Artistic Committee

The Artistic Committee serves for three years and meets twice a year to review grant applications and to make funding decisions. The Committee is chaired by the Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy, who is a non-voting member, and is comprised of independent American and French professionals who specialize in contemporary art. A Program Officer facilitates the operations and activities of the Artistic Committee and plays a vital role in assisting organizations in developing new projects, networking with potential partners, and evaluating the eligibility of their projects for support.

Committee Members

Mr. Ian Berry
Curator, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
Saratoga Springs, NY

Ms. Valérie Cassel
Associate Curator, Contemporary Art Museum Houston
Houston, TX

Mr. Russell Ferguson
Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs & Chief Curator, UCLA Hammer Museum
Los Angeles, CA

Ms. Emmanuelle Lequeux
Journalist, Le Monde & Beaux-Arts Magazine
Paris, France

Ms. Helen Molesworth
Curator of Contemporary Art, Harvard University Art Museums
Cambridge, MA

Mr. François Quintin
Director, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne
Reims, France

Ms. Ingrid Schaffner
Senior Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art
Philadelphia, PA

Ms. Debra Singer
Executive Director, The Kitchen
New York, NY

Ms. Christine Van Assche
Curator, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Pompidou
Paris, France

Mr. Marc-Olivier Wahler
Director, Palais de Tokyo
Paris, France

Three ex-officio members also serve on the Artistic Committee: the Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy as Chairman, the Director of AFAA as Vice-Chairman, and the Director of the Délégation aux Arts Plastiques (DAP) of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.

Past Committee Members

Bill Arning, François Barré, Nicholas Baume, Marie-Claude Beaud, Bernard Blistène, Elizabeth Brown, Connie Butler, Amada Cruz, Michèle de Angelus, Sophie Duplaix, Nathalie Ergino, Jane Farver, Dana Friis-Hansen, Laurence Gateau, Lynn Gumpert, Eleanor Heartney, Mary Jane Jacob, Eungie Joo, Werner H. Kramarsky, Armelle Leturcq, Christine Macel, Eric Mangion, Denise Miller, Terry Myers, Alfred Pacquement, Paul-Hervé Parsy, Frédéric Paul, Frank Perrin, Ann Philbin, Ron Platt, Aline Pujo, Lawrence Rinder, Michel Roux, Raphael Rubinstein, Didier Semin, Robert Storr, Terrie Sultan, Marcia Tucker, Philippe Vergne, Germain Viatte, Hamza Walker and Benjamin Weil.