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Les Jeunes ont la
parole (JOP) is a one-credit course option that offers
Art History students (and highly motivated schoolmates from
other disciplines) at The American University of Paris the
rare opportunity of participating in
a hands-on program organized by the Louvre Museum.
On a series of
designated Friday evenings, AUP students take their station
in the museum’s venerable spaces alongside peers from a
series of highly diverse Paris-region institutions: the
École du Louvre, the Universities of Paris-I, Paris-IV and
Paris-XI, the National Conservatory of Music, the Institut
Catholique, the ICART, and tourism-oriented students from
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The
goal? To enter into dialogue with museum
visitors around a work of art. First and
foremost, the Louvre has young visitors in its
sights: the museum is free to anyone under 26
years of age on Friday evenings, and the
program was originally conceived to draw youth
into what are all too often perceived as
discouragingly daunting walls.
JOP
competition is stiff. In a nearby space, a
Conservatory student may be playing a musical
instrument depicted in the work of art he or
she has scrutinized; an ICART student may be
displaying his or her modern artistic
interpretation of a work from days gone by...
The
rewards, however, are great. Students have a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study a work
of art as an object of material culture and to
present its multiple facets and layered
meanings to passers-by (learned or neophyte),
who (wittingly or unwittingly) have chosen to
stroll through the Louvre during one of the
Louvre’s Friday evening events.
Note
bene: the JOP program requires suppleness of
mind for organizers and participants alike.
Works may be shifted without forewarning;
French and American academic calendars may
jibe; elected museum spaces and Friday evening
themes come and go (for the fall semester
2011, the theme will be “Amour, amours”). In
any case, former AUP participants (visiting
students included) are virtually unanimous in
considering that the experience is truly
unique.
For more information please contact Professor
Chevalier:
kchevalier@aup.edu
Read the press release from the Louvre here
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The JOP program is
a truly unique
experience that allows art
history students to apply what they've
learned in the classroom to a public
setting; students are given the opportunity
to select their own work, research what they
wish to focus on, and present their research
to a broad audience. What I enjoy most about
JOP is the chance we're given to really
interact with people; it’s not about giving
a lecture to our audience, but about finding
common ground with them, and working
together to understand the amazing
masterpiece in front of us.
Lauren Juozokas
I would like to say
that the JOP program is
extremely fun,
but besides that, it really gives you the
opportunity to take advantage of what Paris
(and the Louvre) has to offer. You learn so
much about the museum, as well as the
artwork that you choose to present, and you
also meet so many people from all over the
world; if you speak any foreign languages it
is an additional plus, and it is always a
good opportunity to practice your French. I
highly recommend it!
Pamela Lian
JOP was a bit
intimidating at first because I didn't know
what to expect. I quickly got over my "stage
fright" with the help of Professor Chevalier
and I couldn't think of a more rewarding
experience for my time here in Paris! It's
fascinating
to watch all the museum-goers and a pleasure
to interact with such an international
crowd. On my down time (because I happened to
not be on the main path) talking to the
French students from other schools was
really a lesson in itself. Plus, how cool to
listen to the other presentations! I even
enjoyed struggling to explain my object in
my remedial French. Being associated with
the Louvre is special and such an
opportunity for any student. Plus, the tee
shirts are adorable!
Lauren Pinhas
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