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Guillaume Maraud defended his dissertation on February 12, titled *Contemporary Formations of the Legal and Political Concept of Abolition: From the Analysis of Theoretical Discourse to the Practice of Law through Research-Creation*.

Members of the thesis committee present at the University of Bordeaux: Anne-Sophie Chambost, Éric Millard Albacette, Charlotte Girard, Michele Spanò, Nader Hakim, Céline Jouin, and Katja Gentric.

Lecture with Laura Bernard, professor of visual arts and art history, and Nicolas Coutant, deputy director of the National Museum of Education

March 5, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.
Moderator: Corinne Laouès

Rouen Campus
2 Giuseppe Verdi Street

Congratulations to the three winners of the Ambivalences program: Ambre Charpagne, Kell, and Baptiste Leroux, a 2020 graduate of ÉSADHAR.
The three regional centers for artistic creation in the digital environment—in Brittany, Normandy, and the Pays de la Loire—have joined forces to create Ambivalences, an interregional cooperation program designed to support artistic creation and its dissemination.

ESADHAR will participate in the 6th edition of the Exemplaires Biennial – Forms and Practices of Publishing. It will take place at the École Supérieure d’Art de Lorraine in Metz from March 26 to 28. Dedicated to contemporary publishing practices, the biennial explores the transformations in publishing: the rise of digital media, advances in printing technologies, and new modes of publication. The biennial contributes to this discussion through graphic and editorial design workshops organized by the fourteen participating French-speaking art and design schools.

Images: @leocoquet @institutpage

ESADHAR, in partnership with Le Portique—Le Havre’s regional center for contemporary art—and the University of Le Havre-Normandy, is hosting a unique event celebrating graduates of the DNSEP and the Master’s in Creative Writing from April 2 to 4, 2026. Performances, a symposium, workshops, and exhibitions are on the program for these literary journeys, where voices from Le Havre and beyond will come together. Whether offering an overview of the literary landscape or a return to its home port, this event will be an opportunity—if not for a dip in the sea—to dive into words!

Opening reception on Thursday, April 2, at 6:45 p.m.
Le Portique, Le Havre

Photo © Marie HL

Photo credit © Anne-Bettina Brunet

Read the article here!

University of Rouen Normandy House
L’Aquarium, MDU – MSA

Café gourmand on Thursday, April 2, at 12:30 p.m.
Guided tour on Thursday, April 30 at 12:30 p.m.

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Photograph: Hélène Souillard, Croque en bouche, 2022, photograph, dimensions.
Credits © Roger Legrand, 2022.

The February workshops took place over two weeks and conclude today.
Get a glimpse of these final days of experimentation on the Rouen campus!

An urban exhibition curated by the Atelier Extensions Libres at ÉSADHAR, showcasing the work of third-year students on the themes of diversity and gender equality, in dialogue with a selection of works from the City of Grand-Quevilly’s art library collection.

The preparatory work for this urban exhibition is on display through March 27 at Rouen City Hall.
We invite you to join us from March 25 to April 1 to discover, in the streets of Rouen, the 76 posters created for the occasion.

Hosted at ÉSADHAR in partnership with La Fabrique Massillon, Amnesty International’s “Ad-elle-phité” exhibition features some thirty posters designed to promote women’s rights and raise awareness of the struggle for gender justice around the world.

Hermine Bouvier, an artist who graduated from ÉSADHAR and was awarded a residency at the Centre d’art contemporain de Normandie in Maromme, Le SHED.

International Doctoral Research and Creative Residency. This residency is designed for doctoral researchers engaged in research-creation work. Learn more here!

As part of Marie Plagnol’s curatorial residency, and following a series of workshops led by artist Margot Bernard, students from the ARC Art and Social Practices program hosted a live radio broadcast on Saturday, February 7, during the school’s open house.

Publication of *Mettre racine*, a book produced following Licia Demuro’s residency in socially engaged curatorial practices at ÉSADHAR (2024–2025).

This edition was produced with the participation of the school’s students, as part of the curatorial program initiated by ÉSADHAR and the André-Malraux Center.

More information here

Publisher and printer: Franciscopolis Éditions
Based on a proposal by Clémence Michon, Vanina Pinter, and Yann Owens
With ÉSADHAR students Camille Redinger and Tom Boutteaud

Rue de Paris is a series of ten monumental intaglio engravings, born from a dialogue between a graphic designer and a printer. Created and printed between 2015 and 2018, this series reveals a little-known aspect of the work of Frédéric Teschner (1972–2016), a French graphic designer whose creations have left their mark on contemporary graphic design.

Opening reception aboard the Wagon of the Dionysiaques Association. The program features paintings, sculptures, and installations, with Edouard Prulhière among the guest artists.

Opening reception on March 27 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, March 28 from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM, and March 29 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

Le Wagon, 15 Bis rue Jean Moulin
93200, Saint-Denis

Once again this year, ÉSADHAR has been selected for the VIDEOFORMES festival.

