Hollins Abroad Paris II: Paris Today! Program

All panel discussions and guided tours will be offered in English

Saturday, October 21st PARIS TODAY: ALLONS- Y!

Afternoon: Welcome reception at Restaurant du Rond Point

GUIDED FIAC VISIT

For several days each year, Paris becomes the world capital of contemporary art with FIAC, the International Contemporary Art Fair. FIAC is an opportunity to discover the latest in contemporary art, through works by some of the most famous artists in the world. Exhibitions take place at the Grand Palais, Petit Palais, and hors les murs.

Evening: Optional Captain’s Table Dinner

Sunday,October 22nd

Morning: Orientation at Reid Hall, Home of Hollins Abroad Paris Enjoy a catered lunch & the wisdom & humour of our speaker, Diane Johnson, who also will lead an afternoon walking tour through her own Paris quartier, St. Germain des Prés.

Afternoon: Walking tours (one of the following):

Diane Johnson, author of the bestselling novels Le Divorce, Le Mariage, and L'Affaire and Into a Paris Quartier: Reine Margot's Chapel and Other Haunts of St.-Germain – and two-time finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award -- will share a personal tour of her St.-Germain neighborhood. (45 minutes-1 hour)

John Baxter, author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris and Saint-Germain-des-Prés: Paris's Rebel Quarter (among many others) will lead a lively tour of St.-Germain- des-Prés, the neighborhood that’s been his home for more than two decades. (2-2 ½ hours)

David Burke, writer, documentary filmmaker, literary detective, and author of Writers in Paris: Literary Lives in the City of Light, will lead a ‘Lost Generation: Montparnasse’ tour. Burke arrived in Paris in 1986 for what he thought would be one year, but turned into more than 30. (2-2 ½ hours)

Terrance Gelenter, 'Your American Friend in Paris,' author of From Bagels to Brioche: Paris par Hasard, and creator of The Paris Insider Newsletter will guide walkers through Montparnasse, focusing on the quartier's famous cafes, painters, writers, and historical personalities as well as what the neighborhood was like in the '20s and '50s, "with improvisations as perceived". (2-2 ½ hours)

Evening: Cocktail reception hosted at the home of Leslie de Galbert

Monday, October 23rd ART IN PARIS TODAY

Morning: Location: La Maison Rouge

Tea, coffee, and panel discussion covering patronage of the arts in Paris today (private, municipal support and “free” street art) Moderator: Deborah Palmer, art historian and acclaimed professor with Hollins Abroad and Hamilton College.

 Emilie Augier Bernard, Project Manager at the Fondation Louis Vuitton  Astrid Moitrieux, Administrative Manager at the Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France  Sophie Makariou, Director of Musée Guimet  Sophie Mallebranche, textile designer and artist

Afternoon: Site visits (one of the following):

Fondation Louis Vuitton

Buttes-aux-Cailles (street art, art hors les murs)

Musée de l’Orangerie

Evening: Group dinner at Cercle de l’Union Interalliée Founded in 1917 at the time of the U.S. entry into WWI to create solidarity among all those fighting for the same cause on French soil, le Cercle de l'Union Interalliée is a private, members-only club, based in the Hôtel Henri de Rothschild, one of Paris's most beautiful mansions on the chic rue du Faubourg St. Honoré.

Tuesday, October 24th THE NEW MULTI-CULTURALISM

Morning: Location: Institut du Monde Arabe

Panel Discussion, The New Multiculturalism: How the issues of secularism (laïcité) and the wearing of the veil in schools are central to an understanding of France today. Moderator: Christelle Taraud, scholar and historian.

 Caroline Fourest, a journalist, essayist, and documentary director committed to equality, secularism, and human rights. She worked at Charlie Hebdo from 2004-2009 and is the author of In Praise of Blasphemy: Why Charlie Hebdo is not Islamophobic and Brother Tariq: The Doublespeak of Tariq Ramadan

 Françoise Gaspard, a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, senior lecturer at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, and member of the EHESS/CNRS Centre for Sociological Analysis and Intervention (CADIS). She holds executive functions in youth movements and has political experience as an elected representative (mayor, member of the European Parliament, member of the French National Assembly, regional and town Councillor)

Group lunch at La Grande Mosquée de Paris

Afternoon: Guided site visits (one of the following):

Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) Discovery of the Arab world within a high-tech building.

Musée d’Orsay Artistic creation in the western world 1848-1914. Including a walk through Impressionism.

Quai Branly Jean Nouvel’s landscaped, innovative space to feature les arts primitifs.

Evening: Wine tasting and dinner

Wednesday, October 25th FRENCH CULTURE AND CUISINE

Morning: Guided site visit to Marché d’Aligre

Cooking class with Chef Martial 10:00 a.m- 2 :00 p.m

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Culinary arts walking tour and tasting with Paris by Mouth 10:00 a.m- 2 :00 p.m

OR

Gourmet lunch at Restaurant Guy Savoy at la Monnaie Begins at noon

Afternoon:

VIP tour of the private collection of Émile Hermès, Hermès flagship store, Rue du Fauboug Saint-Honoré (thanks to Anne Moody Page ’62 and Pierre-Alexis Dumas, Creative Director of Hermès.)

Evening: Gallery visit and cocktail hour We are invited to a fascinating program & to "prendre un verre" at the gallery of Elizabeth Royer, Place du Palais Bourbon. Elizabeth is an important gallery owner as well as the Founder in 2013 of HARP Europe, the Holocaust Art Restitution Project. She is a force in successfully assuring the historical archival research & the restitution of looted art works.

