Welcome to The Arles Project, a multimedia website that explores the culture, personalities, current affairs and environment of Arles, a city in the South of France.
The Arles Project is a four-week multimedia study-abroad program co-sponsored by the journalism study-abroad provider Institute for Education in International Media (ieiMedia) and the language academy Arles à la carte.
Fourteen students from 11 American schools — Chatham University, Iowa State University, Lewis & Clark, Northern Arizona University, Old Dominion University, Palomar College, San Francisco State University, University of South Carolina, Virginia Commonwealth University, Western Kentucky University and Whitman College — participated in the program from mid-June to mid-July 2025.
Students learned how to navigate as journalists and photographers in a foreign culture by working with French interpreters. They also studied French and learned about the history and culture of the region.
The students were mentored by veteran journalists and journalism educators. The interpreters were provided by Arles à la carte. They include Anna Cauvin, Klaudia Chazalon, Claire Fanchini, Monica Ronco and Katie Thornton. We are indebted to them for their assistance.
For more than two decades, ieiMedia has taken groups of student journalists abroad, where they build relationships with local community leaders and residents to get behind the postcard facades presented to most tourists. For more information about ieiMedia’s study-abroad programs, go to ieiMedia.com.
Follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/arlesproject/.
Website designed by Laird Harrison
Banner photo by Annika Trost
