Lucile Chaurin Ablanedo

Loire Valley, France

Bio

Lucile was born and raised in Tours, France, and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Theory of Art from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. A longtime Boston resident, she was an art educator and French teacher at the French Library for many years. After a hiatus involving motherhood, writing, and artistic projects, she is back and eager to share her love of the French language and culture with you!

Classes Recently Taught

A2 | Intensive Week | In-Person

Advanced Beginner
Starting December 1, 2025 15 hours per week for 1 week

Are you ready to kick-start your French education? Learn how to look for an apartment, understand a room inspection, learn about lodging regulations, draft a set of rules for shared living, and much more!

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A1 (absolute beginner) | Intensive Week | In-Person

Beginner
Starting December 1, 2025 15 hours per week for 1 week

Are you ready to improve your French? Learn how to look for an apartment, understand a room inspection, learn about lodging regulations, draft a set of rules for shared living, and much more!

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B1 | Intensive Week | In-Person

Intermediate
Starting December 1, 2025 15 hours per week for 1 week

Are you ready to kick-start your French education? Learn how to look for an apartment, understand a room inspection, learn about lodging regulations, draft a set of rules for shared living, and much more!

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B2| Intensive Week | In-Person

Advanced
Starting December 1, 2025 15 hours per week for 1 week

Are you ready to kick-start your French education? Learn how to look for an apartment, understand a room inspection, learn about lodging regulations, draft a set of rules for shared living, and much more!

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B1+/ B2 | Peindre l'automne: French Painting in Fall Colors | In Person

Intermediate
Starting October 21, 2025 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

With artist Lucile Chaurin-Ablanedo, experience the beauty of fall colors in Impressionism, Divisionism, Nabis, and Fauvism!

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Les P'tits Artistes - Ages 6-8 | In Person

6 to 8 Years old
Starting October 18, 2025 1h or 1h15 per week for 5 weeks

French through art projects! This course is intended for children learning french as a foreign language.

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Les P'tits Artistes - Ages 9 - 11 | In Person

9 to 11 Years old
Starting October 18, 2025 1h per week for 5 weeks

French through art projects! This course is intended for children learning french as a foreign language.

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A1+ | Teens Art Workshops | In Person

Advanced Beginner
Starting October 18, 2025 1h15/week for 5 weeks

Improve your French skills while letting your inner artist come to life!

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B1+/ B2 | Peindre l'automne: French Painting in Fall Colors | Online

Intermediate
Starting September 17, 2025 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

With artist Lucile Chaurin-Ablanedo, experience the beauty of fall colors in Impressionism, Divisionism, Nabis, and Fauvism!

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B2 | Art, Emotion & Language in Les Yeux de Mona | In Person

Advanced
Starting September 16, 2025 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Join artist Lucile Chaurin-Ablanedo for a unique French course (B2 level) inspired by the bestselling novel Les Yeux de Mona by Thomas Schlesser — a moving journey through 52 masterpieces of art from the Louvre, Orsay and Beaubourg museums seen through the eyes of a young girl and her grandfather.

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B2 | The Académie Series: Fine Arts | Online

Advanced
Sessions starting September 12, 2025, and September 16, 2025 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

FOCUS Series: Spotlight on the Institut de France The Institut de France — a cornerstone of French intellectual life — was founded in 1795 with a bold mission: to unite the nation’s brightest minds in science, literature, and the arts. Its goal? To advance knowledge, foster independent thinking, and advise public authorities.

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A1-1 | Beginner French 1 | In-Person

Beginner
Starting September 11, 2025 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Are you ready to kick-start your French education? Learn to Ask for and give directions, understand an itinerary, get around using public transportation, and much more!

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A1-4 | Beginner French 4 AT YOUR OWN PACE PART I | In Person

Beginner
Starting September 11, 2025 1.5 hours per week for 10 weeks

Are you ready to kick-start your French education? Learn to understand an exchange program, describe positive experiences, express purpose, describe a professional goal, indicate a wish or desire, talk about an ability or skill, understand professional tasks. and much more!

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Summer in French for Teens

Advanced Beginner
Sessions starting July 7, 2025, July 28, 2025, August 11, 2025, and August 25, 2025 3, 5 or 6 hours per day for 1 week

Teens learning French as a foreign language develop their language skills through engaging lessons, hands-on workshops, field trips and other fun activities in this dynamic full-immersion program with a morning language component and an afternoon cultural discovery component.

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