Optional Captain’s Table Dinner

Thursday, October 26th WOMEN IN France Morning: Location: Foyer International des Étudiantes

Presentation and Discussion with Anne Sebba, author of Les Parisiennes: How Paris Women Lived, Loved, and Died in the 1940’s

What did it feel like to be a woman living in Paris from 1939 to 1949 ? These were years of fear, power, aggression, courage, deprivation, and secrets until – finally – renewal and retribution. Even in the darkest moments of Occupation, glamour was ever present. French women wore lipstick. Why ?

Anne Sebba read History at Kings’s College then joined Reuters as a foreign correspondent based in London and Rome. She is the acclaimed author of Jennie Churchill : Winston’s American Mother, the international bestseller That Woman : The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, and seven other works of non-fiction.

Panel Discussion: Women in France Today – Political Action and the Fight for Equality. Moderated by Christelle Taraud.  Natacha Henry, historian  Clémentine Autain, French activist and politician.

Lunch on the terrace of the Foyer International des Étudiantes

Afternoon: Site visit:  Musée Nissim de Camondo

Evening Performances (one of the following):

Verdi’s Falstaff at Opéra Bastille Balanchine’s Ballet at Opéra Garnier

Friday, October 27th ARCHITECTURE: Old and New

Morning: Location: Pavillion de l’Arsenal

Panel discussion with:

 Laurent Lecomte, architectural historian specializing in modern architecture  Fabien Gantois, architect and urbanist  Marc Boinet, architect from the think tank Bella Stock Architecture

Lunch: Choice between Le Grand Colbert (Old) or Saturne (New)

Afternoon: Site visits We will all take a guided walk through the Palais-Royal Gardens and see the Buren columns that have transformed the Cour d’Honneur. Continuing to the Louvre and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, we have a choice of three visits, each including both the Dior Exhibit at the Musée des Arts Déco and the Islamic Wing at the Louvre. The retrospective “Christian Dior, Couturier du Rêve” (“Christian Dior, Dream Couturier”) celebrates the 70th anniversary of the House of Dior. This extraordinary exhibition will feature designs by the House’s founder and the six couturiers who succeeded him. The elaborate set design is by interior architect Nathalie Crinière. The new Islamic Wing of the Louvre houses a collection spanning 1,200 years of history, from the 7th through the 19th centuries, and includes glass works, ceramics, metalwork, books, manuscripts, textiles and carpets. Italian architect Mario Bellini and French architect Rudy Ricciotti designed a glass-walled pavillion with an undulating roof of metal mesh centered in the 18th-century Cour Visconti. The architecture is a stunning example of the integration of contemporary features with historic design.

Columns by Buren, Palais Royal

Musée des Arts Décoratifs and the Dior exhibit

The Islamic Wing of the Louvre

Evening: 6:30 Cocktail reception Optional Captain’s Table Dinner

Saturday, October 28th YOUR OWN DAY IN PARIS

Flâner dans la plus belle ville du monde Visit your old neighborhood. Shop for the perfect scarf Take the RER to Versailles. Picnic in the Jardin du Luxembourg Visit a spa.

Gaugin: Artist as Alchemist, exhibition at Le Grand Palais (25 tickets available for entry at 12:00 noon.)

EVENING OF CELEBRATION:

Early evening gathering at the Atelier Brancusi, followed by a guided tour of Le Centre Pompidou and a celebratory Farewell Dinner at the acclaimed restaurant Georges, located on the museum’s rooftop. As we enjoy the spectacular panoramic views over Paris, our program will draw to a close with a champagne toast to our days spent together experiencing Hollins Abroad Paris II: Paris Today! 2017.

Le Centre Pompidou Georges

*program subject to change based on availability

Audrey Stavrevitch, Director, Hollins Abroad Paris

Audrey Stavrevitch holds bachelor degrees in history and French literature, and M.A. and M. Phil/DEA degrees in comparative literature from Nanterre University. She also holds an M.A. in French as a Second Language from Sorbonne-Nouvelle University.

Ms. Stavrevitch has taught at City University of New York, the New School for Social Research, and the New York French Institute. In Paris, she has taught French language and literature to U.S. undergraduate and graduate students for Hollins University, Columbia University, Middlebury College and the University of Florida. Ms. Stavrevitch also developed and coordinated the University of Florida's business program in Paris.

Marie-Laure Cadet de Fontenay, Our concierge

Marie-Laure Cadet de Fontenay has been the program guide for the past 15 years for Hollins Abroad Paris. She guides our students to Normandy, Burgundy, the Loire Valley, Paris (during orientation). Guided visits for the past 2 reunions (2005 and 2015) in Paris. She holds the official guide diploma from the Ministère de la Culture and works as a contractor for prestigious agencies in Paris.

She has received fabulous evaluations from students due to her engaging personality and incredible experience and knowledge. Marie-Laure will be at the group’s disposal and be with us during lectures and conferences so that she can easily answer questions during breaks and handle problems during visits. She will be on call 24/7 during the whole program (from the 21st to the 28th included) for logistical questions and issues, or anything else (need of advice to go to a restaurant, etc.).

Captain’s Table

A reservation will be made at specific restaurants for tables of 6-8 people that you can choose to join in the evening for dinner at your expense.

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