In the Banlieues/Centering the Margin: Oakland/Saint-Denis opens in San Francisco Bay Area
Yann MAMBERT
In partnership with

California Humanities, a partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, promotes the humanities - focused on ideas, conversation, and learning. The nonprofit organization has offered grants and programs across the state since 1975. For more information, please visit calhum.org or follow California Humanities on Facebook at @calhumanities.

SPUR is a public urban planning organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Working on innovative practices to address contemporary urban planning issues, SPUR will present the In the Banlieues exhibition from July 21 to November 30, 2022. For more information, visit https://www.spur.org/

Oakstop is a social enterprise that uses commercial real estate as a platform for economic development and community empowerment by providing workspace, meeting/event space, and creative space to entrepreneurs and communities of color.

The Pavillon de l'Arsenal is an information, documentation, and exhibition center for urban planning and architecture in Paris and the Paris metropolitan. The center will present the In the Banlieues exhibition from June 15 to the end of August 2022. For more information, visit the Pavillon de l’Arsenal on Facebook at @PavillonArsenal.

Fondée à Saint-Denis en 2001, la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Paris Nord, unité de recherche soutenue par le CNRS et les universités Paris 8 et USPN (UAR 3258), est une structure d’accueil, d’impulsion, de promotion et de diffusion de la recherche en sciences humaines et sociales, s’appuyant sur la recherche orientée projet. Elle est membre du Réseau National des MSH.

We are a research-based architecture and urban design practice. Our focus is spatial transform through design, urban advocacy and technology exploration. Open and collaborative, Blink!LAB is a small multi-disciplinary practice bridging between economics, architectural form, urban design, industrial design, furniture and fabrication. Because we are designers committed to new forms of knowledge through making, we prefer to situate ourself in the middle of catalytic design- where new challenges and emerging opportunities are addressed through integrated-thinking and design.

Parcours artistiques, spectacle vivant, architecture temporaire, graphisme : quelle que soit sa forme, l’art en espace public puise dans les représentations, imaginaires, histoires qui habitent les lieux. Il fabrique de nouvelles situations urbaines et sociales, suscite un nouveau rapport à l’espace, à l’autre, au collectif.

836M is an innovative foundation based in San Francisco that brings contemporary art to life through exhibitions and by supporting emerging and established artists. Beginning in 2021, 836M initiates partnerships in Europe promoting diversity, social inclusion, and dialogue between cultures. A laboratory for artists to explore new creations from Paris to San Francisco, 836M supports the In the Banlieues program in all its dimensions: exhibitions, artist residencies, and cultural exchanges between the two countries. For more information visit the 836M on Facebook at @836M.art.

The brainchild of entrepreneur and philanthropist Frédéric Jousset, the Art Explora Foundation, which launched in November 2019, aims to close the cultural divide through a series of initiatives in France and abroad, drawing on new technologies and mobile systems open to everyone. It seeks to connect works with their audiences and to support new creation and innovation. The Foundation is co-curating eight residencies for the inaugural season of Villa Albertine.

ARTE is a public service, cultural, and European media group.
Within ARTE France Digital Department, the team's aim is to support creativity, originality, and public service innovation for cross-platform and online projects.
We co-produce linear projects for digital distribution on arte.tv and social platforms as well as interactive and immersive projects, including video games.

The Institut français is responsible for France’s international cultural program. Supervised by both the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and by the Ministry of Culture, it promotes French culture abroad through cultural exchange initiatives. Operating in a space where the arts, intellectual exchange, cultural and social innovation, and linguistic partnerships interact and intersect, it is also responsible for promoting the French language and the sharing of works, artists, and ideas all over the world. The Institut français is one of Villa Albertine's main French partners.

The Cities of Oakland (@VisitOakland) and Saint-Denis(@VilleSaintDenis), a partner in the international cooperation program, have been active participants in the In the Banlieues program since its inception in 2018.

Périféeries 2028 est le nom de la candidature du territoire de Saint-Denis, Plaine Commune et de la Seine-Saint-Denis au titre de Capitale européenne de la culture 2028.

The Cities of Oakland (@VisitOakland) and Saint-Denis(@VilleSaintDenis), a partner in the international cooperation program, have been active participants in the In the Banlieues program since its inception in 2018.

Bank of the West is a fundamentally different bank – it has the strongest environmental stance of any major US bank, a diverse leadership team, and a global reach and impact through its parent company BNP Paribas. It also has a long tradition of supporting the arts.