The professional school

Created by the Centre Pompidou in May 2018, the Professional School carries out activities in two major fields: professional lifelong learning and consulting to establish a dialogue with the actors of the world of work. 
In a constantly changing world, learning, innovation and new perspectives are key for companies. The Professional School guides corporate transformation through encounters with art and artists. 
It offers a unique pedagogical approach that articulates scientific, artistic and practical aspects and is based on the community of actors at the heart of the Centre Pompidou, both in-house and externally (staff, curators, artists, researchers), and its wealth of multidisciplinary resources (plastic arts, cinema, music, books, dance, performing arts). 

On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the Centre Pompidou wanted to reinforce its commitment to exchanges between society and contemporary artistic creation and pursue its vocation of educating the audiences of tomorrow. This exchange addresses a new type of audience: public and private organisations and the professional world in general. 
 
Based on a global approach combining expert content, practical work with an artist and the originality of the venue, the Centre Pompidou’s Professional School is a tool for transmission through the arts and culture for a better understanding of the contemporary world. 

To encourage its participants to adopt new approaches, the professional school has decided to design a space that is specially tailored to this newly found purpose. This artwork and workspace, designed by the artist and architect Leopold Banchini, in partnership with Laure Jaffuel, is entitled "3-8" and is set at the heart of the contemporary collections of one of the most important modern and contemporary art collections in the world.

This space showcases new practices in the field of spatial design and is used for receptions, conferences, workshops and other collective and collaborative gatherings of up to 25 people.

It is exclusively used for events organised by the professional school, and gives partners a complete experience of contemporary creation.

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Since its creation, over 1,200 salaried workers have taken part in the Professional School’s courses, whether custom-made or from the catalogue, allowing them to:

• take part in a creative, artistic and collective experience at the Centre Pompidou;
• take a step back through the arts and the humanities and social sciences to gain new perspectives and renew their professional approach;
• address the issues that are redefining the roles of professionals and companies today in terms of major societal changes (collective and common, the environment, CSR, mission, etc.)
• be inspired by artists’ critical and visionary perspective.

Using an open and innovative format, custom courses and those in our catalogue aim to offer new perspectives, change representations of things and renew ways of working. 

The Professional School’s courses are structured around three areas of focus: 

• cross-disciplinary themes to encourage collective, sensitive and relational intelligence and develop curiosity, creativity and agility; 
• economic sectors considered under a new light to inspire questioning and encourage new and enriching experiences; 
• the Centre Pompidou’s "vocational" expertise to strengthen skills and enhance professional methods. 

Un questionnaire est remis aux participants à l'issue de la formation pour évaluer l'impact de la formation et évaluer le taux de satisfaction.

See our list of courses

For several years now, the Centre Pompidou has been called on to help communities, organisations and companies to conduct their cultural projects. Redefining cultural programmes, developing programmes targeting a young audience, creating cultural centres, assisting with cultural engineering… So many projects that call for the expertise, excellence and experience of the Centre Pompidou. 

The Ecole Pro team is available to design a joint collaboration around the project of your choice. 

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