Rooftop Art Workshops
At Hôtel Dame des Arts, art is experienced in the present. In partnership with Le Paon, we are imagining a series of artistic workshops open to all, designed as creative pauses in the heart of the Left Bank.
Writing, drawing, collage, personal expression… each session invites you to slow down, to explore a gesture, an emotion, an intuition.
An artistic programme at the heart of our Hôtel
Dame des Arts · Paris Rive Gauche
Conceived as genuine experiences, these workshops extend the cultural world of Hôtel Dame des Arts. In collaboration with Le Paon, they come to life in the presence of artists who guide each session and share their practice in a vivid and accessible way.
Each workshop becomes a time for exploration: drawing, painting, collaging, sculpting… gestures we sometimes set aside, rediscovered here without pressure, simply for the joy of creating.
Open to all levels, these sessions invite you to reconnect with your creative impulse, to slow down, to experiment with a material or technique, and to experience a different kind of moment in an inspiring setting.
Through the various dates and themes, this programme brings together contemporary creation, personal expression and the Parisian art of living — with one idea in mind: to create freely, and leave feeling lighter.
THE EXPERIENCES
Writing and Drawing Your Memories of Paris
An artistic workshop led by Sophie Gauthier and Juliette Filippi, in partnership with Le Paon, to explore writing and drawing as sensitive forms of expression.
Learn to weave words and images together, and to tell your memories of Paris through a poetic and intuitive approach.
Open to all – no experience required.
Limited spots – Booking essential.
April 18
Rooftop
Paris in Watercolour
An artistic workshop led by Camille Pontabry, in partnership with Le Paon, to discover watercolour painting outdoors from the rooftop of Hôtel Dame des Arts.
Learn to observe and capture Paris in a new way, painting the rooftops, lights and iconic perspectives of the city.
Open to all – no experience required.
Limited spots – Booking essential.
April 22
Rooftop
Rooftop Sketching
An artistic workshop led by Juliette Plisson, in partnership with Le Paon, to draw Paris outdoors from the rooftop of Hôtel Dame des Arts. Learn to observe and sketch the Parisian rooftops, lines and iconic perspectives, through a free and sensitive approach to drawing.
Open to all – no experience required.
Limited spots – Booking essential.
May 10
10am - 12pm
Rooftop
Colour Cycle · Blue Ink
An ink workshop led by Marielle Durand, between the rooftop and Square Viviani, to explore nuance and depth through a single colour. In the morning, work on perspective and tonal values from the rooftop of Dame des Arts. In the afternoon, a dialogue between architecture and nature facing Notre-Dame. Learn to compose, simplify and create depth in monochrome.
Open to all – no experience required.
Limited spots – Booking essential.
June 13
Rooftop
