Where to practice creative hobbies France

The Atelier-Musée du Chapeau in Chazelles-sur-Lyon is dedicated to the preservation and transmission of the hat-making trade. A restored former factory, it traces the history of this town, which had 28 factories and 2,500 workers in the 1930s. Guided tours show the machines in operation and the associated trades, such as milliners and gilders. The fashion gallery displays 400 hats from the Middle Ages to today's top designers. A workshop perpetuates this know-how, with a rich collection of 4,000 pieces.

Children, adults, teenagers, awaken the artist in you! By registering for the Earth and Fire Workshops. Choose your course from among sculpture, painting, drawing, comics, manga, modelling or ceramics. Artist-teachers will teach you the techniques of their field, while accompanying your creativity. The workshop also offers diploma courses certified by France Compétences and preparation for the major art schools, with an individualized program, from the age of 13.

In the heart of Colmar city center, in a friendly and warm atmosphere, Anne-Cécile Écochard, a graduate plastician of Besançon's Fine Arts, welcomes small and large artists all levels! For younger people, 4 years old: discovery of shapes, colors and harmonies through drawing, painting and modeling. For teenagers: approach to plastic arts techniques (mixed and graphic), introduction to perspective, observation drawing, volume, modeling and presentation of the file for the plastic arts option at baccalaureate and preparation for entry competitions in art school. For adults, Anne-Cécile offers them initiations to different techniques (fusans, graphites, blood, art chalk…), to modeling (clay) and to oil or acrylic painting. In mid-June, a few steps from the Artistic Workshop, at Domaine Martin Jung, the students' work is gathered together with the unconcealed pride of seeing their masterpieces. During school holidays, Anne-Cécile organizes courses for children and teenagers taking place on 3 or 5 days depending on the formulas, around an artist (Hockney, Chagall…) or an original theme (Alice in Wonderland, folk animals…). For adults, many workshops complement the courses on an ad hoc basis (artwork, textile painting, etc.). And for a successful birthday party, the art workshop moves to your home to animate a full session and create beautiful memories.

The amateurs know it well; one comes to the Bout des Doigts Workshop at Beze to buy beautiful objects, and also to share the passion of Danièle Serravalle for the art of ceramics. This sharing is done through discovery courses on earth work. Privileged moments that will allow you to express the artist's seed in you, but not only that. On the occasion of these shaping courses that are both for children and adults and that allow the exploration of techniques of working in 3D, you will be able to refocus on yourself. These hours of group work have an unexpected benefit on your wellbeing and your moral. Indeed, the passage of the concept, from the idea of working the soft earth that will eventually be vitrified, solid but fragile, has a "magical" aspect. Besides the friendly and sympathetic side of the exercises, you get the pleasure of creating, which results in a sense of pride. Graduated from the Applied Arts of Montreal Danièle Serravalle created the Argile au Bout des Doigts Workshop in 1995. Your teacher, who has a charming Quebec accent, will teach you shooting, modelling, decoration techniques and glazing over sessions of 2 hours. Children from 7 years old, parents, grand-parents, every generation can practice this art.

At Coquelicot Bleu, your hands have talent! Estelle Juge's workshop-boutique welcomes you to the countryside, where you can take courses in painting on wood - but also on other materials (canvas, metal, glass, mosaics...) - with a true artist. At the boutique, open by appointment or during class hours, you'll discover a world of painted and unfinished woodwork. While Estelle Juge creates superb stylized and animalistic "regionalist" paintings, her inspiration extends to other horizons, notably Asian. Art therapy to express emotions. A confidential address for an escape from everyday life.

This workshop very close to the city of Tours actually hides a communication agency very wide on the web design and new techniques of com '. Xavier and Laure Célanie thus broaden their scope and become more accessible to emerging-market graphics. The studio is also a place of exhibition that moves and renews thanks to the artistic vitality of youth biemont, young to which the studio Célanie allows to provide its advice!

