The Institut des hautes etudes en arts plastiques (Iheap) is offering a new program starting in the fall 2015 in New York.

Iheap is a post-graduate institute for research and experimentation in art that serves as the educational branch of the Biennale de Paris.

The program offers its participants a unique course of study that is not bound to the history of 20th century art but actively encourages the investigation of crucial issues of art in the 21st century.

Iheap is addressing all creative practitioners who have an expectation to engage not only within the art world, but also with the world at large. The lecturers, in fact, are coming from a wide range of disciplines, from the art field as well as from philosophy, economics, history, linguistics and so on. Iheap is a fluid school with the classes taking place at different locations, such as art organizations, schools, galleries, museums, cafés, apartments, parks, public spaces, parking lots and so on.

The course of study is completed in one academic year, with lessons taking place two days per week, and is composed of work sessions mixing practice and theory. Before the end of the Session, each sessionist will produce a project composed of a practical part and a theoretical one (in the form of an activity report). In addition, during the program students have the possibility to engage in an exchange, or “residency abroad” in Paris.

The application procedure is online, accessed at http://iheap.fr/en/candidature/ and the deadline for submission is August 15, 2015.

To receive the Iheap brochure with more information about the program and a list of the lecturers for the upcoming Session XI please send an email to virginia.cimino@iheap.us