French Thomas Creative

03/03/2017

CulturalDC is launching an Arts & Urban Innovation Summit, where the public will join local and national visionaries for a series of riveting discussions, with over 30 performances and art installations. VISIONDC will also feature Washington’s first ever ART TANK, in which DC artists will pitch groundbreaking projects for real-time funding. FTC is proud to be a part of this project!

What's your Vision For DC? #2017

15/02/2017

Expensive sculptures are often funded from the same small pot of money as affordable housing, public space and highways improvements – but do we really need a physical manifestation of a developer’s guilty conscience?

23/09/2016

You may have noticed that Art All Night, one of the city’s largest public arts events, made a change this year. New Subtitle, New Logo.

17/08/2016

Love these larger than life installations! JR's ode to the world's great athletes can be found across Rio in celebration of the

The artist JR is installing gargantuan portraits of divers and high-jumpers leaping around the city.

10/08/2016

SO Much Going On This Fall! We (FTC + CulturalDC) are looking for artists to participate in a “Shark Tank” style contest where 4-6 local artists will present their ideas for a project in the city that panelists (including developers and philanthropists) will bid on during a live challenge. Will be the culminating event of VisionDC: the arts + urban innovation summit taking place on October 3.

5K-10K available + awarded on the spot :)

You can find the full call here: http://www.culturaldc.org/about/2016-visiondc-summit-2/visiondc-art-tank/

02/08/2016

We've teamed up with CulturalDC and we are currently accepting applications for temporary art that will be on display at the old Walter Reed campus this fall. Incredible history, great spaces...applications are due by August 7th! http://bit.ly/WRC4Artists

01/08/2016

From pollution to art, this concept is making a mark with an unlikely combination.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/arts/2016/07/28/painting-with-pollution-graviky-labs-style-pkg.cnn

Air Ink is a brand new concept by India-based Graviky Labs. It uses polluted air to create paint and ink.

21/07/2016

We developed the poetry programming for a nighttime arts festival in Camden, New Jersey. Located on a former prison site on the North Camden waterfront and bringing together a dynamic group of artists, performers, community activists, and local restaurants, Camden Night Gardens was a celebration of Camden’s cultural vitality, rich history, and the spirit of its communities. Photos by Hanifa Haris.

30/06/2016

We provided program development and production support for Draw NYC – a program designed to give New Yorkers access to great art materials on the street and a place to draw together in public.

22/06/2016

Art All Night DC debuted in 2011 with 20 Venues, 11 Cultural Partners, and over 50 artists. The fifth and largest Art All Night yet, in September 2015, brought more than 30,000 attendees to 55+ venues across five of DC’s most vibrant neighborhoods – Dupont Circle, Shaw, North Capitol, H Street NE, and Congress Heights – to view inspiring and dynamic visual art, musical performances, live painting, poetry readings, and light projections.