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Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art

Application deadline: April 30th, 2012

Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art offers grants to American non-profit institutions organizing exhibitions, installations or other projects with living French artists or French non-profit institutions presenting similar projects involving American artists.

In 2012, the priority of the Etant donnés fund will be to foster enduring partnerships between French and American non-profit institutions through the development of collaborative projects and travelling exhibitions.

Since 2005, Etant Donnés also offers Curatorial Research Grants supporting the professional development of American curators by offering them extended stays in France for research projects in the field of contemporary art. The grants are reserved for curators and scholars, who must be U.S. citizens or legal residents of the United States for at least five years and who have a minimum of three years of research or professional experience in the field and are currently employed by or have a specific project in collaboration with a non-profit art space.

Grants are awarded through an open competition administered by the Etant donnés Fund. Qualifying projects may be in the fields of visual arts, architecture and design. Applications are reviewed by the Etant donnés Artistic Committee which is composed of prominent curators, art critics and arts administrators.

Completed applications must be received on or before April 30, 2012, for projects beginning after June 10, 2012. Incomplete or late applications cannot be accepted for consideration.

In 2012, Etant donnés will be supported by Institut Francais, Florence Gould Foundation, Cultural Services of the French Embassy and FACE.

Examples of projects funded in 2011:
-“Jean-Luc Moulène: Opus + One” at Dia Art Foundation
-“Campfires and Oceans” by Bruno Serralongue at the San Francisco Art Institute
or www.facecouncil.org/etantdonnes/contemporaryart.html for grantees of past years.

Complete guidelines and application forms are available at:
www.facecouncil.org/etantdonnes/contemporaryart.html
Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art
T 212 439-1418

-------Similar to Etants donnés, FLUXUS, a Franco-British fund for contemporary art initiated in June 2010 by the Institut Français and the British charity Paris Calling Ltd. was created in order to promote artistic exchanges between France and the United-Kingdom. Since its creation in 2010, it has contributed to a number of exhibition projects and to curatorial research in the two countries. Having gained momentum in 2012, Fluxus will organize a second call for projects in June.

The fund is supported by the Institut Français as well as by private donors interested in contemporary art.

Further information about Fluxus and on how to apply can be found on www.fluxusfund.com

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