About the School L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts

L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux is an establishment for higher education in the Visual Arts situated in one of the oldest and most promising artistic and intellectual settings in Europe where museums, universities, art, architecture and design centers share a lively artistic life and where the underground coexists with impressive classical urban, patrimonial and cultural programs. The school involves young artists and designers in a personalized teaching program, with a committed teaching staff, which is artistically innovative, interdisciplinary and professional. This objective is set for each student with the support of teachers, artists and theoreticians - who play an active professional role nationally and internationally - giving students a two-fold grasp on invention as well as critical skills in the contemporary art & media and design fields.

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