The Ambronay remit has been expanded through the development of educational and training activities. Artistic and cultural programmes for local schoolchildren have been put in place, with the collaboration of the local education authorities. For several years now, many students of all ages have benefitted from talks and lectures in the classroom or at Ambronay, have attended open rehearsals during the Festival, and discovered the architecture and history of the Abbey, which has been classified an historic monument since 1889. From 2005, school groups have also been accomodated for stays of 2-5 days for heritage or culture study sessions.
You are a teacher wishing to construct an artistic and cultural project with your students.

The aim is to offer to each student an experience likely to aid his or her intellectual and emotional development. Students are all active participants in the project, with artists helping to discover and enhance their artistic sensibilities and creative potential. In an entertaining and creative way, we enable the meeting of several different artistic disciplines: music, dance, fine art and storytelling, or the discovery of heritage and architecture. Three options are offered.

• Artistic workshops, field trips and heritage projects

Work with the artists takes place within the school or at Ambronay. The timetable is structured according to the wishes of the teacher.

• Discovery days

These allow the class to spend one or two days at Ambronay, with accomodation within the abbey complex if required. The projects undertaken will focus on artistic discovery or the discovery of architecture and heritage.

• Cultural and heritage classes

With a duration of 3-5 days, these classes allow true immersion in a prime cultural, artistic and historical site, in an atmosphere of discovery, experimentation and creation.

Each project is planned in collaboration with the teachers, artists and the Cultural Encounter Centre team.

We can also help you to fill in your forms and subsidy requests.

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