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Press Release AIE and the Smithsonian American Art Museum announce a new collaboration to accelerate U.S. diplomacy

Press Release - Art in Embassies and the Smithsonian American Art Museum announce a new collaboration to accelerate U.S. diplomacy.

Art in Embassies Announces Creative Growth Collection

Art in Embassies Announces Creative Growth Collection - Art in Embassies announces the establishment of the Creative Growth Collection, comprised of 89 artworks created by artists from the Creative Growth Art Center, all of whom have developmental disabilities.

Art in Embassies Announces Clarice Smith Collection

Art in Embassies Announces Clarice Smith Collection - The first collection, The Clarice Smith Collection, comprises 72 artworks by Washington, D.C.-based artist Clarice Smith. These pieces encompass portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes rendered in oil, pastel, and watercolor. They will immediately become available for exhibit in U.S. embassies and Ambassadors’ residences under long-term loan agreements.

Democracy Day at the Smithsonian: Art and Democracy in American History

Democracy Day at the Smithsonian: Art and Democracy in American History

Press Release Office of Art in Embassies Launches New Events in Celebration of 60th Anniversary

The U.S. Department of State’s Office of Art in Embassies (AIE) continues to commemorate its 60th anniversary through a series of upcoming events as part of the office’s Democracy Collection programming.

Press Release Office of Art in Embassies Art in Embassies and Jenny Holzer Present THE PEOPLE

Welcome to the house of the American people for the opening of the Art in Embassies exhibition. We have invited you here to discuss the beautiful pieces that are on display in this home, but first, I have a surprise for you...
THE PEOPLE, 2023 Light projection Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, DC Text: “For Rajaji” by Mohandas Gandhi, from Harijan, May 31, 1942. © 2023 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: Filip Wolak

Partners in Democracy Initiative Launched

The U.S. Embassy in Athens and DEF Present the Partners in Democracy Initiative

Democracy Collection Launches Traveling Exhibition

Democracy Collection Launches Traveling Exhibition

Press Release Office of Art in Embassies Celebrates 60 years with art diplomacy for democracy

Welcome to the house of the American people for the opening of the Art in Embassies exhibition. We have invited you here to discuss the beautiful pieces that are on display in this home, but first, I have a surprise for you...

Medal of Arts 2017 Press Release

Office of Art in Embassies Announces the U.S. Department of State International Medal of Arts Award Recipients – The U.S. Department of State will honor contemporary artists Nick Cave, Jenny Holzer, Wolf Kahn, Imran Qureshi, Pat Steir, and Rachel Whiteread with the International Medal of Arts at the biennial ceremony on January 12 in Washington, […]