JANUARY 2018
Call for Applications

Application deadline: MARCH 15, 2018

Étant donnés Contemporary Art Fund 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 program includes: Grants to American institutions for exhibitions and artistic projects, Grants to American curators wishing to conduct and deepen their research in contemporary art in France and Grants for residencies for French or France-based visual artists seeking to spend 2 to 4 months in the United States.



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Application deadline: FEBRUARY 28, 2018

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 France or in the US. FUSED has expanded to include projects by artists from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East, performing in the United States, as long as their work is co-produced by French cultural institutions. Eligible projects include productions, residencies, and the presentation and touring of French artists in the United States as well as American artists in France.



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Application deadline: FEBRUARY 28, 2018

FACE Contemporary Theater Fund support French-American artistic collaborations and co-productions that explore aesthetic boundaries and reflect the cultural and artistic diversity of the French and American contemporary scenes. Eligible projects include productions of contemporary playwrights, residencies of directors and performers, presentation and touring of French productions in the United States and American productions in France. Multidisciplinary and devised theater, young audience theater productions, contemporary circus, puppetry, and street theater projects are also eligible. The program has expanded to include projects by artists from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East performing in the United States, as long as their work is co-produced by French cultural institutions.



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Application deadline: MARCH 16, 2018

A program of FACE Foundation and Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, in collaboration with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, FAJE is designed to foster the creative and professional development of jazz artists from France and the United States. FAJE program proposes two grant components: grants for French and American musicians (Creative Project Grants) and grants for American presenters booking FAJE collaborations (FAJE On Tour).



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YOUNG FRENCH CINEMA is a program of UniFrance films, in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, which aims to bring French films with no US distribution to art house cinemas, film societies, the Alliance Française network, and American universities. The program focuses specifically on rising talents from France. Across a wide range of subject matter, their work is innovative in both style and storytelling. Most of the films selected in this 2018 program have premiered in the US in top international festivals.



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CATEGORY NAME

Cultural Service of the French Embassy, 205 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601

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