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Programs: FrancoFest 1998

DateSeptember-October 1998

MediumPaper

ClassificationsInformation Artifacts

Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections

DescriptionPrograms for FrancoFest, 1998. The activities listed include CCHAP's collaborative exhibit “Sur Bois: Franco American Woodcarving in New England” installed at the ICR Gallery in October 1998.

Object number2015.196.46.5a-b

CopyrightIn Copyright

NotesSubject Note: FrancoFest, an extensive series of activities celebrating French heritage in Connecticut, was held in the mid-to late-1990s at a variety of locations around Greater Hartford and central Connecticut. Organized by French Canadian cultural activist Evelyn Sirois, the project involved many organizations with French Canadian and Acadian roots. These groups included L’Union des Franco Americains du Connecticut, the French Social Circle of East Hartford, the Societé St. Jean de Baptiste, L’Alliance Francaise, the French Genealogical Society, St. Anne’s Church on Park St in Hartford and St. Anne's in Bristol, and more. These groups presented exhibits, craft activities, musical concerts, and other events that promoted French language and history. FrancoFest inspired CCHAP to collaborate with Evelyn Sirois to bring the exhibit “Sur Bois: Franco American Woodcarving in New England” to the Institute for Community Research gallery along with French Canadian musical presentations, in 1998.

Sources:
Shanahan, M. K. (1995, September 26). Festival a Celebration of French Heritage. The Hartford Courant.

Mason, Johnny, Jr. (1996, October 9). Area Photo Exhibit Honors Franco-American People. The Hartford Courant.

Additional materials exist in the CCHAP archive for this event and this community.

Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.

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