The French Public Higher Schools of Art
Tourcoing
Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing
about
Opened in October 1997, Le Fresnoy is an establishment for high level audiovisual art training. Alain Fleischer was entrusted with its design, and artistic and pedagogic management. The word “studio” indicates a place of study but also a place of production: the goal of the national Studio is to allow young creators to produce work using professional technical means, under the direction of renowned artists, and in a wide decompartmentalization of different means of expression. The pedagogy of Fresnoy is founded on the production of work (professional technical means and means of production).
The production of work of a professional standard is extended by an ambitious distribution policy: various exhibitions and events succeed one another and explore the issues of contemporary creation. Panorama in particular, presents each autumn the ensemble of the work produced at Fresnoy. The field of work, theoretical and practical, is that of every audiovisual language on traditional film and electronic media (photography, cinema and video) as on those of digital creation.
options
Diplôme du Fresnoy
qualifications
publications
Exhibition catalogues, DVD…
activities and events
Pedagogical and distribution partnerships with international, national and local cultural structures (Centre Pompidou, IRCAM, La Villette, Fondacion Miro, MACBA Barcelona, ZKM Karlsruhe…).
Exhibitions, seminars, workshops, performances.
post-curricular or extracurricular activities
Practical and artistic training workshops in the image (video, photo and new media practices) for school audiences and social centers.
Teacher and Trainer training.
Guided exhibition exhibits…
international cooperation
Partnerships with Germany (ZKM Karlsruhe, Fachhochschule Köln), Canada (Universities of Quebec and Toronto, the Society for Arts and Technology, Montreal), Taiwan (School and Museum of Fine Arts)…
gallery
2 exhibition spaces (1000 and 500 m2) hosting three main exhibitions per year along with various events.
2 cinema spaces – a programme made up of art and current affairs, films from the Cinémathèque française, and sessions connected to pedagogical activities of the school.
specific equipment
Professional equipment covering a wide range of production and post-production in photography, cinema, video, sound and musical creation, digital and multimedia creation.
networks
ANdEA, ELIA, ARÉA, 50° nord réseau d’art contemporain du Nord-Pas de Calais et de l’eurorégion Nord.
administrative team
Alain Fleischer Directeur
Stéphanie Robin Administratrice
Luc-Jérôme Bailleul Directeur des productions
François Bonenfant Coordination pédagogique
Éric Prigent Coordination pédagogique
Anaïs Caquant Assistante pédagogique
Michèle Vibert Responsable de la communication
Hélène Groszek Médiathèque
professors
Caroline Champetier
Denis Côté
Claire Denis
Jean-Paul Fargier
Miguel Gomes
Benoît Jacquot
Ryoichi Kurokawa
Nicolas Moulin
Jean-François Peyret
Nicolas Reeves
David Rokeby
Edwin van der Heide
contact
22 rue du Fresnoy, BP 80179
59202 | Tourcoing cedex
tél. +33 (0)3 20 28 38 00
communication@lefresnoy.net
www.lefresnoy.net
students
48 students