by Anne Marie | 15-12-2021 | News, SF Specials La Villa San FranciscoOakland-Saint DenisVilla Albertine
Starting its second season of residencies, Villa Albertine in San Francisco hosts a dancer, a choreographer, an artistic director, and an executive director. And they are all the same person—Sarah Crowell. Well known from the local communities, particularly those... 
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 | 3-02-2021 | Agenda, Museum - Art, News, SF Specials Alexandra CicorschiLa Villa San FranciscoLocal Artists
Alexandra Cicorschi was recently invited for a micro-residency at Villa San Francisco (VillaSF) to support the local art scene during the pandemic… While asked how she would describe herself she declared “I would say I fall more into the visual artist... 
by MerciSF | 15-01-2021 | Agenda, Conference, Dance, Music, News, See All California HumanitiesConsulat General de France San FranciscoFrench Embassy Cultural ServicesInstitut FrançaisKQEDLa Villa San FranciscoSan Francisco Public LibrarySFMOMA
Closing the distance is a challenge larger than life in particular with this year of confinement and travel ban, but the Night of Ideas 2021 program should help us get over it! Last February, it was more than 5,200 participants from all corners of the Bay Area who... 
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 MerciSF | 21-12-2020 | Clothing, Home, News, Shopping DesignerLa Villa San FranciscoNeo watchThe Ocean Cleanup
(Updated on Jan 3rd) – Yves Behar, a Swiss multi-talented designer based in San Francisco, was invited by Studio Mortazavi to furnish the Villa San Francisco. We had the pleasure of meeting him to exchange about his projects. Today leading a team of more than 75... 
by Anne Marie | 16-12-2020 | Museum - Art, SF Specials, Visit ComicscountercultureLa Villa San FranciscoV.Vale
Kelsey Westphal is currently the guest artist at the Villa San Francisco (aka VillaSF). Her presence reflects the support VillaSF brings to the local art scene during the pandemic. To our surprise, we conducted the interview half in French, half in English as... 
by MerciSF | 7-10-2020 | Agenda, Conference, See All After TomorrowLa Villa San FranciscoOaklandSaint-Denis
We introduced the Oakland / Saint-Denis project in December 2019 by promising to give you updates … Started in 2018, the Oakland / Saint-Denis project invites us to look differently at urban landscapes that are transformed, at cities that change. It is also the...
