Located in the heart of Paris, Fondation LAccolade examines our relationships with the living and its fragility. Our international artist residencies explore the intersection of art and science with an aim to create new links between the urban and natural worlds.
Fondation LAccolade's main goal is to support, promote, and foster artistic creation with a primary focus on artistic endeavors, initiatives, projects, and interventions by living artists who align with themes such as water, the environment, the fragility of the living, and the feminine. We also aim to foster and promote the Matrimoine, in other words, the cultural legacy of women with historic and artistic significance.
Fondation LAccolade is currently in collaboration with Epicenter Projects, a California-based artistic and curatorial platform, to launch a center for the arts in Palm Springs. The Elemental's programming will be primarily devoted to artistic expression related to the living and to Land Art. The center has opened its doors with our inaugural exhibition in 2022.
Our missions
Residencies
To organize and fund residencies for artistic research and creation.
Grants
To award grants for artistic research and creation.
Support
To support events and venues that showcase artistic creation both institutional and private.
Matrimoine
To gather and promote archival collections
about women with historic
or artistic significance.
Institut de France
Institut de France is a non-profit cultural institution founded in 1795 whose mission is to support the five French Academies in advancing the arts, humanities, and sciences.
Institut de France is a major funder in these areas, promoting research and supporting artistic creation by awarding prizes, scholarships, and grants. Operating under the office of the President of France, Institut de France also stewards a significant portfolio of cultural and historical assets that include homes and collections benefactors have gifted since the late 19th century.
Its commitments
Perpetuate
excellence in academic work, preserving and guaranteeing access to exceptional heritage.
Sustain
and defend letters, sciences and the arts, but also research or commitment to society through the philanthropic action of sheltered foundations.
Light up
by offering, through encounters and the transmission of knowledge, a view of the world at the service of all and expertise for public authorities.
Our team
Board of Directors
Institut de France Committee
Xavier Darcos
Chancellor
Fabrice Hyber, Artist,
Member of the Academy of Fine Arts
Foundation Team
Catherine Dobler
Founder-Director at Fondation LAccolade Co-Founder at The Elemental
Fabiha Hyatt Mission Head - artistic assistance and coordination
Founder's Committee
Catherine Dobler
Founder-Director
Laurent Dobler
Executive Committee
Catherine Dobler
Laurent Dobler
Carla Rebeiz
Elisabeth Forney
Contact us
Fondation LAccolade 157 Boulevard Saint-Germain / 46 rue Madame 75006 Paris, France
THE ELEMENTAL
A Contemporary Center for the Arts
Palm Springs, California
www.theelemental.org