Consulate General of France in New Orleans

This year, the Donald Hoffman Memorial Grant will support one Louisiana student or young professional’s participation in the CultureLab Program of the Festival International du Film in La Rochelle, France.

Thanks to the meticulously-kept journal of the French-Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville, we can confirm that the first Mardi Gras celebrated in Louisiana took place at an unassuming bend of the Mississippi River, approximately 40 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico.

Learn to better integrate contemporary French and Francophone culture into your classroom!

Several primary schools in Martinique are looking to partner with Louisiana classrooms!

This carnival parade group from Martinique will host mask-making workshops and participate in Mardi Gras parades across Louisiana this season.