Links and Resources
To prepare students for all aspects of travel and cultural immersion, we have compiled this thorough list of informational links and resources. Here you will find information ranging from passports, visas, travel guides and language learning to resources to help quench your thirst for travel beyond this summer art program.
Practical resources: passports and visas, maps, train schedules, etc.
- USF Education Abroad: Information on how to apply, passports & visas, scholarships and study abroad basics for USF students
- Currency Converter
- Download U.S Passport Application Forms from the U.S. Department of State
- Download French Visa Forms (note: visas not required for U.S. citizens)
- National Center for Health Statistics: information on how to obtain an official birth certificate (required for your passport application)
- SNCF: French National Railway System: schedules, prices, etc.
- RATP: Paris metro sitemaps, schedules, directions
- Eurostar: Paris-London in two and a half hours, online booking
Scholarships and grants for study abroad
- Outside Sources for Scholarships and Grants (from the USF Education Abroad site)
- Education Abroad Scholarships and Funding Resource from USF World
- Study abroad scholarship search at StudyAbroad.com
Links to our lodging facilities in Paris, London and Venice and other housing possibilities
Lodging for our optional add-on excursions
- Hotel Paganelli: Our lodging for students participating in the excursion to the Venice Biennale
- Arthur Tattersall House, University College London
Other (budget) lodging options in Paris (most with online reservations)
- Paris FIAP Jean Monnet: Parisian dormitory
- Hotel du Commerce
- Aloha Hostel Paris
- Oops Budget Hotel and Hostel
- Vintage Hostel and budget hotel
- Le Montclair hostel
- BVJ Youth Hostels Paris – largest network of hostels in Paris
- St. Christopher's Inns
Online Paris guides, virtual tours and other resources of information about the city
- Office du Tourisme de Paris (in French and English)
- Time Out: Paris – guide to weekly events in the city
- Bonjour Paris: excellent online magazine with articles on Parisian life, language, culture, etc.
- WebMuseum, Paris: Tours
- Rick Steve's travel tips
- Drone video of the banks of the Seine (whet your appetite for Paris!)
General guides to international travel
Links to museums and cultural sites: Paris, London and Venice
Museums and cultural sites, Paris:
- Paris-Art.com : clearing house of information on exhibitions in Paris galleries and art centers
- Bibliothèque Nationale de France
- Centre Pompidou
- Chartres: Official Site of the Office of Tourism
- Chateau de la Roche-Guyon
- Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte
- Chateau de Versailles
- Cinematheque Francaise
- Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
- Fondation Claude Monet (Monet's gardens at Giverny)
- Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain
- Forum des Images (formerly Vidéothèque de Paris)
- Institute du Monde Arabe
- La Maison Rouge - Fondation Antoine de Galbert (contemporary art)
- Le Plateau - Contemporary Art Center
- Mac-Val: Musee d'Art Contemporaine du Val-de-Marne
- Maison Europeenne de la Photographie
- Musee des Arts Decoratifs
- Musée des Arts Forains
- Musée des Arts et Metiers (history of science and technology)
- Musée Dapper (art of Africa)
- Musée Guimet (art of Asia)
- Musée Jacquemart-André
- Musée du Louvre
- Musée d'Orsay
- Musée National du Moyen Age
- Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle
- Musée Picasso
- Musee du Quai Branly
- Musée Rodin
- Palais de Tokyo: Site du Creation Contemporaine
Museums and cultural sites, London:
- British Museum
- National Gallery
- National Portrait Gallery
- Tate online: Tate Modern and Tate Britain Museums
- Hayward Gallery
- Saatchi Gallery
- The Photographers' Gallery
- Victoria and Albert Museum
Museums and cultural sites, Venice:
Study and teaching abroad resources
- Alliance Francaise - language school in Paris
- MICEFA: Interuniversity Mission for the Coordination of Franco-American Exchanges (arranges study/teaching exchanges between USF and French universities)
- Frenchculture.org: cultural services of the French Embassy in the U.S. - Information on study in France, assistantships, internships, grants and scholarships in France and other opportunities.
- Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne - intensive language program in Paris
- Institut de Touraine in Tours. French language classes at all levels. . Intensive month-long courses in July and August.
- Speos: Photography School in Paris
- Transitions Abroad = Work, Study, Travel Overseas
- Teaching Assistant Program in France - teach English in France for 7 months
- Council on International Educational Exchange
- Volunteers For Peace International Workcamps
French language learning, art and literature resources
- Free language learning resources from the BBC
- Learning French with Alexa
- Kanopy streaming: great selection of French films (available to USF students and faculty)
- Coffee Break French: podcasts of beginning-level French (introductory session free)
- French in Action: classic series of French language learning videos based in Paris
- Duolingo: free French lessons
- ARTFL Project, University of Chicago: French language bibliographies and databases including online version of Diderot's encyclopedia
- French texts online: bibliotheque public sur l'internet: numerous classics in the public domain are available in their entirety at this site
- Gallica: Bibliotheque Nationale de France online, extraordinary resources of books, documents and images
French Press
- France 24 - internet news site with both text and video feeds (in French and English)
- Le Monde
- Liberation
- Le Monde diplomatique
- L'Humanité
- MediaPort
- France 2: nightly news from France video/audio download
- ParisVoice: monthly magazine for English-speaking visitors and residents
Artists’ residencies in France
- International Residency at the Couvent de Recollets, Paris
- CAMAC: Centre d’art Marnay art centre, Marnay-Sur-Seine
- La Napoule Art Foundation (near Cannes)
- DRAWinternational (residency focused on drawing near Toulouse)
- The Camargo Foundation, Cassis
- Cat'Art - Centre d'Art Contemporain (Aude Region)
- Triangle France, Marseille
- Maryland Institute College of Art residency in Lehon, France (Brittany)
- Alliance of Artists' Communities - excellent clearinghouse for information about U.S. and International artists' residencies