Students on our higher education course are called apprentices in reference to the Bauhaus school in Germany. Around fifteen are accepted every two years, selected on the basis of a competitive admissions procedure.
Admissions
Students are selected every two years on the basis of a competitive admissions procedure.
This opens one year before the next class starts, and is divided into two stages:
Submission of written applications, some of which are then shortlisted.
Artistic auditions in Marseille, after which the final selection is made.
In order to give successful applicants enough time to organise their two-year course, the results are communicated 6 to 7 months before the course begins.
Apprentice profile
This course is designed for artists wanting to develop their professional skills for collaborating on, creating and producing artistic productions in public space:
- artistic creators: directors, choreographers, visual artists, scenographers, writers, set designers, etc.
- performers: actors, dancers, musicians, circus performers, etc.
- urban and rural professionals: architects, urban planners, landscapers, designers, etc.
Apprentices are united by a desire to learn more about project management and their interest in public spaces and issues. Classes are varied both in terms of disciplines and levels of experience.
This diversity, combined with teaching on artistic collaboration, encourages mutual development, travel and the invention of hybrid forms.
Course schedule
This FAI-AR course is a full-time higher education programme (35 hours per week). It is demanding and requires significant personal investment.
Working while enrolled in the programme is not recommended. Please be reminded that the course requires a period of travelling (3 weeks) and each student must regularly present work from personal assignments.
Apprentice holiday periods:
- Christmas holidays (2 weeks)
- one week per semester
- two months in the summer (July-August) between the first and second year.
Facilities
While in Marseille, apprentices will have access to a kitchen, shared offices with a Wi-Fi connection, a resource centre, a rehearsal room, a construction area, outdoor working spaces, and a selection of technical performance equipment.
For modules outside Marseille, FAI-AR will provide transport, accommodation and one meal per day.