International Projects

At ENSAD Dijon, the international dimension is integral to the school’s culture, influencing teaching, workshops, and research. This perspective enhances not only general education but also specific projects, including fourth-year internships and international artistic collaborations, reflecting a multicultural approach to art and design.

Hochschule Mainz
Barreira Arte+Disegno

Dijon – Mainz – Valencia

Blended Intensive Programme

The project is part of a research context involving the art and design schools of three European institutions

  • École nationale supérieure d’art et design de Dijon
  • Hochschule Mainz-University of Applied Sciences
  • Barreira Centro Oficial de Estudios Superiores Arte+Disegno

Focusing on the quality of life in urban public spaces, making local life possible and comfortable, diversifying uses, and returning the use of city spaces to residents: all these efforts contribute to forging new ways of thinking, new ethics of sharing, new citizenships, and setting achievable sustainable development goals on a small scale. This is an important part of the project’s objective, with a pedagogical character deeply rooted in these issues, but also with a desire to act, to act together, to act by listening, to act here and to thus propose some ideas for a more social, more sustainable city that does not rely solely on commercialization and makes room for human interaction: meeting, exchanging, playing…


Workshop in Dijon – Street Food Cultures

From February 20 to 24, 2023, the École nationale supérieure d’art et design de Dijon invited its two European partners to gather for an intercultural workshop on street food cultures in public spaces.


Workshop in Valencia – Street Art and Graphic Design

From April 21 to 26, 2024, students from the three institutions gathered in Valencia for an intercultural workshop that resulted in the creation of murals and a publication featuring three designers: Odile Decq, Marianne Brandt, and Antonio Gaudi.


Workshop in Mainz – Europe and Its Borders

Organized from March 31 to April 4 in Mainz, the third intercultural workshop will focus on the theme of Europe and its borders.

Escola de Comunicações e Artes

Dijon – São Paulo

cross-international
residency
In 2018, ENSAD Dijon established a partnership with the School of Communication and Art (ECA) at the University of São Paulo (USP) to create a cross-international residency program. This program includes:

→ 6 to 8 weeks of residency in São Paulo with an exhibition at the USP Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) for the French laureate.

→ 6 to 8 weeks of residency in Dijon for the Brazilian laureate, along with an exhibition in a Dijon exhibition space for both laureates.

Wuhan University
of Technology

Dijon – Wuhan

Multicultural workshops

Since 2018, the Art & Design School of Hubei University of Technology in Wuhan and ENSA Dijon have collaborated to explore design issues in contemporary urban contexts. In 2018, a group of three teachers and twelve students conducted a workshop in Wuhan focusing on small social structures in public spaces. Fast forward to April 2024, another group revisited this experience, specifically addressing “cool islands” and shading structures to combat climate change effects. This project involved research, a collaborative workshop in Dijon on bamboo construction, model-making, and a hands-on workshop in Wuhan to build and test the structures in public spaces.

Atelier des artistes en exil
Collège de France

Welcoming Artists in Exile

Residence

Since 2021, ENSAD Dijon has been committed to welcoming refugee artists. These residencies enable artists forced to flee their countries to continue their artistic research and creative projects. Funded by the Emergency Program for Refugee Scientists (PAUSE), the initiative involves technical and logistical support, access to resources, and professional integration assistance.

Notable residents include Congolese artist Cheriff Bakala, Russian artist Vladimir Abikh, and currently, Russian photographer Liudmila Zinchenko, collaborating with various local organizations. This support continues into the 2024-2025 academic year.