Art as Diplomacy: 21st Century Challenges

On Monday, May 17, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. the Department of State’s ART in Embassies Program, together with the independent, Washington-based Center for Arts and Culture, will host a panel discussion, Art as Diplomacy: 21st Century Challenges, in the Loy Henderson Room of the Department of State. This event will bring together members of the American art community and U.S. diplomats to consider the role of art and artists in public diplomacy as well as current challenges in that arena.

Participants include:

• Charles Cowles, Director of Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY;
• Karl Hofmann, Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department of State;
• Michael Kaiser, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC;
• Adair Margo, Chairman of the President’s Council on the Arts and the Humanities, El Paso, TX;
• Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, President of Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT;
• Therman Statom, artist and lender to the ART in Embassies Program, Escondido CA, and;
• Margaret Tutwiler, Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy, who will be making introductory remarks.

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