Each year, the Beaux-Arts de Paris offers four weeks of intensive courses, dedicated to amateur practice in fine art, in the form of summer classes open to all (minimum age 16).
These courses are an opportunity for amateurs, beginners or those with an already established practice to study in the the school’s studios and to follow the teaching of experienced, qualified Beaux-Arts teachers.
It is aimed at young artists who have already begun art studies in their home country or who are actively engaged in artistic practice.
The aim of the programme is to enable students to master the French language and to help them integrate more easily into higher education courses in art or culture.
The training program for Artists Intervening in the School Environment (AIMS), set up in 2010 by the Beaux-Arts de Paris, has been associating since 2016, the five major National Superior Schools of Art in Paris, members of the Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) University: Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD), Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP), École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD), Beaux-Arts de Paris and École nationale supérieure des métiers de l'image et du son (Fémis).
Call open from March 5 to May 5, 2026 at 4pm
List of successful candidates(Fr)
The Fresco & Art in Situations programme at the Beaux-Arts de Paris is aimed at artists in their 3rd year of study at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, as well as holders of a bac +3 (DNA, art school bachelor, DNMADE, DNSEP) by 1 October 2026 or with at least 3 years' professional experience in the art world.
Beaux-Arts de Paris is a place of artistic instruction and experimentation, exhibitions and conservation of historical and contemporary collections, as well as a publishing house. Heir to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, founded in the 17th century by Louis XIV, Beaux-Arts de Paris is a public institution under the responsibility of the French Ministry of Culture. Its first mission is to educate and train students planning to devote themselves to high-level artistic creation.
Cour Bonaparte et Palais des études © Jean-Baptiste Monteil
Cour du mûrier © Jean-Baptiste Monteil
Amphithéâtre d’honneur © Jean-Baptiste Monteil
Chapelle des Petits Augustins © Jean-Baptiste Monteil
