Art in Embassies artist Mark Bradford met at U.S. Embassy London with students from the Royal College of Art at the location of his site-specific, large-scale commission We the People.Read More
“Culture is about people, how we live, communicate, what we make, and what we value, which is to say all that make us who we are as people...” - Yunhee MinRead More
American artist Courtney Mattison draws inspiration from our oceans and the coral reefs within, a subject intrinsically connected to the Coral Triangle islands of Indonesia. Her commission for the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Confluence (Our Changing Seas V), and the following artist exchange to Indonesia allowed her to reconnect with these ideas and engage with...Read More
As part of their collaboration for a commission in the new U.S. Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay, Johnson and Aranda traveled to Paraguay to meet local artisans and weavers from different parts of the country.Read More
“As an artist I value a variety of visual experiences to form my ideas for future work. Bringing artists from different countries and cultures together enriches everyone.” - Donna Rhae MarderRead More
American fiber artist Michele Lasker traveled to Lima, Peru to teach workshops, lead lectures, learn from artisans, and worked with students as an Art in Embassies exchange artist.Read More
Fine art and documentary photographers Adama Delphine Fawundu and Laylah Amatullah Barrayn traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, to engage with a variety of communities and promote photography as a medium among artists and aspiring artists.Read More
Nebraska artist Kristin Pluhacek traveled to Asmara, Eritrea, to facilitate and work side-by-side with twenty-four Eritrean artists representing the nine major ethnic groups of Eritrea, to create a nine-panel mural, each panel representing one of the ethnic groups.Read More
