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Institut d'Arts Visuels d'Orléans (IAV)
Ecole supérieure d’Art et de Design / School of Higher Education in Art and Design
Founded in 1786
HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION
Director Jacqueline Febvre
ADDRESS
14 rue Dupanloup, FR-45000 Orléans, France
Phone +33 2 3879 2467, Fax +33 2 3879 2089
Website http://www.iav-orleans.com
CAMPUSES
CONTACT PERSON
Coordinator Isabelle Pagot
14 rue Dupanloup, FR-45000 Orléans
Phone +33 2 3879 2237, Fax +33 2 3879 2087
E-mail ipagot[at]ville-orleans.fr
OTHER CONTACT PERSONS
Doris Geraud, administrative officer
dorisgeraud[at]ville-orleans.fr
tel:+33 2 3879 2235
GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE MEMBER UNIT
A. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
FACULTIES AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE MEMBER UNIT
Visual Communication department
Three-Dimensional Design department
AVAILABLE BACHELOR LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING
DNAT in Product Design (3 years - short cycle)
DNAP in Product Design (3 years - long cycle)
DNAT in Graphic Design (3 years - short cycle)
DNAP in Communication Design (3 years - long cycle)
AVAILABLE MASTER LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING
DNSEP in Spatial Design
DNSEP in Product Design
DNSEP in Communication Design
(DNSEP is 2 more years after the DNAP)
CONTACT PERSON(S) FOR INQUIRIES ON DIFFERENT STUDY PROGRAMS
Isabelle PAGOT: ipagot[at]ville-orleans.fr
+33 2 3879 2237
Jean Claude COQ for Product/Spatial Design: iavinter[at]ville-orleans.fr
+33 2 3879 2467
Sophie MONVILLE for Communication Design: iavinter[at]ville-orleans.fr
+33 2 3879 2467
MAIN FOCUS IN EDUCATION
Design (BA and MA)
B. AIMS, PHILOSOPHY AND COLLABORATION
SUMMARY OF MISSION STATEMENT
The purpose of the Institute of Visual Arts of Orleans is to educate and train students who will become creative artists fully integrated into society, also adaptable to employment opportunities.

Students are encouraged to become autonomous, to develop their sense of personal commitment and creative potential through studio practice, historical and critical studies, lectures and work placements. Teaching is delivered by members of staff who are all practitioners, whether they are Artists, Architects, Designers, Sociologists, Historians, Philosophers, Scientists.

Teaching is mainly studio-based and in year 4,the academic syllabus is based on the “Arcs ": Ateliers de Recherche et de Création ": Workshops in Research and Creation. The students work mainly on self-initiated projects and can explore a personal and experimental approach thanks to a wide range of facilities including wood and metal workshops, model-making, photography, video, multimedia, silkscreen-printing, printmaking, computer graphics, desktop publishing, digital design technologies, CAD/CAM and robotics.

The teaching philosophy is to empower students to develop as individuals capable of choosing the future career path which would best suit their interests whether they want to work in freelance or for a Company or even set up their own agency. They can become Interior or Landscape Designers, Exhibition Designers, Furniture Designers, Industrial Designers, Multimedia or Graphic Designers, Illustrators, Art Directors, Film Animators, Video Artists or Photographers.
THE ROLE OF THE MEMBER UNIT IN INTERNATIONAL SECTOR AND ITS COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS
The contact with other cultures, other looks, other teaching methods or artistic approaches seem essential in a world which is constantly evolving and which therfore demands to be more and more flexible.Thanks to various Student mobility programmes such as Erasmus or the Crepuq (for Universities in Quebec) the IAV receives students of various nationalities sends about 50% of the 4th year students every year.
The school also tries and develops teaching staff exchange programmes.
The Institute of Visual Arts is a member of ART ACCORD, the association of French Art Schools for the International Relations (president: Josyane FRANC, Art School of St Etienne)
THE ROLE OF THE MEMBER UNIT IN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SECTORS AND IN HOME CITY AND ITS COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER UNIVERSITIES, ASSOCIATIONS, INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS CONNECTIONS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
Opening to the outside world is for us essential and the IAV takes part in a number of regional national or international artistic events (exhibitions, conferences, seminars, competitions, festivals, cultural activities).
• Participation to various festivals, exhibitions, events initiated by the Municipality
• Joint projects with the FRAC –FOND REGIONAL d’ART CONTEMPORAIN – Regional Contemporary Art Collection (a collection venue for contemporary architecture),
• Close relations (workshops, work placements) with Performing Art Centres such as CDN -CENTRE DRAMATIQUE NATIONAL DE LA VILLE D’ORLEANS,National Theatre Centre and CCN- CENTRE CHOREGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL DE LA VILLE D’ORLEANS- National Choregraphy Centre.
• Links with cinema (production and distribution Companies)
•participation to exhibitions : The Paris Furniture Fair, Pompidou Centre (Charlotte Perriand exhibition),
• Festivals : International Garden Festival at Chaumont sur Loire;
• Various competitions in poster design ((International Poster and Graphic Arts festival of Chaumont ), in photography
INFORMATION ON STUDENT EXCHANGES
SUBJECT AREAS FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS
Spatial Design
Product Design
Graphic Design

- Outgoing exchange students: we give priority to our 4th year students.
We occasionally select 2nd year students for specific reasons or when they are extremely motivated and mature.

- Incoming exchange students: we think exchanges are more beneficial for students who are doing their 4th year but we accept 2nd, 3rd year 4th or 5th year students.
DEADLINES TO APPLY FOR AN EXCHANGE PERIOD
15 June for the winter semester
15 December for the summer semester
TEACHING LANGUAGES
French, occasionally English
BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES OF THE SEMESTER
Winter semester 1.10.-30.01.
Summer semester 01.02.-30.06.
COSTS PER MONTH (studying and living)
School fees: 460€ per year,
Accommodation: about 300€ for a bedsitter + 200€ for food per month (minimum)
FIGURES
NUMBER OF DEGREE STUDENTS
Bachelor: 60
Master: 40
Doctorate: 0
NUMBER OF INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS
15
NUMBER OF OUTGOING EXCHANGE STUDENTS
20
NUMBER OF OTHER STUDENTS (continuing education, post-experience courses, other)
1
NUMBER OF TEACHING STAFF
Professors: 2
Lecturers: n/a
Other permanent teachers: 4530
Part-time teachers: 15