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Albertine Chapters

Albertine San Francisco

Overview

The San Francisco Chapter of Albertine Foundation is committed to fostering connection between the City of San Francisco, the northwestern region of the United States, covering Northern California, Northern Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the Pacific Islands under US jurisdiction (Guam and Samoa).

We support numerous Villa Albertine San Francisco projects in various fields, such as contemporary art, performing and visual arts, music, etc. Through these initiatives, Villa Albertine initiates and strengthens exchanges between French and local creators, curators, academics, activists, and institutions. Our main objective is to bring artistic communities together and inspire future long-term and solid collaborations.

Our focus

San Francisco serves as a perfect platform to foster French artistic and cultural initiatives in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Our signature events and programs include: 

  • The biggest Night of Ideas in the world, organized each year in April with the San Francisco Public Library, KQED, Asian Art Museum and Circuit Network gathering more than 10 000 people for a night of conversations and artistic performances, free and open to all 
  • Six to eight artists in residency per year, selected by a local jury, covering various disciplines and hosted at our apartment in Cole Valley where Villa Albertine (formerly known as “A Room with a view”) was born 
  • A large celebration of French language and education during the Francophonie month in March every year thanks to a wide and dynamic network of schools, Alliances françaises and francophone associations 
  • Ambitious research programs (Lafayette Fellowship, Transatlantic Research Program) aiming to incubate an innovative and resilient academic community, committed to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 
  • Support local partners and institutions to present more French artists and thinkers in our jurisdiction (cinema, visual arts, performing arts, literature…). In San Francisco for instance, we work regularly with: Mill Valley Film festival, SFFilm, BAMPFA, SF MOMA, FAMSF, San Francisco Public Library, etc… 
  • Most of our programs are open to a large and diverse audience, making French culture accessible to everyone. We encourage programs dedicated to families and children.

Each year,our programing highlights are announced at a private Season Launch at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, by invitation only.  

An annual intimate fundraising dinner gathers our closest supporters around an evening of culinary and cultural delights to support our mission. 

Contact

For all questions related to Albertine San Francisco, a chapter Albertine Foundation, please contact:

Rouksana Simjee | Cutural Attachée
rouksana.simjee@villa-albertine.org

Nicole Lavay | Program Officer
nicole.lavay@villa-albertine.org