The selected videos are from the Video Module, taught by Jason Karaïndros to the school’s students, and will be on display through March 27 at Galerie Dolet, 25 rue Étienne-Dolet, Clermont-Ferrand.

Titled “Fugue,” the presentation of Marie Plagnol’s curatorial research residency takes place on Wednesday, April 8, at the Centre André-Malraux starting at 5:30 p.m.!

Free with reservation; more info here.

In 2025, ÉSADHAR, a recipient of the Cooperation Partnerships in Higher Education program, launched the European project STEP – Strategies for Transformative Education for Art in Public Spaces, supported by Erasmus+. This educational innovation and research project, spanning three years (2026–2028), aims to renew educational practices through interdisciplinary, collaborative, and transnational approaches.

This international cooperation program brings together five European higher education institutions in art and design: the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels – ArBA-ESA (Belgium), the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto – FBAUP (Portugal), the Fontys Academy of the Arts (Netherlands), and the Kunstuniversität Linz (Austria), coordinated by ésadhar – École Supérieure d’Art et Design Le Havre-Rouen (France).

The open house was held on February 6 and 7, 2026.
Get a glimpse of these two days on the Rouen campus.

As part of Marie Plagnol’s curatorial residency, Anna Holveck will lead a workshop in February 2026 focused on connection through the voice. Over the course of three days, a group of six strangers will be invited to listen to one another and explore the unique qualities of each voice together.

Over the course of a semester, some twenty students in the DNSEP/Master’s in Creative Writing program explored the Jules Durand case through fiction, letters, articles, visual materials, and songs. Under the supervision of Sarah Al-Matary (ULHN) and Yann Owens (ésadhar).

Image: Capucine Fernandez

This week, a writing workshop for creative writing students was held on the Rouen campus, organized by Béatrice Lussol in collaboration with author Laure Gauthier.

The presentation took place on Thursday, March 12, during which students read and shared the texts they had written during the workshop.

Photo → Éléonore Wallet

Opening of *Une petite partie*, an exhibition by students from the Arc Espacement program at ÉSADHAR.

Join us on Friday, March 20, 2026, at 6:00 PM at the Centre André-Malraux
76000 Rouen, Rue François Couperin

Creative and Outreach Residency, in partnership with the City of Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine and ÉSADHAR

Application deadline: Sunday, April 26, 2026. Click here for more information!

To mark the launch of the STEP project—Strategies for Transformative Education for Art in Public Spaces—ArBA-EsA (Belgium) organized a public conference in the form of an open discussion on March 5.
The two-day launch brought together the STEP team to collectively explore public spaces and places as a medium for creation, the social, political, and ecological challenges of site-specific practices, and ways of teaching and transmitting knowledge in, with, and through the city.

Report on the “Intimate Iconography” workshop, led by artist Hermine Bouvier and students from the ÉSADHAR Rouen campus.

Opening reception on March 3, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. (by reservation only).

At the Foyer des Marins, 16 Rue Duguay Trouin, Rouen

In late March, ÉSADHAR will host a week-long event focused on sustainable development and eco-friendly practices: the Week of Eco-Friendly Actions and Practices.

From March 23 to 26, 2026, students from the Le Havre and Rouen campuses will come together for a variety of activities. Workshops, meetings, discoveries, and experiments will punctuate this week, which is centered on the challenges of the ecological transition.

Check out the full program!

Image → Emma Beaugendre

The opening of the exhibition *Toward an Urban Exhibition* took place on Thursday, March 5.
You can view the work of the third-year students at Rouen City Hall through March 27.

Here’s a look back at this event, which fostered a sense of community and reflection on the themes of diversity and gender equality.

“Inventing the Future with Science Fiction,” a lecture by Jean-Noël Lafargue, programmer, author, and educator. Join us on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.

At ÉSADHAR, Rouen campus, in the conference room, 2 Rue Giuseppe Verdi

The lecture is open to the public; admission is free

Featuring Élisa Barbier, a graduate of ÉSADHAR and the 2025 recipient of the Summer Residency program.

This presentation, conceived as a snapshot, will invite the public to discover a sensitive and evolving practice that draws on a variety of tools from the fields of semantics, the visual arts, the study of living organisms, and meditation.

Barbara Dieuzayde, formerly a project manager at the National Center for Visual Arts (CNAP), will discuss the key issues surrounding the public commissioning program dedicated to temporary and reinstallable works intended for public spaces.

Moderator: Helen Evans

ésadhar, Le Havre Campus
Conference Room
65 rue Demidoff

Free admission
Open to all

Photo © Formation, 2020, Sophie Dubosc

The first edition of the online lecture series on professional development, organized by the Fontys Academy of the Arts (Netherlands) as part of the European STEP project—Strategies for Transformative Education for Art in Public Spaces—which is dedicated to transforming educational approaches to art in public spaces.