Art in Embassies and U.S. Embassy Kigali sponsored a cultural exchange with documentary photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn and visual artist Adama Delphine Fawundu.Read More
In 2014, Art in Embassies entered a four-year partnership with Bennington College to create an outdoor commission for the new U.S Embassy in Oslo, Norway.Read More
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
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
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 diverse work in this collection,...Read More
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 at the U.S. Ambassador’s residence.Read More
Commissioned by the State Department’s office of Art in Embassies (AIE), artist Marie Watt has created an artwork for the new U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan with public submissions.Read More
On Friday July 24, 2015, Art in Embassies Director Ellen Susman happily accepted 40 Days Around the World Quilt, a unique work of textile are donated by former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith. The quilt project, initiated by VSA Tennessee (a State affiliate of the VSA International Organization on Arts and Disability) patches...Read More
“Working with Art in Embassies makes us proud to say that this is the first time the organization has had the opportunity to display them internationally.” – Jonas Stigh, Director of Marketing and Public Relations Studio in a School, New York The artworks currently on display at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Japan...Read More
After Mickalene Thomas was commissioned to create the mural, she had the opportunity to visit Dakar, and was struck by the beauty of both the urban and natural landscape of the area. She was especially struck by its markets, the beach, the buildings, native trees and plants, and boats, which she photographed and used as...Read More
The Art in Embassies: Morocco course is a partnership between RISD and the U.S. Department of State’s office of ART in Embassies (AIE). This collaborative project has been designed to promote cross-cultural exchange, and to recognize and nurture the talents of the next generation of professional artists. Renowned artist Jim Drain is working cooperatively on...Read More
In 2012, The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Defense recognized the 50th anniversary of the Office of Art in Embassies, through Serving Abroad...Through Their Eyes, a collaborative photography project.Read More
Palas por Pistolas initiated in the city of Culiacán, a city in western Mexico with a high rate of deaths by gunshot. The botanical garden of Culiacán has been comissioning artist to do interventions in the park and my proposal was to work in the larger scale of the city and organize a campaign for...Read More
We are pleased to bring a diverse group of incredibly successful contemporary American creators to inspire Spain’s next generation of artists,” said Ambassador Costos. “To make it in today’s art world, creators must also be entrepreneurs. These events not only expose Spanish youth to a few of the amazing artists represented in our Art in...Read More
The Art in Embassies American Artist Lecture Series at the Tate Modern-London is a unique collaboration with Embassy London. In celebration of AIE’s 50th anniversary, the three-year-long program will feature six noted American artists. Over the next three years these three partners have committed to highlighting six acclaimed American artists in lectures at the Tate...Read More
On November 29, 2012, as part of its 50th anniversary celebration, Art in Embassies (AIE), U.S. Department of State, joined with the Aspen Institute, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center to present a conversation with the five recipients of the Medal of Arts, awarded by...Read More
In honor of Art in Embassies 50th Anniversary and Condé Nast Traveler’s 25th anniversary, noted Pakistani-American artist Shahzia Sikander and acclaimed fabric and mosaic artist Nick Cave have designed two special globes. Both artists have collaborated with AIE on multiple projects in the past, including the U.S. Embassy in Karachi and Port-au-Prince. The globes by...Read More
