Artist W.C. Richardson sat down with Art in Embassies staff to talk about his artwork and influences on his piece in the Ankara exhibition 2015. Produced in conjunction with Art in Embassies’ exhibition in Ankara at the official residence of U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, John R. Bass
Ellen Susman speaking in Rome at the opening of Art in Embassies’ exhibition at Villa Taverna, the official residence of U.S. Ambassador to Italy, John R. Phillips.
Mari Gardner traveled to Mbabane, Swaziland from November 8 to November 22, 2008. During her trip she worked with local orphanages and not-for-profit organizations such as the AIDS Support Center to expose as many different sectors of society to her art as her visit would allow. Her visit particularly benefited the women and children of […]
The designer and artist Julie Wolfe visited Ecuador from September 19-27, 2011. During her tour she had the opportunity to share her knowledge and methodologies with artisans in the Ecuadorian Amazon. A group of 15 women participated in a workshop to improve their designs and techniques of jewelry for sale to tourists. This event was […]
‘Transformations’ was a cross cultural Artist Exchange program, sponsored by Art in Embassies (AIE) and U.S. Embassy, South Africa, with the goal to engage U.S. artists and South African artists with local communities through the medium of art. Participants in this three-day outreach series, which took place in different townships and cities within South Africa, […]
Artist Susan Eder sat down with Art in Embassies staff to talk about her artwork and influences on her pieces in the Ankara exhibition 2015. Produced in conjunction with Art in Embassies’ exhibition in Ankara at the official residence of U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, John R. Bass
Artist Dennis Lee Mitchell sat down with Art in Embassies staff to talk about his artwork and influences on his piece in the Ankara exhibition 2015. Produced in conjunction with Art in Embassies’ exhibition in Ankara at the official residence of U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, John R. Bass
Photographer Rick Chapman sat down with Art in Embassies staff to talk about his photography and influences on the images in the Ankara exhibition 2015.
Artists Jacquelyn Gleisner Jill Galarneau and Peter Clouse traveled to Botswana for an eight day artist exchange. It was a very productive exchange, initiated by Art in Embassies and Ambassador Earl Miller. The artist exchange took place in the capital of Botswana, Gaborone, and in Maun, to coincide with the annual Maun International Art Festival.
Prior to his public lecture at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, American artist and Contemporary Conversations feature speaker, Eric Fischl, sat down to talk with U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Bruce Heyman.
Art in Embassies sent three generations of Navajo weavers (Sarah Naataanii, Tahnibaa Naataanii and Winter Rose Hoskie) to Laos for a weaving cultural exchange.
Art in Embassies and TATE Modern are pleased to announce the next lecturer in the American Artist Lecture Series. Glenn Ligon will be the sixth speaker in the American Artist Lecture Series, a partnership between Art in Embassies, Tate Modern and US Embassy London. One of America’s leading contemporary artists, he is perhaps best known […]
Secretary of State John Kerry awarded the second U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts during a luncheon ceremony on January 21, 2015, in the Department’s Benjamin Franklin Room. The distinguished recipients of the 2015 Medal of Arts awards were Xu Bing, Mark Bradford, Sam Gilliam, Maya Lin, Julie Mehretu, Pedro Reyes, and Kehinde Wiley.
