Education Services Sarthe

Anne Barkhausen, the school's director, wanted to pass on her passion for painted decor. It all begins with a recessed door that no one would notice were it not for an informative brochure detailing the school's vocational training program, which prepares students for a diploma in decorative painting, specializing in ancient techniques. Aimed at students aged 18 and over, job-seekers and building professionals alike, here you learn to handle complex decorative, trompe-l'oeil and perspective techniques that require entire sections of wall. And you'll be surprised to discover that a hangar and large two-storey rooms can be mischievously hidden away for painting. At the end of the course, you'll know how to design a show set, dress lime plastered walls, create material effects (aged furniture, rusted objects...), paint mobile sets... The school has been in existence for over ten years and has a strong support network for future graduates.

TALM-Le Mans offers an environment conducive to artistic creation, with numerous cultural venues nearby. This public school of higher education offers top-level training in art and design, with a variety of specialties including geo-material art, computational design and sound design. Professors, all renowned artists, enable the 230 students to experiment with a variety of techniques and acquire a solid theoretical grounding. The school also welcomes 200 students for public evening classes. With its selective admissions process, TALM-Le Mans attracts the best talent in a stimulating and inspiring environment.

This former Jesuit college was created by Henri IV in 1603. He became national military Prytanée only under Napoleon I. Today, the institution provides second degree education and preparation for entry competitions to major Military schools. In the tradition of the Jesuit schools, schools of excellence, it welcomed and allocated a large number of famous men: Descartes, Talleyrand, but also Abbot Prévost - author of Manon Lescaut - Claude Chappe - telegraph author. Closer to us, Jean-Claude Brialy made his first weapons… school, of course, as well as the spationaute Patrick Dutour. Its architectural and historical heritage deserves a visit, with its elegant French garden spread over 13 ha. The library is in the shape of a long vaulted vessel with 30 000 volumes: the oldest is a incunable, the City of God of Saint Augustine, dating back to 1470! The portal of honor, and above all the church Saint-Louis, is the most beautiful jewel of the place: The Baroque church has a wonderful light. It always retains a few remains, burned to the Revolution, the hearts of Henri IV and Marie de Médicis. Finally, you can visit the physics firm and its instruments.

Rare and precious! Le Mans is home to a school that trains for rare professions linked to the world of music, with CAP or BMA courses in piano tuning, accordion repair, wind instrument repair, guitar repair, piano repair and sound management. The Institut technologique européen des Métiers de la Musique specializes in training for instrument making, sound engineering and the marketing of musical products. The school is accessible after the baccalaureate and after selection on the basis of a test.

The D'un Signe à l'Autre team is made up of 4 qualified French sign language interpreters: Honorine Kernoa and Jeanne Sambain, based in Le Mans, Isis Lecourt and Fanny Dautremepuis, interpreters in Angers, for occasional work. The association provides these qualified French-French sign language interpreters. We also offer you the opportunity to learn French sign language with qualified deaf trainers through intensive one-week courses (30 hours) in line with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). We can also intervene to raise awareness of sign language and deaf culture.