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COMMUNITY, CULTURE, CREATIVITY

Welcome to Berridge

Gap Year and Summer Programs 

Find yourself in France

Set in an 18th-century château in Normandy, Creative Semester is a different kind of gap year experience, giving you the time, space and freedom to explore your interests, develop your creativity and become more independent.
 

Live alongside a small community of students, work with practicing artists and experience France as part of everyday life.

Watercolor painting at the cliffs of Étretat
Students smiling at the top of Gatteville Lighthouse

Explore our programs

Looking over Rouen from the Gros Orlage

SPRING 2027

STUDENTS 17-22

Cooking together in class

SUMMER 2027

STUDENTS 15-19

Learn more about us

Since 2008, Berridge has welcomed young people to Château le Mont Epinguet on the Normandy Peninsula, to live in community, expand their creativity, and gather inspiration from this beautiful region of France. Our vision is to  broaden awareness of self and others through creative expression and cultural exploration.

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