Tag is a gallery and an association, which also offers workshops. Here, you can improve your drawing skills, perfect your oil painting or learn the ins and outs of watercolor painting. In other words, here you can show off your artistic talents. What's more, you can also take part in a collective creation. Painting, drawing and photography exhibitions are also on offer.

If you want to learn how to scrap, mail art, use polymer paste or parchment paper, that's where to go. Sandrine is passionate about creative leisure and after a few years'work in textiles, she decided to open a shop to share her passion. You will easily acknowledge the beautiful old window of the store before discovering a chic interior with furniture that is lined with the walls of the walls. This acueillante hall is illuminated by beautiful industrial suspensions and several spaces are delimited: papeterie, saunas, creative leisure… Everyone can find their happiness among the beads, cards and glue bombs. In real manual work, Sandrine regularly organises creative workshops to practice his advice and learn how to use the different materials correctly. Sandrine's store: a gift shop for great moments!

Cécile Daulan has been a potter for more than 20 years, but recently decided to reopen her studio-boutique where she settled in Audenge near Arcachon. L'atelier des Treys is open from 10am to 12pm and from 2pm to 4pm. In any case, these are the times when it's possible to take a one-to-one pottery class, solo or with up to 3 people. For 2 hours, you'll create several glazed pieces. Courses are also available. If you'd like to come and take a look, the best thing to do is give her a call. Cécile also owns a gîte.

Despite its whimsical name, the Atelier des Zozos is a very serious workshop where adults and children alike can come and try their hand at pottery, in groups or in individual sessions. From your hands will come dishes, decorative objects, jewelry or various subjects depending on the season or a special event. Thus, through her workshops, Blandine Leroudier, ceramist, invites you to create, to relax, but also to care, thanks to art therapy. An alternative and creative medicine as gentle to practice as to observe.

Created in 2011 in Paris, the Labo des Histoires is a national, non-profit association whose aim is to (re)inspire young people under 25 to write. Located on the premises of the Manufacture's theatre, the Grand Est subsidiary thus offers the opportunity to work on writing fiction, articles, speeches, comic books and film scripts through workshops led by a professional in the profession. A very nice initiative with a bright future ahead of it.

Pôle couture is a private sewing school. Here, you'll be in a small group (5 to 8 people). Classes are tailored to individual needs and levels. You'll learn how to use a sewing machine, make alterations, use a pattern, sew difficult materials like leather and even learn to embroider! You'll learn how to make patchworks, create your own clothes or simply redecorate your home. Weekend courses are also available. The structure's main asset is undoubtedly its personalized follow-up.But beware: quality courses come at a price!

The Enaai, teaching applied arts and image, prepares post-baccalaureate students for jobs in comics, graphics, illustration, video, manga ... In the evenings or during training courses, the school, which is privately run, allows young people and adults to practice in their free time. Several formulas are available with rates for under 18s and students. Open to beginners or experts to learn or pursue techniques in classical drawing, comic book illustration or even to touch on computer coloring or manga creation.

The world's most famous museum invites the public to discover the secrets of its works through various workshops for children, families and adults. From artistic techniques to workshops for the youngest, the choice is vast, and the supervision is excellent. All the activities of the schedules, dates and prices can be found on the Louvre's website. You can also request the information by phone. Attention: these workshops are very popular and therefore often already full. Practical: they are accessible to people with disabilities. In addition, tactile, descriptive or sign language tours are organized by the museum.

The courses are given by a Japanese professional mangaka, and they lead to the creation by each student of his own manga. There are several formulas: the summer courses, i. e. a week of intensive training for beginners (250 € + 35 € of membership fees), basic courses to learn on a regular basis to carry out his manga (one session per week all the year at 800 € + 35 € of membership fees), and finally regular courses for young people who want to become professional mangaka (training runs from October to June from Monday to Friday at 3 hours per day, for 3 years. Count for the ^first year 5 250 € and registration fees of € 750, for the 2nd year 4 335 € and the same registration fees and finally € 2 040 for the last year plus the registration fees.

