George Mason School of Art – Mason art professors Peter Winant and Tom Ashcraft snapped a picture of a truck in Liberia that was loaded with desk chairs. This picture helped inspire them to create the artwork, “Story.” Photos by Winant and Ashcraft. When Peter Winant and Tom Ashcraft caught sight of the old truck, […]
Color and Motion Connections in Lesotho – Recently Art in Embassies sponsored artist Maya Freelon Asante on a cultural exchange artist workshop to Morija, a village in Lesotho. Here is a post from the Hub on her trip – On the 19th of December, 2013, Maya Freelon Asante – award winning artist and daughter of […]
U.S. Department of State’s Office of Art in Embassies and U.S. Department of Defense “Serving Abroad…Through Their Eyes” Photography Exhibition to Open at Permanent Professors Art Gallery, U.S. Air Force Academy – The U.S. Department of State’s Office of Art in Embassies (AIE) is pleased to announce the “Serving Abroad…Through Their Eyes” photography exhibition to […]
The Phillips Collection – A day of conversations among policymakers, entrepreneurs, arts professionals, and artists discussing shared perspectives on the impact of the arts on politics, the role of the art market on the artistic and economic communities, and the pertinence of art biennials in a globalized world. Among the participants are Cuban artist Tania […]
In commemoration of Military Family Month, the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Art in Embassies (AIE) proudly announces the “Serving Abroad…Through Their Eyes” photography exhibition, which will be featured on Verizon Center’s video marquees. In recognition of AIE’s 50th anniversary, the U.S. Department of State collaborated with the U.S. Department of Defense on a […]
The U.S. Department of State, office of Art in Embassies (AIE) is pleased to announce the third iteration of the AIE’s American Artist Lecture Series, on November 4 at Tate Modern, London. In celebration of AIE’s 50th anniversary and in collaboration with Embassy London and Tate, the three-year-long program features a total of six noted […]
The Art of Diplomacy (from the Jamaican Observer) – US Ambassador to Jamaica Pamela Bridgewater soon after she had arrived in the island, at an art exhibition at the now shuttered Mutual Gallery, where she had been a habituée when she was first posted here in the 1980s as a labour attaché at a time […]
Art in Embassies congratulates Carrie Mae Weems for her recent award as a MacArthur Fellow! AIE artist Carrie Mae Weems is a photographer and video installation artist examining the complex and contradictory legacy of African American identity, class, and culture in the United States. Her intimate depictions of children, adults, and families in simple settings […]
The Spirit Connection: Chris Flisher Brings The Art Of Mandala To Cape Verde Through Art In Embassies Entering the hotel lobby I spotted Chris Flisher right away. Long grey flowing hair, laid-back composure. We are sitting down for a chat at a hotel in Cape Verde, off the coast of West Africa, where Flisher has […]
Art in Embassies and the American Embassy in Praia, Cape Verde recently collaborated on an Artist Exchange with artist Chris Flisher of Boxborough, who writes the “Oh My Stars” column and “Turning of The Wheel” blog for The Beacon. Flisher visited Cape Verde from July 8 to July 15 to conduct workshops and presentations at […]
Diplomacy Through Art. An interview with Maria Pekala: Fifty years ago President John F. Kennedy formalized an Art in Embassies programme, which ever since then has found ways to facilitate exhibitions of American art around the world – mainly by displaying artworks in the U.S. Department’s diplomatic facilities throughout the world (including Embassies andAmbassadors’ residences). […]
AIE helps raise local artist profiles – When showing her work in Washington D.C. a couple of years ago at the Smithsonian Craft Show, textile artist Leah Evans’ work caught the eye of the U.S. ambassador to Rwanda. Now, one of Evans’ quilts hangs in the U.S. Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda, part of the Art […]
Edward Hopper was there. On the beach near the summer home of Solomont. And they, Susan and Alan Solomont , U.S. ambassador to Spain and Andorra since 2010, began his magnificent art collection with a photo of Joel Meyerowitz reflecting the quiet atmosphere of Hopper in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. “The acquired in 1986 for seven […]
Members of the MICA community are internationally recognized among the Most dynamic artists In the world. In fact, more than 60 MICA faculty members and alumni have been commissioned by the U.S. Department of State’s Arts in Embassies program, which was inaugurated to enhance U.S. public diplomacy through cross-cultural dialogue centered around the visual arts […]
On November 29, five of the world’s most recognized artists-Cai Guo-Qiang, Jeff Koons, Shahzia Sikander, Kiki Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems-gathered to discuss art and diplomacy. This public event followed an open house with students from The Washington Ballet, The Corcoran ArtReach, the Levine School of Music, and the Washington of artist Nick Cave at […]
readartny.com – I have been inspired to write extensively about Peter D. Gerakaris’ work in the U.S. Art in Embassies (AIE) permanent collection, currently on exhibit at the Libreville Embassy in Gabon, Africa. This essay is meant as outreach to those who are unable to view Gerakaris’ tondos in situ. Furthermore, I seek to bring […]
Jenny Abell Dakar Commission -Healdsburg art lovers have been able to see work by Jenny Honnert Abell for almost seven years at Hammerfriar Gallery, but soon the Santa Rosa artist will have international exposure.As part of the State Department’s Art in Embassy Program, 10 of her works will be permanently installed in the new U.S. […]
The new US Ambassador to Zimbabwe has just embarked on his tour of duty here. Perhaps that is why it is fitting that the Art In Embassies (AIE) collection at his residence is appropriately themed Beginnings. Although he was last here a decade ago Ambassador Bruce Wharton is beginning his tenure as Washington’s man in […]
In my line of work, we often talk about the art of diplomacy as we try to make people’s lives a little better around the world. But, in fact, art is also a tool of diplomacy. It reaches beyond governments, past the conference rooms and presidential palaces, to help us connect with more people in […]
Charles Rivkin was strapped into a Parachute, and he didn’t let strong winds deter him as the helicopter hovered over Normandy. the occasion was a mass jump with the U.s. army’s Golden Knights to commemorate the 68th anniversary of D-Day, last June, and it was the ambassador’s first free fall. Some jumpers landed in trees […]
