“Our portraits through Foujita”.
For this 2nd edition, students in their final year of the Bac Pro Landscaping program at the Lycée Notre-Dame des Jardins d’Apprentis…
Artistic and cultural practices are
a powerful lever for education and social cohesion,
a vector of awakening and emancipation.
Artistic and cultural practices reinforce cognitive development and the acquisition of knowledge, and also contribute to social adaptability, helping to build a personal and collective identity.
They are, therefore, particularly suited to vulnerable, disadvantaged groups and/or those with educational, social or family difficulties, Whatever the age group – toddlers, children, young people and their families – because they are based on other ways of learning knowledge (know-how and interpersonal skills) and other forms of experimentation, expression and language.
They are based on the concrete, the sensitive, the emotional, the aesthetic, or the lived experience , and they help us to feel in our place, to allow ourselves to participate, to be actors, to take ownership.
Foujita, 1929
« Seule la force de l’art peut dépasser les frontières et les barrières raciales pour pénétrer dans le cœur de l’homme. Dans l’amitié entre deux pays, le plus utile des échanges est celui des artistes. Voilà pourquoi, j’ai travaillé tous les jours de ma vie même si les gens ont tendance à dire : ''mais ce n’est seulement qu’un peintre !'' »
Drawing, painting, singing, dance, theater, writing, music, photography, video…
Supported projects
Artistic and cultural projects supported :
- encourage them to get back into the learning process,
- encourage understanding of cultural diversity and social cohesion,
- propose confrontations with the arts and artists, complementing the work of teachers and educators through an interdisciplinary approach.
“L’Art dans l’Assiette” 2022-2023
For this 3rd edition, students in the Première and Terminale classes of the Bac Pro Cuisine & Commercialisation et services en restauration…
“In the footsteps of Foujita – a multidisciplinary artist”.
Initiated in 2021-2022 with a view to combating school dropout, the “In the footsteps of Foujita – multidisciplinary artist” project…
“Flash Bac
From September 2021 to March 2022, students in the final year of the “Bac Pro Aménagement paysager et Conseil vente en produits…
Discovering an unclassifiable Franco-Japanese artist
Discover the life and work of Foujita through a variety of games…
“Japanese Spring
From April 8 to 18, 2019, around thirty families took part in an artistic and cultural project…
“Arigato Foujita
To mark the 130th anniversary of Foujita’s birth in 2016, 14 young people wrote and recorded a song to pay tribute to…
“Theater, a trigger for envy!”
“La Passerelle pour la Seconde” gives certain students a “transition” year between junior high and high school, offering an alternative to repeating…
“Art on the Plate
The project began with a collective observation during a practical work session at the Lycée Hôtelier Sainte-Thérèse d’Apprentis d’Auteuil in Paris…