Allowing French artists to shine throughout the world, encouraging the sharing of knowledge and emotions, assisting cultural, educational and community service initiatives...This is one of the missions of the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation
Alexandre Najjar was the guest of the New-yorker festival "World Nomads Lebanon"
The Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation was happy to support Alexandre Najjar, the 1990 Writer grant winner, on the occasion of the 2010 World Nomads festival during which the writer was invited to hold a conference.
"Bon pied, bon oeil" joins the competition...
The Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation is pleased to have helped the « Bon pied, bon œil » team, made up of blind runners, to race the 25th edition of the Marathon des Sables.
Bakary: a Malian artist and ambassador
In partnership with the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation and with the support of the French Embassy in Mali, the Fresnoy – the National Studio of Contemporary arts – has implemented a process enabling a young Malian artist to access its entrance exams.
The “Ain’t Misbehavin” musical in La Courneuve
A budding performers from New Orleans, selected from among the best students at the McDonough School, and a group of students from La Courneuve, have performed the “Ain’t Misbehavin” musical as part of the Seine-Saint-Denis Banlieues Bleues festival in April 2010.
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Chicago-La Courneuve, An eye for an eye
A programme that brings together young people from La Courneuve, a town to the northeast of Paris, and Chicago was recently launched. The goal is to help young people aged 10 to 18 living on public housing projects in La Courneuve and Chicago become stakeholders in their respective neighbourhoods by taking part in a photography and video project and through an exchange of experiences.
The French literature in New York
