Albertine Books Foundation, Inc.
Project Title
As a final grant for Festival Albertine 2019
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
6 months
Description
Festival Albertine is an annual literary festival that brings together leading French and American thinkers, artists, writers, and activists for a series of dynamic and thought-provoking conversations on issues that are central to contemporary affairs. Past festivals have discussed feminism in the twenty-first century, global politics of inclusion, and the reimagining of democracy in the age of populism. With Corporation support, Albertine Books Foundation will organize the sixth annual Festival Albertine. This year’s festival will consider the dual issues of climate change and the environment, centering debates about environmental justice, agriculture and food, effective governance, and the challenges to raising public awareness about a warming planet.
Project Title
As a one-time only grant for Festival Albertine 2018
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
The Albertine Books Foundation serves as an intercultural exchange in New York raising awareness of French art, culture, literature, visual and performing arts, through various educational projects and events. With Corporation support, Albertine will organize the annual Festival Albertine. The theme this year is “Reimagining Democracy”, and will bring together artists, activists, writers, social scientists, politicians and journalists to discuss some of the most pressing issues at stake for the future of democracy including how to rethink education outside of the school, how to think beyond states and borders, how to reconceive political parties and the mechanics of democracy, and how to understand mental health outside a framework of normality and disease.