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Programa Moda Sostenible 2019
Moda Sostenible USA
Our Arts Envoys worked with advanced fashion design students in the Dominican Republic to create sustainable fashion designs for the Dominican Fashion week.
5-piece Jazz Rock Band Aberdeen
I worked for the US State Department as a Jazz Diplomat
American Arts Incubator in Turkey
The American Arts Incubator has arrived in Turkey. The creative exchange program, that is organized in collaboration with InogarArt and the U.S. Consulate, which visits countries all over the world is underway here in Istanbul.
OneBeat Portrait Kafu Kinolli
OneBeat profiles Bajram "Kafu" Kinolli from Kosovo. Kafu says, that "just showing an instrument to a kid is beautiful. In my country I'm trying to build an organization that can affect society through music in a political way."
OneBeat Portrait Daniela Serna & LADAMA 2019
OneBeat brings together emerging musical leaders from around the world to collaboratively create original work and to develop a global network of civically engaged music initiatives.
American Arts Incubator Ecuador 2018
American Arts Incubator is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs developed in partnership with ZERO1.
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What is Culture?
Celebrate #CulturalDiplomacy with us by sharing a part of culture, whether it be an art exhibit, concert, or food that moved you.
The Capitoline Venus housed at the Capitoline Museum in Rome, Italy
The Capitoline Venus
A Masterpiece from the Capitoline Museum, Rome.
Oscar Williams, Jr., Rhythm Road tour for the U.S. Department of State
Rhythm Road: Oscar Williams Jr. and the Band of Life
Oscar Williams Jr. and the Band of Life talk about the importance of music and how it is a universal language in the clip highlighting their upcoming Rhythm Road tour for the U.S. Department of State.
Canterbury Cathedral stained glass window, 12-13th-century AD
Dr. Meredith Lillich, 1953 Fulbright Student to Belgium, 1983 Fulbright Scholar to France
After graduating from Oberlin College with a degree in art history, Meredith Lillich was eager to travel to Europe to see in person the artwork that she had been studying. She applied for and won a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Belgium.
A worker in the new Metropolitan Museum of Art galleries that contain many works of Islamic influence.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: New Galleries
The U.S. Department of State is proud to collaborate with the Metropolitan Museum of Art on international outreach for the "New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia."
Oscar Williams, Jr., and the Band of Life
American Music Abroad - Video
The Department of State's American Music Abroad program sends artists around the world to foster new dialogues musically.