ART & ARCHITECTURAL TOURS - PO BOX 25062 - SARASOTA, FL 3427-5062
email: iaats@jeanrenoux.com - Phone#: 941 726 1400
JEAN RENOUX'S
ART & ARCHITECTURAL TOURS
/ CULTURAL VACATIONS
ABOUT JEAN JOSEPH RENOUX and ART & ARCHITECTURAL TOURS & SEMINARS
​Jean Joseph Renoux has organized and conducted over 145 tours to explore the art and architecture of countries for over Thirty Eight years. His first tour company, in 1977, was called I Ski the French Way with TWA. (TWA flew his clients from its famous terminal, designed by Eero Saarinen in 1952, at JFK airport, every Wednesday. They landed in Geneva, from which a reserved taxi, would drive them to the ski resorts of Tignes or Avoriaz, in the French Alps).
His tours encompass far more than the usual tourist attractions. Participants learn about the history, art, music, food and culture of the places visited, and meet local inhabitants.
With his numerous past trips to France, Italy, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Romania, Croatia, Spain, Finland, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Cuba, Peru, Morocco and Tunisia, he has discovered all of the fascinating out-of-the way places that are off the beaten tourist path.
He has also developed relationships with the best local travel guides in order to offer you the optimal experience touring the destination of your choice.
Jean has taught continuing education classes to more than 5000 architects and designers since 1996.
Over 360 different courses were approved by AIA/CES (American Institute of Architects/Continuing Education Systems), ASID (American Society of Interior Designers), IDCEC (International Design Continuing Education Council), IIDA (International Interior Designer Association), and all the State Boards of Architecture and Interior Designers, nationwide & Canada.
He also works as a consultant to interior designers and architects helping to integrate innovative "green" designs into their building plans.
Besides his tours and seminars, Jean frequently lectures on European History, European Jewish History, the Arab Civilization and the Ottoman Empire, History of Art, History of Architecture, French Literature and French Cinema, as well on lighting, and how to create buildings respecting the environment.
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He has spoken at the High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia –Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. –
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky –
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
North Carolina Art Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California –
John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida.
as well as at many universities including:
Kent State, Kent, Ohio – Florida State, Tallahassee, Florida University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
San Diego University, San Diego, California
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio
Eckerd College, St Petersburg. Florida
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia Florida International University, Miami, Florida
La Universidad Autónoma de Yucátan, Merida, Mexico
University of North Carolina, Asheville, where he taught several courses on art and European history between 1995 & 1998
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, as a Fund Professor of Modern Languages, during a full semester, he taught two courses (one undergraduate and the other graduate level) in French language, history and culture, literature, writing skills, reading skills, grammar, spelling, and pronunciation.
Florida State University Undergraduate School of Cinema Tallahassee, Florida, and Florida State University Graduate School of Cinema Conservatory, Sarasota, Florida, different Pro-Seminars on Production Design.”
Personal History: Jean was born in France, but spent most of his childhood in Tunisia where his physician father was the director of the Pasteur Institute. The family returned to France a few years after Tunisia gained its independence from France. There, as a young man, he had the unique opportunity to work as personal assistant to Louis Malle, the famed movie director of Au Revoir les Enfants, My Dinner with André, Pretty Baby and many other award-winning films.
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After his move to the U.S., Jean worked as Production Designer on films shot in Florida and Mexico and as executive producer for a short on Emerson Lake and Palmer for RAI, the national public broadcasting company of Italy.
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He also produced, co-wrote, directed and acted in the comedy show "Turn on the Lights I am Suffocating" at the 13th ST Theater in NYC, with sketches originally produced at The Cafe de la Gare in Paris written by Romain Bouteille, Coluche, Sotha and Patrick Dewaere, with Jean's additional material.
He produced and directed "The Human Voice" by Jean Cocteau at La Mama New York City, one of the World’s most important avant-garde theater. He performed as the lead actor in "La Politique des Restes," a play by Arthur Adamov at Georgetown University, in Washington DC.
Besides being an American Institute of Architects' provider of Continuing Education Courses for Architects and Interior Designers, he was an interior designer for over 53 years.
Prior to moving to Sarasota, Florida, 45 years ago, Jean lived in Paris, Geneva, London, Washington D.C. and New York City.