Our mission

Art to Face is structured as a non-profit association under French law (1901), operating as an international NGO. Art to Face is dedicated to advancing cultural and arts education in contexts of crisis and post-conflict recovery.
We bring together educators, researchers, and artists to design transformative practices that foster resilience, safeguard memory, and build peace.

Our mandate is to act as a hub for expertise, cooperation, and advocacy in cultural and artistic education in fragile settings.
We support professionals and organizations by:

Developing innovative educational and artistic responses in emergencies.
Building knowledge and methodologies through research and field practice.
Creating collaborative spaces where actors can share, reflect, and strengthen their capacities.
Engaging in dialogue with institutions and policymakers to recognize the role of culture and the arts in education and peacebuilding.

Vision & Values

Our Vision
We envision a world where culture and the arts are recognized as essential to education, resilience, and peacebuilding.
In contexts of crisis and post-conflict, they are not a luxury, but a necessity — enabling communities to heal, preserve memory, and reimagine the future.

Our Values

Resilience – Supporting individuals and communities to rebuild life and dignity through cultural and artistic practices.
Memory & Recognition – Safeguarding collective memories, valuing cultural diversity, and making voices heard.
Creativity & Imagination – Opening spaces for expression, healing, and social transformation.
Collaboration – Building bridges across disciplines, generations, and geographies.
Ethical Engagement – Acting with respect, humility, and responsibility in fragile and conflict-affected settings.

Our Story

Art to Face was first created in 2022 as a consultancy, bringing expertise in cultural and artistic education to humanitarian and educational organizations. Over the years, the initiative evolved beyond individual practice, as fieldwork in Syria, Iraq, Gaza, Yemen, and Romania revealed a common need: to connect professionals, share knowledge, and design collective strategies at the crossroads of arts, culture, and education in crisis contexts.

In 2025, Art to Face became an international NGO.This transformation reflects both the urgency of the times and the conviction that culture and the arts are central to resilience, recognition, and peacebuilding.Today, Art to Face acts as a collaborative platform, bridging research and practice, local initiatives and global advocacy, to ensure that education through arts and culture is recognized as a vital dimension of recovery in fragile and post-conflict settings.

Our boards

Executive board

The Executive Board acts as the Bureau of Art to Face, providing strategic leadership, daily management, and representation. It ensures governance, accountability, and coherence across all activities, while guiding the organization’s mission and strengthening its partnerships and international role.

Albane Buriel

President

Teresa Torres de Eça

Secretary

Céline Diais

Treasurer

Advisory board
- In progress -

The Advisory Board serves as Art to Face’s steering committee, composed of representatives from each Thematic Working Group. Acting as a transversal space for reflection and alignment, it guides the organization’s strategic directions, synthesizes outputs, and represents the Observatory in external dialogues and international advocacy.

Our partners

Solinfo

SOLINFO is an NGO that works to help young people in crisis regions by training them in sectors of interest to them in a trade or to meet the vital needs of those most at risk, by transferring skills with local partners and by mobilising a network of volunteers and experts (…).

Librairies without borders

It empowers vulnerable populations by facilitating their access to education, culture and information. Whether virtual or physical, fixed or mobile, libraries give everyone the tools to understand the world better (…).

Coallia

Coallia is a French association that provides social services to vulnerable groups within the framework of social and medico-social action. In particular, it provides emergency or more permanent housing and participates in the social rehabilitation of migrants and refugees (…).

Geneva Call

Geneva Call works on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. In particular, it works to ensure that armed groups and the de facto authorities (AGDA) fully respect international humanitarian standards and principles (...).

City of Concarneau

Concarneau is located in the south of the Finistère department, in the west of the Brittany region. It has the third largest population in the department. The ‘Tête en l'art’ programme brings together schools, learners and local artists (…).

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Action Education

Action Education is an association for development through education, working for access to quality education for the most vulnerable and marginalised populations (...).