FR HA FRAC ‘I am your guide’

16 students from the 2nd year class were selected to prepare an event organised by the FRAC (‘Fonds régionaux d'art contemporain’) in Dunkirk : “C'est moi le guide” (‘I am your guide’), which consists of training students to explain works of art and to lead a mediator on these works, at different times of the year. This year, the class was offered the opportunity to visit the museum and present the new collection after its annual closure, on two Saturday afternoons 2 weeks apart.

First, the students went to the FRAC to discover the museum's new collection, which the mediator presented to them. At the end of the visit, they were divided into 7 groups, each of which chose a work from the collection. Then, using the notes they had taken during the visit and some personal research, they wrote a booklet presenting the artist and the work, in French and English.

To prepare for the first visit, 3 groups worked on linen chairs, plastic chairs and an installation co-constructed by an artist and 8 young people from the local mission in dk using recycled objects. For the 2nd visit, the 4 groups looked at the FRAC's sustainable architecture, the refurbishment of a building (hall AP2), a photo atlas about biodiversity and the ‘clou à clou’ exhibition of low-pollution, eco-responsible works.

Each group was then asked to think about an activity they would propose to their audience at the end of the presentation of their work, and each group created an activity linked to the work they had chosen : Kahoots ! (on linen and ‘Clou à clou’), quizzes before and after the presentation of works, a detective game to determine whether statements are true or false, tactile games, a Biodiversity memory game, colouring for FRAC children.

Each group created a presentation sheet of a work of art about the environment and sustainable development from the FRAC collection in French and English, as well as an activity to be led from it.

The event took place on 7 February 2025 and 1 March 2025. The students were both anxious to be facing an unknown public and excited to be organising an event in a museum, presenting their works and leading their activities. At the end of the day, they were very proud to have been thanked and congratulated by visitors, mediators and museum directors.