The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art was created to respond to the ever-increasing desire on the part of both French and American not-for-profit institutions to present work by artists from each other's countries.

Étant donnés operates under the auspices of FACE, which is incorporated under American law as a not-for-profit organization.

It was founded in 1994 by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the AFAA (Association Française d'Action Artistique) and the DAP (Délégation aux Arts Plastiques).

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This fund is dedicated to stimulating French-American cooperation in the presentation and production of French performing arts in the United States. For the first few years however, it has focused uniquely on theater projects, with an emphasis on contemporary writing. In the future, it will broaden its scope to include other disciplines such as music and dance.

Its goal is actively to encourage American institutions - theaters, festivals, and universities - to produce or present theater projects and text based theatrical productions either by French playwrights or with the participation of French professionals (directors, actors, scenographs and others...). Translations, publication projects and artists residencies will also be eligible.

Étant donnés for the Performing Arts operates under the auspices of FACE, which is incorporated under American law as a not-for-profit organization.

 

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