
PULSIONS Festival at Santa Cruz’s Art and History Museum
PULSIONS festival, curated by Kalie Granier and supported by Alliance Française Silicon Valley and the cultural services of the French embassy will be exposed at Santa Cruz’s Art and History Museum from March 11 to March 18, 2019.
March 11th - March 18th
Santa Cruz's Art and History Museum,
Santa Cruz

Pulsions Festival Opening at 836M
PULSIONS festival, curated by Kalie Granier and supported by Alliance Française Silicon Valley and the cultural services of the French embassy, opened its doors for the very first time on February 13, 2019 at the 836M Gallery.
February 13th - February 21st
836M Gallery,
San Francisco

Chronostasis at Recombinant Festival
Franck Vigroux and Antoine Schmitt, artists from Paris, are bringing their collaboration entitled “Chronostasis” to this year’s Recombinant Festival. Held in San Francisco and produced by Recombinant Media Labs (RML), this festival provides a space for the presentation of artworks and performances
November 26th - December 2nd
Gray Area,
San Francisco

Stéphanie Solinas: The Dominique Lambert Project
Stéphanie Solinas will be delivering a lecture on November 9, 2018 with The Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California on her project entitled "The Dominique Lambert Project: An Artist’s Exploration of the Figure of the Other and Identity."
November 9th
530, Bush Street ,
San Francisco

French Graphic Novel in residence in San Francisco
Cartoonist and illustrator Antoine Maillard will be the Fall guest of the writing residency A Room with a View from October 9 to November 17, 2018, to work on his first graphic novel, Slash Them All.
October 9th - November 17th
French Residence in San Francisco,
San Francisco

Nicolas Maigret at Gray Area Festival
After having presented his work in various exhibitions and festivals around the world, French multimedia artist Nicolas Maigret is coming to the Gray Area Festival in San Francisco.
July 26th - July 29th
Gray Area,
San Francisco

Re-riddle Open Exhibition
Get the chance to visit exhibition "After Tomorrow", on show at the French Residence, for an exceptional public opening!
June 28th
French Residence in San Francisco,
San Francisco

Low Jack at Ebbing Sounds Symposium, Gray Area
An interdisciplinary symposium accompanied by concerts investigating new ways of music production, music listening and music critique.
May 24th - May 27th
Gray Area,
San Francisco


Art after Post-Capitalism?
As part of the Imagining Post-Capitalism Festival led by ProArts, science-fiction writer Sylvie Denis will participate to "Energy Plan for the Western Man: Art after Capitalism", a round table discussion with Keith Hennessy (artist), Praba Pilar (artist), and Andrew Mount (artist and educator)
May 5th
518 Valencia - Eric Quezada Center,
San Francisco
The Art of Science-Fiction: An Interview with Sylvie Denis
Sylvie Denis, France Queen of science-fiction, will be interviewed by fantasy writer Marie Brennan.
April 28th
Magnes Museum,
Berkeley

Boris Labbé retrospective at GLAS Animation Festival
Boris Labbé's retrospectives will take place on Friday, March 23 at 5pm at Shattuck Cinemas, and on Saturday, March 24 at 11am at East Bay Media Center.
March 23rd & 24th
GLAS Animation Festival,
Berkeley

Launch of Oakland/Saint-Denis Cooperation Project with Dominique Alba (APUR) and Judith Roze (Institut Français)
On February 5, 2019, the Oakland and Saint-Denis cooperation project was officially launched at UC Berkeley’s Global Urban Humanities Department thanks to Teresa Caldeira and Shannon Jackson. Dominique Alba - head of APUR- lectured on the new ways to do city planning and on the Grand Paris.
February 21st
UC Berkeley,
Berkeley

NIGHT OF IDEAS
Night of Ideas, a seven-hour evening of conversations, panels, talks, performances and debates at the San Francisco Main Library on February 2 from 7 pm to 2 am!
February 2nd
San Francisco Public Library,
San Francisco
Public opening of "Stitching and Weaving in the Digital Age"
The Résidence de France is hosting "Stitching and Weaving in the Digital Age", the second After Tomorrow exhibition curated by Christine Duval, founder of Duval Contemporary, for a show exploring the intersections between art and technology through the art of stitching and weaving.
November 15th
French Residence in San Francisco,
San Francisco

Diversity, Impact on Performance & Organizations
Diversity in gender and ethnicity has proven to drive better performances in organizations - reports from HBR or McKinsey cover the topic and data. However, as humans, we’re biased in our perception of others.
October 3rd
Salesforce Tower,
San Francisco

DATAPRINT: THE INSTALLATION premieres in San Jose & Bangalore
An interactive multimedia installation and performance that blends technology and the arts into a participatory experience about data privacy.
September 22nd - September 23rd
The Tech Museum of Innovation,
San Jose

A Description of Oakland by François Bon
French writer and translator François Bon will be the summer guest of the writing residency A Room with a View to conduct a project entitled A Description of Oakland.
June 29th - July 23rd
French Residency in San Francisco,
San Francisco

Curatorial Research Grant: Call for Applications
Applications for the FACS Curatorial Research Grant are open until June 29, 2018!
June 21st - June 29th
San Francisco

Science-fiction writers Sylvie Denis and Molly Gloss in conversation in Portland
French science-fiction writer Sylvie Denis, our latest participant of writing residency "A Room with a View", will be at Mother Foucault's Bookshop (Portland, OR) for a public discussion with American science-fiction writer Molly Gloss.
May 16th
Mother Foucault's Bookshop,
Portland

Exhibition by Philippe Rahm
"The Anthropocene Style: decorative Style in a new Age of global Warming", first solo exhibition in the US of internationally known Swiss architect based in Paris Philippe Rahm. Curated by Hesse McGraw.
From March 29th to May 19th
San Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco

CalAcademy NightLife curated by MUTEK San Francisco
Live performances, installations, DJ sets and debates on arts, music and technology!
May 3rd
California Academy of Sciences,
San Francisco

French SF in SF
Sylvie Denis is our guest for the 2018 spring session of “A Room with a View”, a writing residency welcoming French authors twice a year for about five weeks.
April 28th - June 2nd
French Residence in San Francisco,
San Francisco
