Alliance Française de Cork is delighted to support the CUH Charity Cork to Paris Cycle, by providing the participants with a free place on our January French Refresher Course.
The CUH Charity Cork to Paris Cycle is a 6-day cycling journey from Ireland to France which will take place from 21st to 27th May 2025, in support of CUH patients.
To find out more about the CUH Charity Cork to Paris Cycle:
https://www.cuhcharity.ie/cork-to-paris-cycle-2/
On 22nd January, it was an honour to welcome to Alliance Francaise de Cork H.E. Ms Jenny Piaget, Ambassador of Switzerland to Ireland, Deputy Head of Mission Mr Andreas Lüssi, and Hon. Consul to Cork Ms Anne-Kristine Kjelsen.
In Her Excellency’s honour, we prepared a quiz in French about Switzerland for students attending French classes today.
Students also had the opportunity to sample Swiss chocolate and cheese.
The winners of the quiz will be announced soon...
To try our quiz in French about Switzerland:
https://create.kahoot.it/share/quiz-sur-la-suisse-a-l-alliance-francaise-de-cork-janvier-2025/104d0142-c448-45ce-a8c9-a7f8bdecb8a5
From left to right: Ms Valérie David-McGonnell (AF de Cork President), H.E. Ms Jenny Piaget (Ambassador of Switzerland to Ireland), Mr Pascal Lucas (AF de Cork Treasurer), & Mr Andreas Lüssi (Deputy Head of Mission).
The next exhibition in our Art gallery will be "Palettes of France", by the French artist collective Art Maestria.
The launch will take place on Tuesday 21st January at 7 pm.
The French artist collective Art Maestria has been in existence for three years. They met through a one-off online artistic challenge in November 2021, during the pandemic.
Despite their different backgrounds, techniques and living environments, they wanted to continue the adventure by creating the Art Maestria collective around the values that drive them, such as friendship, mutual support and sharing experiences.
They put their vision and creativity at the service of the values that unite them, convinced that their artistic approach will touch the heart of each and every one.
The collective has exhibited in New York, France, Italy, Spain Hungary, and South Korea.
It consists of 9 artists, 4 of whom will be present to open the exhibition in our gallery:
Hanaé Han
Hervé Alexandre
Laurence Merlette
Oana Alexa d’Ablove
Alexandra Kazakova
Aline Chevalier
Christelle Rodriguez
Marie France Gély
Sabine Raymond
The exhibition: "Palettes of France"
This exhibition showcases beautiful paintings which can be divided into three themes:
Mona Lisa: an Icon of the Louvre Museum. The artists deliver their interpretation of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian genius who lived in France as the official painter of King Francis I;
Regions of France: Representing different regions across France, the artists captured picturesque locations from their home regions;
Impressionist Inspiration: 150 years ago, Impressionism was born in France. The artists have selected the Impressionist paintings that have inspired them, and recreated their own versions.
These latter two themes were specially created for this exhibition at Alliance Française de Cork.
Many thanks to our students, staff, Board Members, sponsors & partners for their support.
Wishing you a happy, successful 2025!
We’ll be back on 7th January!
In 2024 we were delighted to teach #French to 669 students and organise & participate in 28 #cultural events & projects.
Many thanks to our students, sponsors & partners for their support.
We wish you a happy, peaceful Christmas.
Please note that we’ll be closed from 23rd December until 6th January.
Have you tried our French Christmas game?
Free Bilingual drawing workshop for our younger students at Alliance Française de Cork, next Saturday (21st December 2024) at 11.30 am with French/American Writer/Illustrator Regina Grosbois, Author of Choses que j’ai apprises de mon oncle / Things I learned from my Uncle and Embarrassing Mom Stories.
Atelier de dessin bilingue gratuit pour nos jeunes apprenants FLE et FLM à l’Alliance Française de Cork, samedi prochain (le 21 décembre 2024), à 11h30, avec Regina Grosbois, auteure et illustratrice franco-américaine des livres pour la jeunesse Choses que j’ai apprises de mon oncle / Things I learned from my Uncle et Embarrassing Mom Stories.
Regina Grosbois’s books are available on Amazon.
14th December 2024: End of the DELF Examiners’ training in Cork today with Claire Jacob, former Director of AF Waterford/Wexford, for French teachers and French Language Assistants. Many thanks to Claire Jacob and the French Embassy in Ireland.
In December, we were delighted to welcome Claire Jacob, former Director of Alliance Française Waterford/Wexford, for a training course for future French DELF Examiners and Correctors.
