In 2013, a L’ÉCOLE Traveling School opened for the first time outside of France in Japan. Various courses, interactive lectures and an exhibition followed, and L’ÉCOLE returned to Tokyo in 2019. In 2023, the 10th anniversary of the opening of the first school in Japan, L’ÉCOLE returns to Tokyo once more.
We are pleased to announce that L’ÉCOLE Special Japanese Program will be offered at the Gaien campus of Kyoto University of the Arts for two weeks from February 24 to March 10, 2023.
The programs offered are all in line with those at the main school in Paris, with courses and talks led teachers and artisans who are experts in their fields.
A total of 18 different courses, including four new courses, will be offered this year in the areas of “Art History of Jewelry” (7 courses), “The World of Gemstones” (5 courses), and “Savoir-Faire» (6 courses). In addition, there will be five “Workshops for Young People”, as well as “Evening Conversations”—interactive talks on four jewelryrelated topics.
Like the previous session in 2019, the venue interior will be designed by leading Japanese architect Sosuke Fujimoto.
All the furniture and decorations that create the refined spaces that embody L’ÉCOLE’s philosophy will be made from renewable wood for new uses, in line with Van Cleef & Arpels’ commitment to sustainable practices.