Not always easy to initiate children in art. He sometimes has a bad reputation with younger people and has a somewhat dusty reputation. Created 15 years ago in order to convey passion for arts, the Art-Exprim Association defines itself as a place of exchange and conviviality. Artistic activities are provided by authentic artists (sculptors, painters, artists artists, illustrators) in the workshops on 89 rue Marcadet. The proposed activities are as follows: artistic awakening (from 3 years old), drawing (children), comic strip/manga (children & adults), digital arts (children), short film (children), digital photography (children & adults), living model (adults), plastic arts (children & adults), sculpture (children & adults).

Need ideas for decorating your table or preparing your reception? Behind the lovely shop of their shop shop, the creative and dynamic Marie-Laure and Flavienne fly to your rescue and make for you (and with you, if you wish), the menus, the invitations, the towel round, the table plan and other festive elements. They also offer workshops for adults, teens and children, dedicated to recreational arts where they will show you all the secrets of scrap, even, art of récup ', painting, knitting… Another part of their activity, they organize (for the joy of babies and mothers), artistic anniversary flavours: creation and manufacture of the invitation card with children, and manufacture of objects and tables on site or at home (duration 2 h 30, 15 € per child except inviting it, tasting and equipment provided). Very nice hotel.

Advice and choice for this sewing store. Since 1962, the Valz family has been working to bring you their expertise in this area. It is not uncommon to have several generations of women who have bought a sewing machine at home in the same family. In addition to the machines, you will find a very wide choice of fabrics for the manufacture, for furnishing with widths up to 2,80 m, voiles from 1,50 m to 3,50 m high. But also Penguin wool, saunas and everything for creative leisure. Workshops carry out retouching, confection, curtains and company and maintenance of your machine. A 700 m ² store where you are sure to find a good welcome and good information.

With a combined experience of over 75 years, the Frame du Frame team is the coaching specialist and decoration. On-line or by telephone, professionals are at your disposal to offer you a total quality, service and price. Whether you need one or more executives, Frame du Framework will manufacture the necessary number of products and respond to any type of demand, with more than attractive prices. This site also offers a nearly unique tool in France that allows you to create and frame what you want. A way to acquire a quality tailor-made framework at low prices!

Located in the Lyon region, there is a catering shop that is reliable and quality. For this workshop, art is at the centre of their concern. For an extraordinary array that you want to rediscover or keep absolutely, you have a solution within your reach. This painting a from the Sorbonne will do everything to make your canvas, a masterpiece. What to be tempted…

Studio Frames specializes in the manufacture and sale of frames and layout frames in the Ile de France. For classic, fanciful frames, you'll have a great choice that satisera you. For various products, multiple supplies, you will have many proposals. With prices that stand and will allow you many daring. Small pleasures that easily brighten your interior.

A real favorite: this vast space, dedicated to Japanese culture, offers exhibitions, regular meetings and a grocery store, but also invites you to many workshops. Thus, you can participate in many culinary workshops to learn about the country's gastronomy, but that's not all. There are also workshops on haiku writing (short Japanese poem), bookbinding, printing, origami, Japanese language and even a Kintsugi workshop (the art of repairing ceramics). All in all, a must for novices or experienced artists.

Intensive internships in July. During the year, the courses take place on Wednesday from 18 a. m. to 20 p. m. and are provided by the Master Hachirô Kanno, a graduate of the Fine Arts of Tokyo and Paris.

Presided over by Denise Corroyer, this French branch of the Sogetsu school organises exhibitions, workshops, classes offered by qualified teachers of the Sogetsu school of Tokyo.

The association welcomes students two Mondays per month and one Saturday per month (searchable calendar online) to receive the teaching of Ikuko Kato (master of Ohara School) (http: //ikebanaparis.free.fr). Since September 2012, courses for children of floral art are also available.

