Results are Tagged with "Arts and Culture"
U.S. Fulbrighters in South Africa, Featuring Mark Nehrenz
Fulbright U.S. Student Program participants to South Africa share their experiences.
Milton Glaser Fulbright Student to Italy, 1952
Milton Glaser is the artist most famous for creating the "I ♥ NY" symbol. He went to Bologna, Italy in 1952 on a Fulbright to "learn how to draw". In this video, Mr. Glaser discusses Fulbright - "the most profound experience of your life" - and his career.
Jonathan Franzen - Fulbright Student to Germany, 1981
American writer and novelist Jonathan Franzen - who received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Germany in 1981 for a project in creative writing - discusses his Fulbright experience and its impact on his career. Mr. Franzen is interviewed by recently-returned Fulbright Alumnus Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, whose Fulbright U.S. Student award to Germany in 2009 was also for a project in creative writing.
Brian Rutenberg - Fulbright Student to Ireland, 1997
Artist Brian Rutenberg brings us into his studio to discuss the evolution of his art, the Fulbright he received to Ireland, and what he is doing now.
Groundbreaking Musical Exchange - Center Stage
Center Stage, is a groundbreaking cultural diplomacy initiative that connects foreign artists with American communities through the performing arts.
Photographing Bangladesh
Fulbright U.S. Scholar, Geoffrey Hiller, taught Interactive Media in Bangladesh. Geoffrey's photos of his experience give a glimpse into what his time in Bangladesh was like.
Photographing the Sámi in Sweden
Erika Larsen, a Fulbright U.S. Student, who studied in Sweden shares her photos of the Sámi people.
Dance Diplomacy - DanceMotion USA
Through the DanceMotion USA program, the U.S. Department of State supports a series of tours by a select number of American contemporary dance companies to increase cross-cultural understanding between the United States and countries around the world.
International Writing Program - Video
Christopher Merrill, Director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, explains the valuable cultural exchanges that take place each year when writers from around the world gather for a semester in Iowa City to discuss and share their craft.