma in Music (third-year level).
- National Diploma in Music Teaching (third-year level).
- National Diploma in Dance Teaching (second-year level).
- Master of Music in Organ Performance (fifth-year level).
Façade extérieure, institut supérieur des arts de Toulouse
Présentation lors des Journées Portes Ouvertes © Franck Alix.
Cour d'honneur de l'isdaT © Franck Alix.
Palais des arts de l'isdaT, Journées Portes Ouvertes © Franck Alix.
Plateau-média de l'isdaT concert lors des Journées Portes, février 2020 © Franck Alix.
Espace de travail, isdaT © Franck Alix.
Atelier bois, isdaT © Franck Alix.
Studio de prise de vue de l'isdaT, "Portraits avec masques" par Margot Debaisieux, lors des Journées Portes Ouvertes, février 2020 © Franck Alix.
qualifications
DNA option Design mention espaces et objets
DNA option Design mention design graphique
DNSEP option Art
DNSEP option Design mention espaces, objets, écosystèmes
DNSEP option Design mention design graphique
accreditation of prior learning and experience
It is possible to present the DNA (bachelor) and DNSEP (master) tests as part of the accreditation of prior experiential learning (APEL).
Contact
Naïg Morcel
+33 (0)5 34 30 93 82
naig.morcel@isdat.fr
research programmes
Change of scale
From the outset, industrial society has thought of the notion of limit as a hindrance. To increase its production capacities in the field of energy, food and various consumer products, it is organized around the model of the power plant, a model based on the concentration of production resources. We have known for several decades the disastrous consequences of this large-scale production on our living environments. “The world is not developing at the appropriate scale”, remarks mathematics researcher Olivier Rey.
Find out more about Change of scale
Genius Loci
The Genius Loci research programme aims to explore the ways in which graphic design takes hold of the notion of genius within a place through its promotion of tourism. The creation of a tourist attraction – from the place itself, through the routes that lead there and all kinds of means of promoting it – systematically invokes a certain spirit of the place we are dealing with, even if it means parodying it or even inventing it from scratch when that spirit seems to be lacking.
Find out more about Genius Loci
Stage Studies
Stage Studies: On Non-Virtuosity is a research programme founded by Emilie Pitoiset in 2016, in partnership with the Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Cnap, which questions the subversive potential of the non-virtuoso movement through the study of social phenomena and practices and involving the individual and collective body.
Find out more about Stage Studies
Time No Longer
The Time No Longer research program, which follows on from the Gender 2030 research program, began a new cycle in spring 2023 with a study trip to a series of remarkable gardens, seen as a range of possible responses to the challenges faced by contemporary art as it ventures in a new field, exploring new ways of coexisting with other beings, seeking other approaches, other modalities for art to take place, at the crossroads of the environmental, the social, and the societal, toward new attitudes involving new forms.
publications
In order to share its creations and to produce meaning through an assertive editorial approach, isdaT formed a publishing house in 2022. Between research works, creative works and works to promote its heritage collections, isdaT editions offers several collections that are faithful to its missions. Two were launched in 2022 to inaugurate this initiative: the Formes collection and the Recherche collection.
Find all our editions on isdat.fr
post-curricular or extracurricular activities
Located in the heart of Toulouse, quai de la Daurade, isdaT offers, in addition to its higher education programmes, public courses and internships open to all. Whether as a beginner or for those wishing to improve their skills, they allow attendees to acquire and develop their graphic arts practice.
The adult courses offered by isdaT introduce you to the techniques of drawing and painting. Through observation and interpretation exercises, and by experimenting with tools, materials and technique, the aim is to acquire a technical and formal basis of these mediums. Graphic arts issues are placed in the historical and contemporary context of art in the form of art history courses, visits to museums and exhibitions. The goal is to allow everyone to engage in a personal, original, entirely different approach and to understand the artistic trends of the 20th century up to the most recent developments. Certain individual projects can, if necessary, be carried out from time to time in the institute’s technical workshops: engraving, screen printing, photography.
Classes for children and adolescents, aged 7 to 17, are a workshop designed to explore different creative techniques. After having acquired the basic knowledge, everyone progresses at their own pace and are able to freely chooses what project to work on. This experience is a real workshop approach that makes children or teenagers want to go further in the discovery of the practice of drawing, painting or graphic art techniques. Teaching is done by age group.
Find the descriptions of the public courses and the registration forms on isdat.fr
international cooperation
Through its vast network of partnerships, the institute has fostered a tradition of mobility programmes which students are encouraged to explore in the form of study visits or work placements.
These stays are carried out either in the 2nd and 4th year of studies. Scholarship students may receive support to study at the partner institutions or to undertake a work placement. Each year, the isdaT welcomes a large number of international students in addition to those enrolled in the courses.
Find all the partner schools on isdat.fr
gallery
Students will benefit from the building of presentation and experimental spaces as well as setting up exhibition spaces for guest artists. Meeting places with the public, the programming of exhibitions and events aims to establish a connection between students and the outside world, between the institute and the city, between professional environment and artistic emergence. The participation in the assembly of the exhibitions of guest artists is an integral part of the educational programme addressed to students.
