Western Carolina University School of Art and Design Art Collaborations, New Embassy Commissions, Special Projects Art in Embassies (AIE) has commissioned the School of Art + Design at Western Carolina University (WCU) to create a permanent, site-specific work of art for the new U.S. Embassy complex in Niamey, Niger. Read More Hirshhorn Lecture Series Lecture Series, Special Projects Art in Embassies is pleased to present an innovative partnership with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in Washington, DC.  This collaboration creates a new public artist lecture series, featuring internationally renowned contemporary artists. Read More Contemporary Native Images Print Series Art Collaborations, Special Projects A Collaboration between the U.S. Department of State’s Art in Embassies Program and the Institute of American Indian Arts. Five artists representing five different voices and tribes were selected to create new works, honoring the diversity of Native American traditions. Art in Embassies is proud to share the rich and Read More Contemporary Conversations Lecture Series, Special Projects Art in Embassies is pleased to present Contemporary Conversations, a speaking series created in partnership with the U.S. Embassy Ottawa and the National Gallery of Canada. In a public, moderated discussion, this new series will feature four American contemporary artists whose work is part of the Art in Embassy exhibition Read More

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MFON Women Photographers of the African Diaspora

Art in Embassies and U.S. Embassy Kigali sponsored a cultural exchange with documentary photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn and visual artist...
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Bennington College – Art in the Public Realm

In 2014, Art in Embassies entered a four-year partnership with Bennington College to create an outdoor commission for the new...
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Western Carolina University School of Art and Design

Art in Embassies (AIE) has commissioned the School of Art + Design at Western Carolina University (WCU) to create a...
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“…the life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is very close to the center of a nation’s purpose–and is a test of the quality of a nation’s civilization.”

John F. Kennedy, December 18, 1962

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MFON Women Photographers of the African Diaspora

Bennington College – Art in the Public Realm

Western Carolina University School of Art and Design

Hirshhorn Lecture Series

Contemporary Native Images Print Series

Contemporary Conversations

Marie Watt Blanket Stories Islamabad Project

VSA Tennessee Quilt Project

Studio in a School: Tokyo

U.S. Embassy Dakar mural by Mickalene Thomas

Cross Cultural Exterior Mural

Rhode Island School of Design: Jim Drain

Serving Abroad Through Their Eyes: Department of Defense

Palas por Pistolas

Matadero Reina Sofia

Julie Mehretu at TATE lecture

American Artists Lecture Series at TATE Modern

Wilson Center Medal of Arts Conversation

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ARTISTS

Artists from around the world who have exhibited with Art in Embassies

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Over 60 years of international exhibitions

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Artists engaging in cultural dialogue beyond the walls of the mission

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International Lecture Series, Collaborations, and Partnerships