Ewen Chardronnet is invited to participate in the conference "Space without rockets", with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, organized at the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts of the University of Texas at El Paso. He will discuss the alternative history of rocketry, starting from the ‘rocket boys’ Jack Parsons and Frank Malina and continuing with Von Braun and Operation Paperclip as well as commenting on the ecological implications of space tourism.

French artists Gaspard and Sandra Bébié-Valérian, laureates of the 2015 American Residencies program of the Institut Français, are invited to CentralTrak, the University of Texas at Dallas Artists Residency, in November and December 2015. They work together since 2003 as Art-Act in the digital, electronic and media arts. They are also curators and theorists. Their approach is based on a logic of diversion technologies, interfacing lowtech but also the activation of societal, environmental and political issues.

CentralTrak presents French artist Loris Gréaud in conversation with UTDallas professor Frank Dufour. “Replay-Time Machine: The Interplay of Irresolution, Self-fulfilling Prophecy and Anticipatory Resoluteness” is an interview-style event that will delve into the themes in Gréaud’s recent installation “The Unplayed Notes Museum” at the Dallas Contemporary.

In an exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington and the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, some 50 paintings, from 1875 to 1882, will reveal the genius of Gustave Caillebotte. Such masterworks as Paris Street Scene, Rainy Day (Art Institute of Chicago), Floor Scrapers (Musée d'Orsay) and two versions of the Pont de l'Europe (Musée du Petit Palais, Geneva, and Kimbell Art Museum) are among the familiar images that will be joined by paintings from museums and private collections throughout the world. Together they will present to American audiences, for the first time in a generation, the full range of Caillebotte's extraordinary vision.

The third annual lecture in memory of Menil trustee Marion Knox Barthelme Fort, is presented by French critic, curator, and art historian Yve-Alain Bois, Professor of Art History at the Institute for Advanced Study in the School of Historical Studies at Princeton University, who will speak about American artist - painter, sculptor, printmaker - Ellsworth Kelly.  He has explored pure abstraction with color, continually refining and simplifying his use of shapes and color relationships.

30 Years of Austin Film Society Programming will start with Jean-Luc Godard's seminal film - one of his most entertaining - dissects social mores among Parisian youth amidst the radical cultural shifts of the mid 1960s. Ahead of its time in terms of its ability to speak to youth of that period in the most honest terms, the film was highly controversial upon its release, ironically since this division between traditional values and the rapid cultural changes brought on amidst the surge of pop culture was exactly what the film so accurately represented.

Don't miss DJ set by French born, Miami resident, Cedric Gervais, one of the most sought after house DJs & electronic music producers, at the Live Ultra Lounge in San Antonio and at the Marroko Live in McAllen, TX.

French techno artist and DJ, Gesaffelstein will be in Texas starting at Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest followed by The Garden in El Paso. He has worked alongside, and remixed tracks for such artists as varied as Tiga, Miss Kittin and Lana Del Rey. He produced two tracks on the 6th album of American rapper Kanye West, including the lead single “Black Skinhead” and “Send It Up”, both tracks produced with West, Daft Punk, Brodinski and Mike Dean. 

Fun Fun Fun Fest Austin features Lido, fusing the baselines and rowdy sonics of Daft Punk with R’n’B and gospel harmonies. It’s a combination of all the elements that he loves: weird drum breaks; complex music, stabs and stops; gospel music, and gospel chords and the power of electronic music like Rustie or Husdson Mowhawke. Co-producing ‘Party Girls’ by Ludacris and Wiz Khalifa and Ariana Grande’s ‘Be My Baby’ - He's just getting started!

Come hear the largest organ in South Texas as the Alamo Chapter of American Guild of Organists (AGO) presents a concert on the 125th anniversary of the death of French composer César Franck. Some of his significant works will be performed at the Parker Chapel on the campus of Trinity University and Dr. David Heller will offer commentary on the life and works of Franck.

Ars Lyrica’s Homage to the Sun King comes exactly 300 years after his light finally faded in 1715. This program features Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s sparkling chamber opera Les arts florissants plus royal motets and chamber works by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau. It’s a rare opportunity to savor French Baroque masterworks in full historical dress, with instruments and dance steps from the Ancien Régime. A pre-concert lecture will be held by Pr. John Powell on Music and Theatre in France, 1600-1680.

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, in partnership with Kickstarter and OrgSync, have established the France on Campus Award under the patronage of film director Wes Anderson to celebrate and support initiatives that explore France in new and creative ways. The Award is intended to help student organizations, eager to launch or continue a major France-related project on campus, by providing a unique package of funding, mentoring and networking. With this support, awardees will be expected to expose new audiences to France and French culture on their campus and beyond.

The call for applications is open to student organizations affiliated with an American college or university.

The deadline is approaching - Bring the spirit of French culture to your campus!

The Teaching Assistant Program In France is offered to young Americans having completed at least 3 years of higher education to teach in public schools across France. As well as valuable teaching experience, you will gain in language proficiency and a firsthand experience of French culture.

Applications are open for the 2016-2017 school year until January 15th, 2016. Apply now!