Frac Centre-Val de Loire

Christelle Kirchstetter, new director of the Frac Centre-Val de Loire

After training in modern literature at the University of Lille and as an artistic attaché at the University of Franche-Comté, Christelle Kirchstetter co-directed the Frac Grand Large – Hauts-de-France (Dunkirk) and led the prefiguration of the Centre National du Graphisme (Chaumont). She then went on to manage the Cambrai and Nîmes art and design schools. Since 2019, Christelle Kirchstetter has been General Manager of Nancy’s École nationale supérieure d’art et de design. She is a member of the Haut conseil de l’évaluation de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur (HCERES), where she chaired the Comité d’expertise pour les formations des écoles d’art et de design from 2016 to 2019. She is also a member of the Conseil national de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche artistiques et culturels (CNESERAC). Throughout her career, the new director of the Frac Centre-Val de Loire has regularly worked on issues relating to architecture, the environment and urban planning, notably developing international projects with the École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Montpellier. A recognized exhibition curator, she has been invited to take part in numerous events, notably as co-curator of the Design Graphique exhibitions for the Year of France in Brazil (2009-2010), and more recently as general curator for Esch2022, Luxembourg European Capital of Culture, a project under the French Presidency of the European Union.