The discussion "Building Bridges Between Dallas and the International Art World" presented by Muriel Quancard, founder of art advisory firm OPUS, will highlight the value of cultural exchange. Seasoned art professionals will share their experience of curating, collecting, and representing artists both locally and globally. They will explore ideas of cross-cultural collecting and exhibition making, and examine the impact of economic relations on artistic production and distribution.

This event is organized by the FACC Dallas & the Alliance Française of Dallas as part of the Dallas Art Fair

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra hosts a musical installation at the Dallas Art Fair on April 9th as a prelude to the inaugural SOLUNA, the new annual music and arts festival taking place in Dallas on May 4-24, 2015. Featuring de-finition/method listening to painting / looking at music, 2015, an installation by celebrated French artist Claude Rutault.

The work of French-Argentine artist, Marie Orensanz is on view at Sicardi Gallery in Houston this month. Marie Orensanz began her artistic career studying painting with two of the foundational artists of Argentine Modernism: Emilio Pettoruti and Antonio Seguí. An active member of the art scene in Buenos Aires in the 1960s and the 1970s, she participated in numerous exhibitions and cultural activities there before moving to Paris in 1975.

The artist and French curator Domitille d'Orgeval will be present for the opening nights of the exhibit

French artist Sébastien Rémy is in residency at the Southern Methodist University this month. He will present the second opus of his project "Nameless Series" in which he travels across the US visiting sites where artist Lee Lozano lived and worked.

With the support of the Cultural services of the French Embassy

Fieldwork: Marfa, a research and residency lead by the School of Fine Arts of Nantes and HEAD Geneva welcomes curator and writer Jennifer Burris-Staton for a 2-month residency in Marfa.

"Becoming Modern: Nineteenth-Century French Drawings" is on view at the Menil Collection. This exhibition celebrates the remarkable holdings of French drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum and the Menil Collection, institutions with an ongoing collaboration to foster meaningful conversation about drawing.

Pascal Bruckner is a world renowned essayist and novelist whose works have been translated in thirty countries. He is giving two lectures at Texas A&M University this month "Civil Society, Public Opinion, and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine” on April 15th at the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs and “Corporeal Memory, Intellectual Memory” on April 16th at the Glasscok Center for Humanities.

The event is free and open to the public and made possible with the support of the Cultural services of the French Embassy

Join us on April 22, 2015 at 8:30 AM at Rice University's Baker Institute for a conversation featuring His Excellency Gérard Araud, Ambassador of France to the United States and The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian, Founding Director, Baker Institute.

The discussion will cover a range of current topics of interest to both the United States and France. A question-and-answer session will follow.

Texas A&M University and the Cultural services of the French Embassy present “The Great War in France Today: A Look Back at the Centennial Year 2014″, a lecture by Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau, Director, School for Advance Studies in the Social Science (EHESS) and Henry Rousso, Director of Research, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). The event is hosted by the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research (Centre d'excellence).

A prize-winning writer from Djibouti whose work has been translated into more than ten languages, Waberi currently teaches at George Washington University. The author of twelve books of poetry and fiction will give a talk at Rice University on April 9th.

Sphinx (Grasset, 1986) is the debut novel of the inventive French author Anne Garréta, one of the few female members of OuLiPo. This influential and experimental French literary group aims to create literature based on mathematical and linguistic restraints. The novel was translated by Emma Ramadan (Deep Vellum Publishing, Dallas 2015).

Each month, Albertine hosts a number of lively events with visiting authors and lecturers whose work is related to French Culture. These are available in livestream HERE. In Houston, you can also visit our "French Corner" at Brazos Bookstore and buy books in French!

The Midland County Public Library hosts the exhibition, “Mix it Up” by world-renowned picture book author and illustrator, Hervé Tullet.

Founded in 1996 in Lyon, France by artistic director Mourad Merzouki, Compagnie Käfig is invited by the Society for the Performing Arts in Houston. Set to samba and bossa nova music, the two works Correria (running) and Agwa (water) "weave street-dance, hip-hop, acrobatic and martial arts into elegant compositions". (The New Yorker)

Cédric Gervais is performing on April 18 at the Something Wonderful festival in Dallas.

The legendary hiphop band from Marseille is touring the United States this month with an exclusive stop at the House of Blues, Houston.

Thank you for attending last month's FCF in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. To view the photos of the kick-off concert in Houston visit: FCF 2015 Photos.

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Texas Tech University is one of the lucky grantees of the Tournées Festival grant allowing American universities to screen French films on their campuses. 
- "Dans la maison" directed by François Ozon I April 9, 7:00 PM  
- "Amour" directed by Michael Haneke I April 10, 7:00 PM

The Arkansas Premiere of "Quelques Heures de Printemps" (A Few Hours of Spring) directed by Stéphane Brizé screens as part of the Ozark Foothills Film Festival at the University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville.

With the support of the Institut Français, the Cultural Service at the French Consulate in Houston, and Beatrice Moore, Honorary Consul of France for Arkansas.

A Bresson classic and the great director’s final film, "L’Argent" is a dark moral tale about a counterfeit note that causes a young working-class man to be falsely accused of forgery, sent to prison, and urged into a life of crime. Screening as part of the Jewels in the Wasteland series by the Austin Film Society (Marchesa Hall and Theater).

Pierre Durand abandons a promising legal career and throws himself into his true passion; showjumping. He gambles everything on a young horse that no one else has any faith in: Jappeloup. The movie "Jappeloup" directed by Christian Duguay will begin at 7pm and be presented at Richland College, Dallas.

With the support of the Institut Français and the Cultural Service at the French Consulate

Two French films are presented as part of the Dallas International Film Festival this year:
- "Ladygrey" by Alain Choquart (2015) I April 12, 5:30 PM and April 13, 10:45 PM I Angelika
- "Love at First Fight" (Les Combattants) by Thomas Cailley (2014) I April 17, 7:30 PM | Angelika

Two French films are featured on the official selection of the Worldfest-Houston:
- "Pseudonym" by Thierry Sebban, April 12 & 19 I AMC STUDIO 30 DUNVALE
- "Et Maintenant Nous Sommes en Vie" by Thibault Arbre, April 17 & 18 I AMC STUDIO 30 DUNVALE

Cocteau's surrealist masterpiece about an artist lost in his creations is followed by a 1950 modernizing of the classic tale of Orpheus, his beloved Eurydice, and Death (here in the form of a Princess) is screened at the Austin Film Society.

"Blue is the Warmest Color" directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013 Cannes Palme D'Or winner is screening at the Texas Tech University as part of the "Sexism in Cinema: 50 years on the Silver Screen".

A touching and tense drama about destiny, connections, and passion, "3 Hearts" directed by Benoît Jacquot presents a headily romantic look at a classic love triangle. Screening at the Regal Arbor 8 in Austin starting April 3rd.

Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film, "Timbutku" directed by Abderrahmane Sissako is screening in Texas and Oklahoma throughout the month of April.

Austin - Regal Arbor 8
Dallas - Landmark Magnolia
Houston - Sundance Cinemas

Clouds of Sils Maria, Olivier Assayas' latest movie will screen next month in Houston at the Landmark River Oaks. Advance screening on April 27th at 7:00 PM. To obtain a pass please email: ifchoustonrsvp@gmail.com