Don't miss TED prize winner French artist JR, who will be showing his work at Dallas Contemporary. JR will be in conversation with adjunct curator Pedro Alonzo on Sunday, January 12 at noon.

Get ready to celebrate French language and culture in March!

You are planning to organize events related to the French culture in March 2014 and you would like to promote it on a large scale? For your event to be mentioned in the official 2014 FCF program, please submit an event application to frenchculturesfest2014@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Follow the 2014 FCF on Facebook : French Cultures Festival.

The MFAH presents "The Age of Impressionism", an exhibition featuring great French paintings from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Swing by the Musuem boutique where many books in French are available on this occasion. 

Hiram Butler Gallery in Houston presents a very special exhibition featuring a portfolio of 36 lithopgraphs. The works results from a collaboration between American artist Robert Rauschenberg and French novelist/philosopher and screenwriter Alain Robbe-Grillet. 

French dramatic center Comédie de Caen led by Jean Lambert-wild and New York production company FuturePerfect, in association with the University of Texas at Austin's Departments of Digital Arts and Media Bridging Disciplines, Integrated Media with Live Performance, and Fusebox Festival, will begin a two-week residency at the University of Austin, to develop, test, and implement an animation system for "Me in Front of Me", a new adaptation of Shakespeare's "Richard III". The premiere is scheduled for March 2015 in Le Havre, France.

The application for the French-US Exchange in Dance fund is now open.

The application for the French-American Fund for Contemporary Theater is now open.

After the success of MyFrenchFilmFestival.com last year the leading worldwide French film festival on the Internet returns this coming 17th January until 17th February. This fourth edition presents new films, partner platforms, screenings in cinemas and a new VoD operation.

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, and l’ACID, an association of filmmakers who support the distribution of independent films, in association with the Institut Français are thrilled to offer OPENING UP French Society, a list of French films for American universities.

Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music presents “Discovering the French Style,” an invigorating symposium focusing on the art of improvisation, organ playing, and pedagogy in the French tradition.

French DJ Cedric Gervais will be playing at the Houston Limelight!

In the framework of the Lascaux exhibition, French prehistorian Jean Clottes, will be lecturing on the Cosquer Cave at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

The First World War Centennial Partnership Program was established in 2012 by the French Government for the preparation and implementation of the commemorative program for the First World War centenary. It aims at coordinating and supporting public and private initiatives related to the Centenary - implemented in France and abroad, and at providing information and digital resources about the First World War.

Two recent studies confirm the French university system’s excellent reputation abroad.

Still three weeks left to submit your application!

The Chateaubriand Fellowship is offered by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the US. Every year, it allows doctorate students enrolled in American universities to conduct research in France for up to 8 months. Please note that the application deadline has been postponed. Complete applications must be submitted by January 31, 2014.

The Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) is pleased to announce the launch of a new grant program in digital humanities.

The application to the 2014-2015 Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) is now available here.

The French Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) program offers American schools the opportunity to welcome young aspiring teachers from France into their classrooms to serve as teaching assistants.  Interested in taking part in this unique and affordable program? Please vistit the    program's website.

The Texas French Symposium is a statewide competition for high school students of French (non-native French speakers). French teachers from any high school in Texas may bring students to compete in oral events, academic tests, art and music as well as sports competitions. While students are competing, teachers help with judging and event operations. The 2014 symposium will be held at Atascocita High School in Humble ISD on March 28 and 29. Want to get involved? Want to help out as a judge? Please visit the Texas French Symposium website!

The National French Contest/Le Grand Concours is an annual competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. All students of French from grades 1 to 12 are eligible and very welcome to participate to win the French Embassy Academic Prize and travel to and study in France!