by Anne Marie | 6-10-2021 | Consulat, News, Settle In FACSFrench Consulate in San FranciscoFrench Embassy Cultural ServicesLa Villa San FranciscoOakland-Saint Denis
It is challenging to put our new Cultural Attaché, Sabine de Maussion, in a box because her profile is outside the beaten track. But if there’s one constituency where she should feel like a fish in water, it’s San Francisco. Having arrived less than a... 
by Anne Marie | 17-03-2021 | News, SF Specials Black Space ResidencyFACSMinnesota Street ProjectPublic Conservatory of Music
Currently, the VillaSF hosts two “art activists”. Angela Wellman, a trombonist, and Ashara Ekundayo, an independent curator. These two women affirm the need for black culture-centric institutions to enable black artists to express themselves fully and believe in... 
by MerciSF | 12-01-2021 | Agenda, Conference FACSInstitut FrançaisLa Villa San FranciscoVilla SF
A conversation with Mayor Libby Schaaf of Oakland, California and Mayor Mathieu Hanotin from Saint-Denis, France. In the midst of the COVID-19 public health crisis and the Black Lives Matter Movement, social issues are exacerbated. Already engaged in the... 
by Anne Marie | 3-11-2020 | Museum - Art, News, SF Specials, Visit FACSLocal ArtistsVillaSF
The pandemic has infected, and affected every corner of our lives and culture is no exception. Since French artists can no longer travel to the Bay Area, Villa San Francisco hosts micro-residencies named “Hatch Series” curated by Candace Huey (Galerie... 
by Anne Marie | 21-08-2020 | News FACSFrench Consulate in San FranciscoFrench Embassy Cultural ServicesLa Villa San Francisco
The concept of “Villa” as it was created in the 19th century, is above all a state of mind, a desire to share from one culture to another… and the brand new Villa San Francisco will be no exception. In the tradition of the Villa Medici in Rome, and with the... 
by Anne Marie | 10-12-2019 | News After TomorrowConsulat General de France San FranciscoFACSNight of IdeasOakland-Saint Denis
Whether it’s Oakland or Saint-Denis, these urban landscapes are evolving, the cities are changing. Demographic reasons, politics or natural course of things, the transformation is omni-present and central. It’s a reality. But it is often at the expense of its... 
by Anne Marie | 8-05-2019 | News After TomorrowFACSFranco-American Cultural SocietyNight of Ideas
Have you ever heard of the French American Cultural Society (FACS)? If you are an art and culture lover, you should take a peek at FACS’s cultural programing and calendar. FACS is a non-profit celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Accelerating its...
