Philanthropy
Louise Blouin founded the Louise T Blouin Foundation in 2005, with the aim of raising awareness about the role culture and creativity can play in resolving global issues. The foundation's website lists its two core aims as:
- Encouraging a better understanding of foreign affairs and culture beyond borders through international cooperation, exchange and dialogue for the 21st century.
- Exploring the broader practical significance of creativity and the creative potential of the human brain.
The foundation's projects since its inception include:
- being the principal supporter for the staging of Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale at The Old Vic theatre, London, in 2005; a collaboration between Iraqi and European actors
- 'Bring Back New Orleans' – support for a research project into rebuilding the cultural infrastructure of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
- '4 Generations' – a multi-part TV series, chronicling the stories of two families, one Israeli, one Palestinian, in partnership with the Film School of Tel Aviv University and the Royal Jordanian Film Commission
- 'Making the Case for Culture' – support for a research project with the OECD which investigates the possibility of a link between the quality of life in a country and the amount of its GDP spent on culture
- cultural exchange programmes with China and with The Middle East
- 'Art and the New Biology of Mind' – a think-tank at Columbia University, New York City in March 2006, featuring debate between artists (such as David Salle, Richard Meier and George Condo) and scientists (such as Richard Axel, Eric Kandel and Joseph LeDoux) toward a clearer understanding of the ways in which the brain responds to art
- 'Music and the Brain' – a research review exploring how the brain processes music and how music can affect psychological development.
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