De l’Art et d’Autre, Paris

We want to create opportunities for young people from immigrant backgrounds to learn soft skills with an innovative non-formal method, in the unique context of museums. In addition, our objective is to also provide resources to trainers and facilitators to enable them to use our method on a self-guided visit or in classrooms. Furthermore, we propose interdisciplinary activities in which practices usually isolated from one another meet, notably artistic mediation, bodily expression and the fostering of soft skills.

De l’art et d’autre is a company that provides services in the field of cultural and art education, as well as in bodily expression. Aiming to foster basic and soft skills, De l’art et d’autre has developed methodologies and manuals which combine museum pedagogy, art history, conversation analysis and intercultural studies. It also provides workshops and training for a very heterogeneous audience: ranging from art lover individuals, through education professionals, work teams, to the social sector. De l’Art et D’autre has a pluridisciplinary team of experts who come from the field of art history, linguistics, didactics, and intercultural approaches.

Paris has always been an attractive destination for migrants. Although until the end of World War II the city mainly welcomed people from European countries, today half of the immigrants come from Africa, 18% from Asia and 27% still from Europe. In France it is in Paris and its region, Ile-de-France, that has the greatest proportion of foreigners: 18% of the population comes from immigration. Among them are representatives of almost all the countries of the world.