The first of its kind, this innovative program, founded by Karine Parker-Lemoyne, invites two cultural and geographic worlds to resonate as well as two human entities to bond: artists and public. Our ambition is to invite to exceed the conventional clichés, to break barriers, and to provide a deeper and richer insight on each of these worlds.

Go West is a dream of artistic capitals, Houston and Paris, defined by their passion for culture and united in a common artistic project.

Go West has found strong support from the American Ambassador to UNESCO, David T. Killion and his wife, and has been included as a project in the framework of the celebration of “2010: International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures,” for which UNESCO is the lead agency. It provides a venue and means for 64 French and Texan artists (painters, photographers, sculptors, video artists) to document and tell their stories through a long-term dialogue and contemporary art in exhibits both in Texas and France.

The mission of Go West is to create new artistic bridges between Paris, France and Houston, Texas; to foster understanding and advancement of art produced by well regarded and emerging Texan and French contemporary artists; to bridge the gap of communication and allow for deeper insight between artists and the general public.  Go West is non-political in nature and purely serves as a medium to exchange ideas and culture through contemporary art.