Institut national des métiers d'art

The Institut pour les Savoir-Faire Français presents itself as an association with more than a century of history, working for the future of métiers d'art and exceptional savoir-faire. Its own history page traces its origins to 1889, when Gustave Larroumet and Gustave Sandoz created the Société d'Encouragement aux Arts et à l'Industrie (SEAI). The institute states that in 1905 the SEAI was among the first associations to be recognized as being of public utility, and that in 1925 it co-founded the Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes. Its current activities, as described on its homepage, include supporting professionals, project holders, learners and institutions through tools, directories, training information, the Prix Avenir Métiers d'Art, and an accelerator for collective projects called ACMÉ.

According to the institute's own history page, its origins lie in 1889, when Gustave Larroumet, director of the Beaux-Arts, and the renowned jeweller Gustave Sandoz created the Société d'Encouragement aux Arts et à l'Industrie (SEAI), with the shared aim of bringing creators and industrialists, artists and artisans d'art closer together to renew the applied arts. The same page states that in 1905 the SEAI was one of the first associations to be recognized as being of public utility, and that in 1925 it co-founded the Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes alongside the Union centrale des Arts décoratifs and the Société des artistes décorateurs. It further records that in 1934 the Grand prix du cinéma français was created on the initiative of Louis Lumière and awarded annually until 1984, and that the association worked throughout the 20th century to gain recognition for artisans d'art, placing them at the heart of universal exhibitions and trade fairs and creating prizes such as the 1934 Grand Prix du Cinéma Français with Louis Lumière, the 1948 Grand Prix de l'art et de l'industrie automobiles français awarded until 1973, and the Prix René Gabriel created in 1950 and awarded annually until 1976. The institute describes itself as an association in perpetual movement, capable of reinventing itself to adapt to the evolutions of its time while working determinedly for the future of métiers d'art and exceptional savoir-faire.

An association working for the future of métiers d'art and exceptional savoir-faire, supporting professionals, project holders, learners and institutions.

1. 1Accueil | Institut pour les Savoir-Faire Françaisinstitut-savoirfaire.fr
2. 2Notre histoire | Institut pour les Savoir-Faire Françaisinstitut-savoirfaire.fr
3. 3Institut national des métiers d'artwikidata.org