Need to create? Need to reconnect? Then discover the fascinating and creative world of Lisèle, artist and pottery enthusiast. In this school, you'll learn to manipulate, exploit your potential, let your hands express themselves, and above all have fun in a spirit of caring, exchange and respect. To learn pottery, several formulas are offered for young and old alike: free-form or theme-based courses, mixing beginners and advanced, or developing a specific technique such as throwing. L'École de la Terre is also available to companies, individuals and day-care centers.

Open to beginners and confirmed artists, the school provides students with the various aesthetic practices. Through drawing, painting, living model, the artists of each class exercise their eyes and hands to techniques used since the night of time. Thus, 27 hours of instruction mark the week and allow each age group to come to express its creativity. Teachers, qualified and attentive, will help you to make progress by valuing your efforts and your work.

A graduate of the École des Beaux-arts de Poitiers and C.A.F.A.S., Richard Gautier is an exceptional painter who perfectly masters oil painting, watercolour and of course drawing. It is therefore at his workshop that he proposes to discover his art and teach you the basics, unless you come to perfection in which case, you will be enchanted by his talents to work light. It will teach you, in particular, oil painting, in the way of the Flemish and the Venetians, which allows for more real light than nature.

Looking for a clever and original way to celebrate your child's birthday? The Cité du Design organizes Wednesday workshops for 5-11 year-olds. The workshop includes a playful discovery of the exhibitions, accompanied by a guide. Each child will create a souvenir gift: a desk accessory in cork and leather, which they can take home with them. The package also includes a prepared snack and the afternoon's souvenir photo. The group can include up to 12 children, and it lasts 2h30.

Theresa and Pierre are booksellers. But Theresa is also a seamstress, she is even tailor-made to be precise. This profession, which has almost no representatives in France, now counts the bookseller who, in the bottom of his armchair (the name of the bookshop) proposes sewing courses. After studying psychology and then becoming a bookseller, Theresa returned to his first love: sewing. It is formed to know everything, the creation of the expert handling of the sewing machine. And she is happy to share her passion today with those who love to do things with their ten fingers.

A few years ago, sewing was a necessity; Don't buy a new trousers as soon as there was a small hole! We recousait, we rapiéçait and for the most creative, we tricotait and created clothes. Who doesn't have a wool sweater knitted by her grandma in his closet? Now, we consume clothes like food, yet knowing how to use a sewing machine is far from useless and the basics get fast. Why not do it? You will be surprised at everything you can learn to do in a little time!

Come as you are, "hands in your pockets". Isabelle Parier, a multi-graduate plastician, is pleased to provide you with everything you need to guide you in creation. Its courses are aimed at everyone regardless of age (both children and adults) and without prior training. It is not aimed at learning techniques but just sharing ideas, it will be able to hold in the imagination of each one a starting point and exploit the spontaneous initiative. Painting, pastels, fatty pencils, collages, all forms of artistic expressions are used. Perhaps the occasion to discover a soul of artist. 

Patricia Muller is passionate about the world of books and writing, and teaches calligraphy and illumination. She likes to share her expertise with others, and throughout the year offers workshops and courses in Latin and Japanese calligraphy, parchment illumination, bookbinding, engraving and gold leaf on gesso. The profession of calligrapher, recognized as a "Rare Craft" by the French Ministry of Culture, takes on its full meaning in La Charité-sur-Loire, the City of Words.

Founded in 1872 by Gustave FAYET, the Société des Beaux-Arts remains Béziers' leading fine arts association. It offers workshops in drawing, painting, watercolor, mixed media, photography and street art. Modeling and stone sculpture enthusiasts can also learn or improve their skills at the Maison Cordier. A veritable breeding ground for talent, every two years the association organizes the Salon International d'Arts Plastiques, in collaboration with the town. It's a not-to-be-missed event for art lovers of all levels.