The exhibition spaces are an integral part of the institute:
- Room 02 (180 m2),
- The Galerie du Quai (90 m2 + 15 m2) offers a hanging room and a projection space,
- The Palais des Arts (300 m2), an interface between the city and the school, allows students to present their work and plan large-scale exhibitions,
- Mur, an experimental space for students of the institute. Galerie d’essai, intended to house the work and research of students. Given the configuration of Mur, located upstream from the Palais des Arts, the works presented relate to publishing, repetition, imagery or collector’s items. Its monthly programme is made up of projects by students,
- The library corridor (30m2) is used to host corridor exhibitions and provides students and professors with a space to display work produced in workshops, classes, or end-of-year research projects.
You can find our full event calendar on isdat.fr
specific equipment
Technical workshops
- Volume : composed of five volume workshops : Modelling and moulding, Metalwork, Wood, Model-making and Machina.
- Materials library : introduce students to a research interest and methodology in order to use their acquired knowledge about materials in their own projects.
- Painting : a space where students can develop, experiment and try out different mediums in order to perfect their technique.
- Publishing : composed of three workshops : Publishing and images (stamping, engraving, digital printing), Screen printing and Small print publishing.
- Photography : which brings together three complementary spaces : the shooting studio, the silver photography laboratory and the digital photography laboratory.
- Digital : Several workshops teach learning digital tools: digital drawing and shapes, graphic design and 3D workshop & computer-assisted drawing.
- Sound : an introduction to listening, the use of recording techniques and sound processing as well as support for projects within the framework of research.
- Video : structured around three research fields : Images both real and imaginary, Images of reality and Projection(s).
- Web : supports artistic projects related to the Internet or which use its potential (aesthetic, social, narrative, political).
Resource areas
- Library : the library (modern collection and audiovisual collection) is an educational space. A space for dialogue between students, teachers and staff who support their research.
- Heritage collection : consists of the old collection, the art collection and the archives.
- Lending library : the lending library consists of 1345 items and includes small tools, portable devices, wiring panels, cameras, digital recorders, camcorders, overhead projectors, computers, video projectors, TV screens, etc.
networks
Higher education and training
The isdaT is a member of the ANdÉA (Association nationale des écoles supérieures d’art et design publiques) and the anescas (Association nationale d’établissements d’enseignement supérieur de la création artistique arts de la scène), strengthened partner of EPE Université Toulouse Capitole, and partner institution of the Toulouse Community of Universities and Institutions.
Artistic and cultural sector
The isdaT is a member of professional networks within which it participates in discussions on artistic research, cultural dissemination and support for young creation (Réseau Peinture, PinkPong, Air de midi; partnerships with the Bellegarde cultural centre, La Fabrique des Arts in Carcassonne, Le Nouveau Printemps, etc.), offering students and graduates the opportunity to experience professional situations in regularly changing contexts.
In addition to its strong historic partnerships with the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Toulouse and the Toulouse – Jean Jaurès University, the isdaT forges close ties with the professional world of performing arts. This provides students with opportunities to work in prestigious groups and to be supervised by artists, musicians, dancers and choreographers : the Établissement Public du Capitole de Toulouse including the Opéra National and the Orchestre National, the Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse, the Conservatoire de Montauban, La Place de la Danse — CDCN Toulouse Occitanie, the lieu NEUFNEUF, the Théâtre Jean-Alary in Carcassonne…
administrative team
Alain Combres, General management by interim
David Mozziconacci, Studies director
Beatrix Villeneuve, International exchanges and graduate follow-up
Charlotte Pinel, Communication
Contact the isdaT programme secretary:
- Fabrice Matéo
+33 (0)5 31 47 11 94
fabrice.mateo@isdat.fr - Bettina Mellet
+33 (0)5 31 47 11 95
bettina.mellet@isdat.fr
Find all our administrative and technical staff on isdat.fr
professors
Find biographies of professors and teaching assistants on isdat.fr
Professors
Samuel Aden
Hervé Ambal
Sandra Aubry
Simon Bergala
Mélissa Boucher Morales
Nathalie Bruyère
Laurence Cathala
Valérie du Chéné
Étienne Cliquet
David Coste
Margot Criseo
Yeelena De Bels
Sébastien Dégeilh
Olivier Dollinger
Jérôme Dupeyrat
Jean-Marc Evezard
Michel Gary
Martine Gélis
Laetitia Giorgino
Françoise Goria
Philippe Grégoire
Sarah Holveck
Olivier Huz
Quentin Jouret
Raphaël Larre
Romain Paul Lefèvre
Rémy Lidereau
Felip Martí-Jufresa
Stefania Meazza
Corentin Noyer
Hanika Perez
Émilie Pitoiset
Serge Provost
Mireia Sallarès Casas
Ana Samardžija Scrivener
Adam Scrivener
Hervé Sénant
Christine Sibran
Thomas Sipp
Jérôme Souillot
Coline Sunier
Valérie Vernet
Teaching assistants and workshop leaders
Jean-Pierre Bourorga
Claire Daulion
Lionel Delteil
Arthur Epineau
Pablo Guidali
Lény Lecointre
Arnaud Loridan
Nicolas Loridan
Anthea Lubat
Stephen Marsden
Aude Van Wyller
contact
Site Daurade (music, art, design and graphic design administration art, design and graphic design education)
5 quai de la Daurade 31000 Toulouse
+ 33 (0)5 31 47 12 11
contact@isdat.fr
musique@isdat.fr
Site Saint-Pierre (dance administration and education)
12 place Saint-Pierre 31000 Toulouse
+ 33 (0)5 31 47 19 42
danse@isdat.fr