Research, Ideas, and Support for the Arts in a Global Society
Using a combination of live theatre production and cinema, Sage Lewis’s work brings U.S. and Cuban artists and musicians together in the same space virtually when actual collaborations are difficult or impossible. The result is conversation-starting work that “breaks ground artistically, politically and technologically.”
In this China series, I began with the premise that an American orchestra’s trip to China could make an impact on both the American musicians and the Chinese audiences they performed for. In Part II, I’d like to share with you some findings to bolster that claim and some interesting data shared from our traveling […]
We here at Arts Diplomacy Network sometimes feel like we’re standing at a border with one foot in the world of public diplomats—who rarely consider arts and culture truly relevant to their work—and the other in the land of arts practitioners and managers, who care deeply about civic engagement but don’t often have a firm grasp on how their work figures into efforts to improve international relations. But the two professions share some fundamental concerns.
As spring arrives in waves of sunshine and warmer weather, we’re celebrating the activities of arts diplomacy initiatives worldwide with Arts Diplomacy Month. It may be new in title, but the idea is age-old: People using the arts to connect, to communicate, and to empower ideas. With that, Arts Diplomacy Network is here to bring […]
An Israeli musician and a Syrian musician were sitting together. They tried to play the same note with the same dynamic and the same expression. It wasn’t just music that resulted; they would never look at each other the same way again. In this post, Mary Einbinder tells the fascinating story behind the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
Arts Diplomacy Network is pleased to present our second Writing Fellow, Mary Einbinder, a graduate student at New York University. She’ll be writing about uses of music as cultural diplomacy. Welcome, Mary!
ADN’s new writing fellow, Brandon Turner, examines media coverage of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music’s recent visit to the United States.
We’re excited to introduce Brandon Turner, our first writing fellow on Arts Diplomacy Network. Brandon writes about the cultural issues and policies surrounding international arts exchanges and world music in the United States. Welcome, Brandon!
Following our mission to develop a vibrant community for international arts engagement, Arts Diplomacy Network is seeking new writing fellows to join our team. Our writing fellows are emerging leaders in the fields of cultural diplomacy, international relations, and civic arts engagement who are seeking exposure and arts writing mentorship in a structured environment…
China is an interesting place – at once mysterious and frankly transparent, complex and profoundly simple. These polarities make spending time in China a challenging task, and a richly rewarding one. On my most recent trip to China, the now-familiar trek was compounded by added element of intrigue: this time, I would be accompanying an […]
