FUSED: French U.S. Exchange in Dance fosters dialogue, strengthens professional relationships, and sparks creative artistry through cultural exchanges by introducing choreographers and performers whose works had never or rarely been seen in the partner country. As such, artists founded by the program achieve international recognition and reach new audiences.

The success of this program led to its expansion: co-produced projects by artist from Africa, the Carribean and the Middle East and a French cultural institution are now eligible to the grant.

Call for proposals is open until February 2, 2020.

Étant donnés Contemporary Art aims to strengthen ties between France and the U.S. in the field of contemporary art by fostering active collaboration and encouraging long-lasting partnerships between French visual artists, curators, and collectives and American curators and cultural institutions. The fund supports the discovery of emerging talents, while also sustaining interest in established artists. Furthermore, it has been instrumental in creating a network of curators from France and the U.S. Since its inception, Étant donnés has developed an international reputation by allocating over $3 million to fund more than 300 projects and 19 curators.

Call for proposals deadline is January 20, 2020.

French composer and singer Annabelle Playe will stop by Memphis this December during her U.S tour to present her new album GEYSER.

Composed in three parts, Geyser deploys an energy with strong contrasts around sound shots sometimes stripped, sometimes massive. Clear sounds, pure timbres switch to distortion evoking the subterranean eruption and the release of a tension.

Annabelle Playe, alone on stage, interprets music from electronic instruments making the sound a physical experience of density, intensity, variations and saturations. She digs the notion of movement, displacement and transformation through the journey, the odyssey and the inner quest. The modification of a point of view, the interior perception and the changes of states are at the heart of her research. The perception of the listener is thus shifted to harsh territories, contrasted to make room for stripping.

This tour has been made possible through the Jazz & New Music, a program of FACE Foundation, in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.

SCAD Museum of Art presents The Golden March, a new public art commission and the first museum solo exhibition in the U.S. by Raphaël Barontini. 

"The Golden March" comprises two parts: a performance in collaboration with a local high school marching band and a site-specific installation of new work for the four iconic Jewel Boxes lining the façade of the museum.

While influenced by Caribbean thinkers such as Edouard Glissant, Barontini's work explores issues of representation and race.

The exhibition is curated by Storm Janse van Rensburg and has been made possible with additional funding from Étant donnés Contemporary Art, a program of the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) Foundation.

The Impressionist works from the Melamed Family will be on display until December 15 at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art. 

Don't miss the occasion to visit one of the smallest museums in Atlanta and discover over 35 orginal paintings, drawings and fine prints including works by Cézanne, Chagall, Renoir among others.

This exhibition has been curated by John Daniel Tilford.

Late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries French masterworks were given this year to the High Museum by Doris and Souky Shaheen. 

Collected over four decades, this impressive collection of paintings includes works from the pre-Impressionist realism to the expressive modernism through the Impressionism. 

Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet, Henri Matisse are among the artists on display from now to every visit of the High Museum. 

Awarded with both the Cristal for the best feature film and the audience prize at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and recently winner of the COLCOA jury award and audience award in Los Angeles, Jérémy Clapin's film is now streaming on Netflix.

I Lost My Body is the French animated movie that everybody is talking about: don't miss it! 

Under the responsability of the Ministry of Culture and Communication, La Fémis trains students on various film-related disciplines such as directing, producing, screenwriting, editing, sound production, production design, continuity, distribution and cinema management. Courses and programs are taught by a network of over 500 professionals.

Registrations for the international competitive exam are open until January 10, 2020.