The Masters 2 COM' in San Francisco
Logbook: Study Trip January 2024
Our Master’s Year 2 COM' students, accompanied by Frédéric Boudet, lead professor of the program, Frédéric Antetomaso, lead professor of the music universe, and Anissa Abdellatif, deputy director, flew off on a study trip to San Francisco.
We invite you to follow them throughout their trip.
Day 1: "When San Francisco wakes up…"
Visit to the Museum Of Modern Art (MoMA) with Océane Jiadong Qiu and Alison Guh, curators of the museum.
Wonder during the visit of this exceptional museum, discovering the exhibition of @pacitaabad in the company of 5-year-old children! Everyone is 5 years old in front of the artist’s works.
In the afternoon, discovery of the GLBT museum in the heart of the Castro district.
It is the first independent museum on LGBTQ history and culture in the United States. It celebrates San Francisco’s vast queer past through exhibitions and dynamic and surprising programming. Its co-founder Gerard Koskovich offers an intimate and moving guided tour.
As San Francisco goes to sleep… see you tomorrow for more adventures with our lucky Master’s 2 students.
Day 2: "Good morning America. The ritual sets in…"
In the rain, our Master’s 2 COM' students get up early to make the most of San Francisco and visit the famous Golden Gate Bridge.
The first appointment of the day is at UBER’s headquarters.
Presentation and enriching meeting with Basia Renner, Marketing team manager at Uber for Business (Mobility, Eats/Delivery and Uber Health) and her colleague Nathalie Lallet, Marketing Partnerships manager at Uber Freight, who shared their vision of their work and its challenges.
The second appointment of the day takes place at the Lycée Français de San Francisco (LFSF) with Frederic Patto, teacher and theater programming manager but also artistic director of the Erick Moreau Theater of the Lycée Français, and Agnès Hogan, communications manager of the Lycée Français.
Frédéric, an expat, proves that the American dream really does exist. On that note, the Lycée Français is looking for interns right now… That gave some people ideas …
The day ends with a billiards and arcade evening, to everyone’s delight.
See you tomorrow for new adventures with our Master’s 2 COM' students in San Francisco.
Day 3: "California dreamin'…"
Today we join our Master’s 2 COM' students at the Young Fine Arts Museum.
Meeting with Helena Nordström, head of public relations, and Patricia Buffa, head of digital strategy, who presented their inspiring communication strategy.
Then a stroll in the magnificent Golden Gate Park.
In the afternoon, the doors of the San Francisco Ballet open to our students.
Pascal Molat and Joanna Berman, both dancers and teachers at the San Francisco Ballet, reveal the behind-the-scenes of auditions and the process of recruiting future dancers.
End of the day free for our Master’s 2 COM' students.
Thrift shops in Haight Ashbury, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge singing Jul in the taxi.
"We export French culture as best we can…."
See you tomorrow for new adventures in San Francisco.
Day 4: "Goodbye San Francisco …"
A nostalgic end of the week for our Master’s COM'2 students.
A quick look back at the walk in Golden Gate Park and arrival at Battery Spencer, toward Sausalito to explore the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge.
After exploring San Francisco from above, it was the University of Berkeley campus that welcomed our students.
This campus straight out of an American series amazed everyone.
Our Master’s 2 COM' students took part in the university’s day presenting its clubs to students, nothing better for integrating and exchanging with American students!
As a bonus, thanks to the car club’s partnership with Tesla, our COM'2 students were able to take the opportunity to test the iconic Cybertruck!
Still with Jul, to present French culture to our American friends
It was a day full of wonderful encounters and discoveries, getting to play American students!
A little nod to Maxime Le Forestier’s famous blue house ♡
It is at the Brick & Mortar Music Hall, for the concert of the Californian band Juniper Honey, that our students end this day, this adventure….
That’s a wrap on this magnificent trip to San Francisco by the Masters COM'2 students of IESA arts&culture.
