Workshop vs. Atelier — What's the Difference?

Beginning with the Industrial Revolution era, a workshop may be a room, rooms or building which provides both the area and tools (or machinery) that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods. Workshops were the only places of production until the advent of industrialization and the development of larger factories.

An atelier (French: [atəlje]) is the private workshop or studio of a professional artist in the fine or decorative arts where a principal master and a number of assistants, students, and apprentices can work together producing fine art or visual art released under the master's name or supervision. Ateliers were the standard vocational practice for European artists from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, and common elsewhere in the world.

A room, area, or small establishment where manual or light industrial work is done.

A workshop or studio, especially for an artist or designer.

An educational seminar or series of meetings emphasizing interaction and exchange of information among a usually small number of participants

A studio or workshop, especially for an artist, designer, or fashion house.

To create or revise (a drama or literary work) based on suggestions or criticism from a group of collaborators.

A workshop; a studio.

A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work.

A studio especially for an artist or designer

A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.

An academic conference.

(transitive) To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results.

(transitive) To work on or revise something, especially collaboratively, in a workshop.

To improve through collaboration.

A shop where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on.

Small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

A brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving