Schools
Visits and workshops from kindergarten to high school
School groups are welcome at the Giacometti Institute!
Guided tours and creative workshops are offered and adapted to each group by our mediation team. Tailor-made projects can also be developed within the framework of a partnership. Guided tours and workshops are linked to the programme of the Giacometti Institute.
On a permanent basis :
- Alberto Giacometti's studio
Temporary exhibitions :
- "The Walking Man" (from 4 July to 29 November 2020)
- "Giacometti / Beckett" (from 12 December 2020 to 28 March 2021)
- "Douglas Gordon" (April 8 to June 13, 2021)
- "Giacometti and Egyptian Art" (22 June to 10 September 2021)
- "Giacometti / Breton" (from 20 September to 19 January 2022)
Guided tour
Duration: about 1 hour
Tariff for a whole class (30 people): 50 €.
2 groups of 15 people can be accommodated at the same time.
Visit + creative workshop
Duration: about 2 hours
Rates: 3 or 5 € per child depending on the workshop (please consult us)
2 groups of 15 people can be accommodated at the same time.
Information and bookings: institut@fondation-giacometti.fr
Payment on invoice before the visit, by bank transfer or administrative order.
#1. Workshops for nursery and elementary classes
- Large unpacking (Observation, handling of objects)
Discover the backstage of an exhibition by putting on the costume of the stage managers or curators to take the works out of their storerooms, observe them with a magnifying glass, prepare them for the exhibition (dust them off, wrap them up) with the appropriate tools... - Art materials (drawing, painting, modelling)
Discover the materials used by Giacometti and follow his creative process in clay, plaster, bronze, oil painting... Create samples of each technique and test the effects of the material, Giacometti's chromatic range. - Sculpting a figure in the manner of Alberto (modelling in clay on a wire frame).
Explore the technique of clay modelling by creating a moving figure. The first step will be to observe and sketch Giacometti's sculptures, then form a figure out of wire on which the clay will be modelled.
#2. Workshops for middle and high school classes
- Talkative works (Written expression, directing, photography...)
Writing a dialogue between two works or between the work and the artist, and transposing it into short videos or photo-montages ("stories" on Instagram, TikTok...) or sound creations. - Mental Landscape (Drawing, photo collage, writing...)
Discover life in Giacometti's studio. Create your own ideal workshop, with its sources of inspiration, its achievements, work tools, elements of comfort... or discomfort.
#3. Workshops for art school preparatory classes
- Near and distant influences (drawing, modelling)
Choose a source of influence (avant-gardes, extra-western arts...) in Giacometti's studio or in the exhibition. Draw or model a human figure or an object under this influence (Cycladic figurines, African totems, Egyptian or Etruscan statuary...). - Drawing in space
Drawing the works exhibited in the Giacometti Institute, working on the effects of perspective, scenography and the architecture and decor of the Hotel Follot.