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White House honors International Medal of Arts award winners for promoting cultural diplomacy

First lady Jill Biden presented this year's 60th International Medal of Arts awards at a White House ceremony Wednesday night to five artists who have promoted cultural diplomacy around the world.

First Lady to Bestow State Department Medal of Arts

On September 13, the U.S Department of State’s Office of Art in Embassies will honor Tony Abeyta, Sheila Hicks, Robert Pruitt, Hank Willis Thomas, and Suling Wang with the 2023 U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will present the medals at a White House ceremony.
THE PEOPLE, 2023 Light projection Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, DC Text: Abraham Lincoln’s Lost Speech by Henry Clay Whitney, 1897. © 2023 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: Filip Wolak

Jenny Holzer to project quotes about democracy in DC to celebrate Art in Embassies anniversary

The artist Jenny Holzer will project famous quotes about democracy, spoken by historical figures from Aristotle to Martin Luther King Jr., on the facades of the Hirshhorn Museum and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. Titled THE PEOPLE, the project will launch at 6:30pm on 17 September and run for five days […]

Jenny Holzer THE PEOPLE

Art in Embassies and Jenny Holzer Present THE PEOPLE – A Tribute to Democracy on View on the National Mall

Art in Embassies Artist Exchange to Kazakhstan

Angel Rafael “Ralph” Vázquez-Concepción, a visual artist and independent curator visited Kazakhstan as part of the U.S. State Department’s Art in Embassies program.

An exhibition brings together American artists in Geneva on the theme of democracy

An exhibition brings together American artists in Geneva on the theme of democracy

High School senior triumphs in contest through Art in Embassies

Berlin High School senior triumphs in contest through Art in Embassies

Art can help unite the free world – video Fox News

Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports on the value of art in diplomatic relations and Art in Embassies director Megan Beyer explains how art can help ‘unite the free world.’

The man behind iconic Obama poster is working on a new portrait

The artist behind Barack Obama’s iconic “Hope” poster is taking his talents to a new portrait of John F. Kennedy in a celebration of democracy.

In Portugal, Jill Biden stresses the power of art in diplomacy

During a short visit to Portugal today to attend the 60th anniversary celebration of the ‘Art in Embassies’ program promoted by the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon, First Lady Jill Biden stressed the power of art in diplomacy.

Partners in Democracy Initiative Launched

The U.S. Embassy in Athens and DEF Present the Partners in Democracy Initiative

Democracy Collection Launches Traveling Exhibition

Democracy Collection Launches Traveling Exhibition

Democracy Collection video

This video highlights the event at the Kennedy Center which hosted the start of the Democracy Collection programming of Art in Embassies.

John Grade for U.S. Embassy Guatemala

Artist John Grade discusses the roles of a Guatemalan botanist, two historic trees, and a studio in Seattle in “Espejo,” a suspended sculpture in the U.S. Embassy, Guatemala City.

A message from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about the importance of Art in Embassies and the opening of the Democracy Collection.