The Campus Arts Festival on the Charles Mérieux Campus

The Campus Arts Festival is being held as part of the Arts and Culture in Higher Education Days, usually referred to in French as "“JACES”" days (Journées des Arts et de la Culture dans l’enseignement supérieur), for which nearly forty events will be organized over three days on the Lyon Saint-Étienne university sites.

Discover the nine events organized on the Charles Mérieux campus at the Descartes site, whether it be at the Artemisia Gallery, the Crous University Restaurant, or the Kantor Theater.

• “Noon Concert”
  Musician students from the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon (CNSMD) will play the following educational masterpieces: Mikrokosmos by Bartók , Játékok by Kurtág, The Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach, Études by Ligeti,…
  Organized by: The Lyon Conservatoire National de Musique et de Danse and the cultural affairs department at ENS de Lyon.
  Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2019
  Time: 12:30 PM
  Venue: Kantor Theater, the Descartes site,
  15 Parvis René Descartes, 7th district of Lyon
  Registration/Entry fee: Free/Free entry
• “Total Art Festival”
  Improvisation, singing lessons, projection, readings, stage direction, performance, collective painting, etc. The students and organizations from the ENS de Lyon have created a full program. Full program available at www.enscene.org.
  Organized by: The ENS de Lyon
  Date: Thursday, April 2, 2019
  Time: from 9 AM to 10 PM
  Venues: Descartes and Monod sites
  15 parvis René Descartes and 46 allée d’Italie 69007 Lyon
  Registration/Entry fee: Free/Free entry

• “HIPSTERS IN STONE, Léo Caillard”
  Léo Caillard is showing creative works that defy millennia of history as part of the 13th Latin-Greek European Festival!
  Date: Tuesday April 2, Wednesday, April 3, and Thursday, April 4, 2019 from 9 AM to 6 PM
  Venue: Artemisia Gallery, the Descartes site
  15 Parvis René Descartes, 7th district of Lyon
  Registration/Entry fee: Free/Free entry
• “Stolen portraits from Latin America”
  Photographs taken by travelers during their excursions to Latin America. This photography contest was open to all staff and students of the Université de Lyon.
  Date: Tuesday, April 2, Wednesday, April 3 and Thursday, April 4, 2019 from 9 AM to 6 PM
  Venue: Félix Pécaut Forum
  15 parvis René Descartes, 7th district of Lyon
  Registration/Entry fee: Free/Free entry
• “Behind-the-scenes at a University restaurant”
  Portrait photography and documentation of the working environment of university restaurants, photographs by Francesca Tea Capasso, PhD student at the ENS de Lyon, studying cinematography and photography.
  Date: Monday, April 1, Tuesday April 2, and Wednesday, April 3 from 11:30 AM to 2 PM
  Venue: CROUS University Restaurant
  15 parvis René Descartes, 7th district of Lyon
  Registration/Entry fee: Free/Free entry

• "We have crossed storms"
  Documentary produced by Antoine Hospitalier and Fabrice Imbert, covering the theme of civic engagement, followed by a debate with the two Emmaüs workers featured in the documentary and the two producers.
  Date: Thursday, April 4, 2019
  Time: 7:00 PM
  Venue: Kantor Theater, the Descartes site,
  15 Parvis René Descartes, 7th district of Lyon
  Registration/Entry fee: Free/Free entry
• “Photography Preference #35: Didier Ben Loulou”
  In 2018, Didier Ben Loulou published “Sud” (Table Ronde editions) and” Un hiver en Galilée” (Arnaud Bizalion editions). Didier Ben Loulou, traveler, photographer, writer and faithful follower of the sun, will give a masterclass for students enrolled in the “Literature and Photography” research and education program at the ENSP/ENS.
  Date: Thursday, April 4, 2019
  Time: 6:00 PM
  Venue: Room F08
  15 parvis René Descartes, 7th district of Lyon
  Registration/Entry fee: Free/Free entry

• “Poetic Scene with Julien Blaine” – Literature
  Julien Blaine returns to the ENS de Lyon… performance art is not dead! Or is it? Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2019
  Time: 6:30 PM
  Venue: Kantor Theater
  15 Parvis René Descartes, 7th district of Lyon
  Registration/Entry fee: Free/Free entry

• “Discovery of our artistic heritage”
  As part of the 5th Interministerial Days of the Artistic 1%, (Journées nationales interministérielles du 1% artistique), David Gauthier is offering a partial tour of a few works of art at the Descartes site.
  Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2019
  Time: 5 PM
  Starting point: Félix Pécaut Forum
  15 parvis René Descartes, 7th district of Lyon
  Registration/Entry fee: Free/Free entry