Located between Nice and Cannes, with 25 km of sandy beaches and 300 sunny days a year, Antibes is one of the Côte d’Azur’s star attractions!

Antibes is the Côte d'Azur’s second largest town with a population of 75 000 in winter and almost twice this amount in summer. Yet Antibes is still a small and friendly town in which you will easily find your bearings. Plus, it’s just minutes away from Cannes and Nice

Situated in Eastern France and surrounded by fortified walls, Antibes embodies the Côte d’Azur’s historic and Mediterranean heritage. You can’t help but be charmed by Antibes’ Old Town with its cobbled streets, its small craft shops, its many boutiques and sun kissed Antibean sea front.

FOR SUMMER 2015: students will have the option to take one elective and will also take a French language class at their level. This year, the electives will include:

1) REPORTING THE REGION : JOU 3020 / 4 credits
Students explore the region to produce journalistic reports that include writing and photography. Assignments include stories on challenges facing a French family, implications of a French political issue, a social issue, and a travel piece. The goal is for students to write as a foreign correspondent, conveying the community’s views, struggles, sights, and sensations to an audience back home.

2) FINE ART - Space/ Line/ Body: an exploration of Antibes will incorporate on-site drawing, ephemeral site-specific sculptures, as well as performance around the city using found as well as traditional materials. In this course students will explore the spaces that are Antibes, not just physical, but also the historical, political, and psychological space. Beginning with drawing we will explore these spaces, moving into ephemeral street installations and eventually small discreet performances using our bodies as material. In addition to visiting historical art and architecture, we will also visit Antibes contemporary art galleries. There will be an opportunity for some collaborative work within the elective courses.