Une école de la maturation ?

Abstract

In French art schools, temporality is obviously an issue for students and teachers alike. First, while teachers and students are insisting on gift and talent, they also put the stress on the need to study and experiment in the long run. I consider this “myth of autodidaxy” as a sign of professional socialization. Art students are trying to assimilate their own path with the myths of artistic life. In addition to that, I have followed the steps of this socialization for five years, the length of an entire art school curriculum. As students, young artists have to leave behind their initial stereotypes on artists and the art world in order to enter the professional world. Eventually, I try here to analyze how specific forms of work and organization such as project-based work are taught in art schools and how students deal with them.

Keywords

• education
• temporality
• career
• art school
• socialization
• profession