THE NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION
FOR FRANCOPHONE CULTURES.
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WE ARE THE NEW
ORLEANS FOUNDATION
FOR FRANCOPHONE CULTURES*
*Et on est tissés serrés (we are close-knit)
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TEAM
SCOTT TILTON
Cofounder + Codirector
RUDY BAZENET
Cofounder + Codirector
AUTUMN PALEN
Head of Film + Media
KATYA VAZ
Artistic Director
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BOARD
Davon Barbour
Pam Bonner
Denise Frazier
Heather Hodges
Annie Irvin
Nicolle McGuiness
Anne Normann
Denise St Pierre
Andrea Huseman
Davon Barbour Pam Bonner Denise Frazier Heather Hodges Annie Irvin Nicolle McGuiness Anne Normann Denise St Pierre Andrea Huseman
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FROM PARIS TO
NEW ORLEANS,
WITH LOVE
Our co-founders, Scott Tilton and Rudy Bazenet, met in Paris, where they had the opportunity to launch and spearhead the initiative that saw Louisiana become the first U.S. state to join the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie in 2018.
Building on this success, they launched the New Orleans Foundation for Francophone Cultures in June 2020 as a cultural institution aiming to support the revitalization of Louisiana’s heritage cultures, with a focus on Creole, Cadien, and Indigenous communities.
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WE LOVE WHAT WE’RE DOING.
AND WE DO IT IN STYLE.
It has been four milestone years as our vision has come to life – even more successful than we could ever have imagined.
We opened the doors of our cultural center at the Historic BK House & Gardens to bring French back to the French Quarter. We also launched our creative studio, allowing us to produce five films featured at international festivals, and publish original books and resources distributed for free to over 4,000 students across Louisiana. And we didn’t stop there: we are also proud to fund groundbreaking programs with prestigious institutions such as Fulbright France and the French Embassy to the United States.
We want to bring the world to Louisiana – and the world is our oyster. One of our exhibitions was presented at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, and we were invited to go to Cannes. Stylé.