The school is generally open to adults for courses in drawing, painting, modeling and sculpture. Every Wednesday, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Béziers offers art classes for children aged 9 to 14. Children can try their hand at painting, collage, pastel and sculpture... Themed workshops are held over one or two days during the school vacations. With ceramics workshops, even adults can express their creative spirit.

In their back-shop Florence and Michel organise creative courses, the patchwork in mind. It's crazy what can be achieved with small squares of cloth. So try the Christmas balls, your loved ones will be snowed.

A city we love is a city where resource places like this one are nestled. To cross the threshold is to sniff out stimulating discoveries! Whether you are a craftsman, a creator, a designer, a student, a DIY enthusiast or simply curious, this place is for you. This vast, bright, wooded space offers workshops in basketry, ecological resin, ceramics or cyanotype, a digital 3D printing and laser cutting lab, a superbly equipped wood workshop, a custom manufacturing service and a beautiful boutique. The creators in residence exchange, share and reveal their work to the amazed visitors. You can also eat there from Wednesday to Saturday!

In 1967, Dominique Imbert decided to install his workshop in Rape-le-Fort. Drawn by the work of the metal he forges, forge. This is where he draws his first chimney for his personal use. He reproduces it for some enthusiastic people and that's how Focus begins. Far from the photographs of the classic chimney, the true modern steel boxes, each model is a real work of art. An address not to be missed for lovers of design and contemporary creations.

Micheline Mathieu painted on pots, brocs and other buckets, but also on canvas. She painted it… pots and brocs but also naked and abstract canvases. Before you discover all the palettes of his talent, you have to find his charming workshop in the unexpected labyrinth of the roads of Theil-Rabier, a small village where you can get lost there.

Pottery will soon have no secret of you. In a friendly and friendly atmosphere, Valérie invites you to a pottery. Small and large will be able to try to manufacture various and varied stoneware and clay pots, pots and utensils. This guided tour, with a playful demonstration, looks very short.

It's on a small street near the church that is this little boutique. In a renovated house and a refined framework, basketry production is highlighted: The Trolley, bakery baskets, towels, a convenient drawer. The host will tell you that in the area of wicker, everything is possible.

Painter of the country of Armance, Pierre Monnet and his workshop are indispensable in the circuit, since his paintings represent local landscapes.

To make yourself a cut or a vase, here is a workshop to awaken you to the secrets of pottery, handle a tour, put your hand to clay… it's particularly instructive for the little ones, but the big ones can try the adventure, and if really you are not good, choose to buy the parts made in the workshop.

The courses are animated by the specialist of watercolour, Agnès du Mont-Anis, but at your request the artist will be happy to introduce you to the dry techniques, including sepia and black stone. In order to help you make truly original holiday memories and according to your tastes, in the themed workshops on wildlife, landscaped, floral, etc. To amaze friends and family.

Created almost 10 years ago, the workshops attract all those who love writing and want to get started. Organized throughout the year, twice a month as well as on weekends, they are led with finesse by Sylvaine, a true lover of words. In a climate of trust and a friendly atmosphere, you'll discover the richness of words in a spontaneous way, in a caring environment conducive to creativity and self-fulfillment.

It is on the second floor of the exquisite walk walk (see Crepes), that Caroline Gillot, and sound artist, barter his tablier deck for that of artist. Here, in the workshop where she works on her creations, she greets adults and children in punctual courses or courses year round.

Drawing, painting, modelling, weaving, photoshop, digital photo… Beginners or initiated, Caroline adapts to each one, the word being, exchange and user friendliness. Truly, a delicious address.

New address for Josiane Debris and Marie-Christine Sartin, teaching painters, who have been leading classes since the early 1990s. During the sessions, observation, drawing, portrait, live model, perspective, initiation or improvement of painting techniques are mixed. Children are welcome from the age of 7, while beginners or experienced adults are followed individually and can participate in courses. Preparation for art schools and support courses are offered for those who have entered an artistic field. Artists exhibit their own work and create on commission. At the end of the year, there is an exhibition of students' work on an imposed theme.