AdA

AdA offers workshops and a full-time three year skill based training art program. During this period, students will acquire high level drawing skills – the basis for the study of painting – through the technique of comparative measurement. The competence to master the art of observation and acquire excellent draftsman’s skills creates freedom in artistic practice. In the long run, this freedom allows the student to do anything he would like to represent or create.

Instruction is offered in French, English, Italian, and Dutch.

Atelier Program

The program is designed to create high-quality expertise of the highest standard of academic fine art training. The AdA Three Year Curriculum is a program that offers specialized skill-based classical training for people wanting to learn to draw-paint, and who are looking to achieve a level of excellency in Contemporary Realism and Classical Art. You will acquire the necessary skills to be able to make an accurate representation of nature. It is a lot of practice combined with expert feedback that creates skill and high-quality expertise.

The curriculum is adapted to the students’ technical skills with regular personal guidance and attention to the development of individual qualities. The program is led by Joke Frima with the help of guest teachers invited to enrich the overall curriculum.

Upon successful completion of the full-time curriculum, a Diploma Certificate is delivered.

The 3 year study program runs over three trimesters and are held from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 12 am and from 2 pm to 5 pm.

Short Term and Try Out Program

AdA offers as well a try out program of 3 months. This can also be attended by those who want to strengthen their skills, however have a short period at hand.

AdA’s human-scale school offers much personal attention and flexibility in order to meet students’ needs.

What do you need for admission to AdA?

A strong desire to acquire through deep observation the skills to make an accurate representation of nature.

A letter stating your motivation and background, with 5 to 10 images of your work.

ARC Living Master Joke Frima

For AdA founder Joke Frima it takes skill-based training to create a realistic depiction of nature. It is her mission to disprove the myth that art cannot be learned and that one only needs great talent or aptitude to become an excellent painter. Art can and needs to be learned. Joke Frima herself learned her skills in a similar atelier school, at Studio Simi, in Florence Italy. She lived and worked for 8 years with Signorina Nerina Simi, who continued the traditional fine art training of her father Filadelfo Simi. 

Joke Frima feels the need and desire to transfer her knowledge to a new generation of  painters. Her approach motivates students to carefully observe the world around them, which in turn helps them gain new insight into their surroundings.

Location

Vissingy is a hamlet situated in the Natural Parc du Morvan in the Nièvre department of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central France. It is an exceptional rural setting, with easy access by car or public transportation. It is only a few hours by train from Paris or Lyon. 

The students will enjoy total immersion in art and nature, taking daily inspiration from the space and silence of the surrounding countryside. They will experience nature first hand and the beauty of the landscape. The students will be able to focus primarily on the study of drawing and painting.

Another big advantage of the rural environment is that there is lots of space and the accommodation is much more affordable than in a city. For the same reason, the school is able to charge a modest tuition fee.

Contact

For additional information and questions:

atelier@ada-skill-based.art 

https://www.ada-skill-based.art/