.Presentation of the school - Nîmes

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Technical staff and premises
Photography studio
Michel Serron, photography technician
Eight computer workstations are used for processing digital photographs.
A silver process black and white laboratory is equipped with
four enlargers. Introduction and advanced work in small, medium
and large formats (negative formats of up to 4 x 5 inches).
Publishing studio
Gérard Lauze, technician
A set of several rooms houses facilities for engraving, lithography,
screen prints and offset lithography printing.
The studio in Rue de La Poudrière has all the equipment required for
producing printed works: large engraving presses, silk screen table,
exposure unit, guillotine, shears, pasting machine and soon a lithography
press.
This is therefore a studio for producing artist’s books, fanzines, posters,
portfolios, prints, postcards, etc. Use can be made, according
to the job, of screen printing, small and large engraving work (etching,
drypoint and aquatint), embossing, monotype, wood engraving,
typography and, shortly, lithography.
volume-sculpture studio
Gérard Montesinos, technician
A 400 sq.-m studio for work. Metal, wood and modelling.
Equipped to handle all volume projects.
Drawing studio
A room is devoted to drawing and projects.
Painting studio
A large painting studio.
Studios reserved for use by students
From the second year onwards, students are provided with studios
for use by one or several depending on their affinities and the space
available.
Lecture theatre
110 seats, video-projection facilities. This is used for lectures and
conferences.
Exhibition rooms
Three very fine rooms with 300 sq. m of exhibition space.
Student exhibition room
A small room at the entry to the school reserved for displaying
works by students.
Technical facilities
The video, computer graphics and digital photography studios have
a set of three interconnected rooms.