ECA works with museums and independent curators across the United States to select and tour modest sized exhibitions of American Art in all media, that meet the program needs of our embassies abroad and the cultural diplomacy objectives of the United States government. Exhibitions may include, but are not limited to, work in any or the following disciplines: photography, sculpture, architecture, painting, video art, textile arts and crafts. Exhibitions are presented at cultural institutions abroad under the auspices of a U.S. Embassy or Consulate General. Occasionally, curators, other museum specialists and artists will present lectures and participate in collaborative public programs in conjunction with exhibition openings. Venues for exhibitions range from museums and cultural centers to schools, university art galleries, and American Corners, which are partnerships between the Public Affairs Sections of U.S. Embassies and host institutions that provide access to current and reliable information about the U.S. to the general public and include exhibition space for the visual arts.
Presently, the Cultural Programs Division is sponsoring five major exhibition initiatives. These initiatives include exhibitions of the work of Mark Rothko, a leading Abstract Expressionist painter; Landmarks of New York, a photography exhibition of New York City landmark buildings; US Express, a video art exhibition, and American Roadside Architecture, a photography exhibition focusing on the early architecture of America's motoring past.
The Cultural Programs Division also produces occasional poster series on selected topics in the arts or outstanding artistic personalities. Recent series have included Duke Ellington Remembered; Louis Armstrong: King of Jazz; Visual Power: 21st Century Native American Artists/Intellectuals; When the Spirit Moves: A History of African American Dance; All Americans: Images of Heritage of Citizenship; and Through Artists' Eyes: The American Space Program. These poster series are produced for use by U.S. Embassies around the world. Translated into major world languages, they are distributed to libraries, schools, performing arts centers, American Corners and Informational Resource Centers at US Missions.
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