french + Art
French Language Learning
French-with-Art combines French language learning, art and perception to support your French language skills. Through our unique language methods, you learn and perfect your French with ease while enhancing your appreciation of art and boosting your perceptual know-how.
Learn french
by engaging with
the world’s
masterpieces
Speak
with ArT
French-with-Art leads group classes and events online and at local museums. During our programs, you practice both your speaking and listening skills in a relaxed atmosphere. Our small class sizes promote interactivity and communication while unfolding around our unique perceptual-art methods.
Art experience is welcome but not necessary.
“French-with-Art has helped me become more confident expressing myself in French.”
All classes are taught by French/English Native bilinguals and/or native French speakers.
Our teachers are also experienced art professionals with extensive art education and art museum lecturing backgrounds. Teachers’ museum lecturing experience includes experience at main museums such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Louvre and the Orsay Museum in Paris.
Our small-scale online classes are international. Through French-with-Art, you’ll meet other French language and art lovers from around the world. Our students join from both the U.S., Europe, and beyond.
“If you wish to practice speaking French while at the same time improving your knowledge of art, French-with-Art is the class for you.”
—French-with-Art student
outcomes
“A different language is a different vision of life”
Increased French language fluency
Our small class and workshops sizes support you in practicing both your speaking and listening skills.
Augmented French Language Skills
Through our guided discussions, you increase your vocabulary, speaking accuracy and listening comprehension. Vocabulary lists are provided for our 4-session courses.Heightened observational and perceptual skills
Our instructor-led events and classes guide your looking in order to help you consolidate your language skills as well as hone your perceptual and observational know-how.Learn about the world’s masterpieces
Your learn about the world’s great art as our sessions provide art historical background background for each work viewed.Meet other French language lovers and art fans to share in an exploration and discussion of the world’s great art treasures.
perceptual methods to help you reach your french language goals.
“taking French-with-Art lessons was a wonderfully enjoyable
experience”
Serving Francophiles in the U.S., in France and beyond
French-with-Art is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD (Washington DC) and has been in operation since 2017. We serve French language learners and art-curious students in the U.S., France, Europe and beyond.
what they’re saying…
”French-with-Art has helped me improve my French skills as well as my capacity to observe.”
—French-with-Art Student
“Taking French With Art lessons was a wonderfully enjoyable experience. the instructor is so knowledgeable about all of the works presented and brings the art alive while gently guiding and motivating us to stay in the target language. The classes are student centered and everyone has ample opportunity to speak and express themselves exclusively in French.”
---French-with-Art Student
“French-with-Art has helped me become more confidant expressing myself in French and has significantly expanded my appreciation of art and its various styles. I would highly recommend it.”
—French-with-Art Student
“French with Art classes are stimulating and fun. Providing students with a vocabulary they can use to react to the artworks, the instructor listens closely to and celebrates each person's input. Patient and complimentary, a safe haven is created where we are not afraid to make mistakes, as we improve our language skills. I feel that I have greatly developed my observation skills, as I've been encouraged to look deeply into each painting."”
—French-with-Art Student
FAQs
What are the advantages of combining French language learning and art?
Engaging with art provides a visual and perceptual support that helps you expand and solidify your vocabulary while also practicing your speaking and listening skills.
What else am I gaining by engaging with art while learning french?
Our art engagement methods also serve to ease the memorization of new vocabulary. Additionally, interactivity with art provides you with tools to expand your art appreciation and perceptual skills.
How does it work?
Our programs are centered around small groups that meet live online or at local museums. Limited group sizes allow for all to participate. Our groups are instructor-led with guided questions that help participants make use of new vocabulary while exploring art in novel and interactive ways.
Do I need an art background?
An art background is welcome but not necessary at all. Our classes are designed for groups both experienced and new to art.
What kind of art do you show?
We show a diverse range of works from figurative to abstract and old masters to modern. While there is a strong emphasis on French art, we also show art from other countries and cultures.
What French levels do you work with?
While many of our classes focus on intermediate to advanced groups, we also offer some programs for beginners. Additionally, we also welcome fluent French speakers who wish to take advantage of our art explorations to our advanced classes and events.