Thirty secondary school pupils from around twenty schools across the country were selected to take part in this programme, created in 2007 by the Culture & Diversity Foundation to help them prepare for entrance exams to art and design schools.
During this first week-long course at the School, the artistic practice workshops invited participants to develop a piece based on a work from Beaux-Arts de Paris collections. Each studio head involved developed a specific proposal related to this work, combining an original approach with reflections informed by art history.
In a spirit of openness and sharing, the Equal Opportunities programme also offered several highlights promoting immersion, discovery and exchange: a performance workshop at the start of the course, a drawing class, immersion in five artistic practice workshops, workshops on public speaking and portfolio building, and artistic practice workshops (modelling, painting, photography).
The week ended with the opening of an exhibition of the pieces created by the students during the artistic practice workshops.
Photo credit: © Fondation Culture & Diversité
