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Opening up the World: An International Look at Art

American Artscape | 2014 No. 1
NEA Arts cover no1 2014
(In) Beautification, 1333 (detail), 2011, by Tarek Al Ghoussein, part of the FotoFest 2014 biennial View from Inside: Contemporary Arab Video, Photography and Mixed Media in Houston, Texas. Image courtesy of the artist and the Third Line
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About this Issue

Although we are a national arts agency, the NEA’s artistic vision and impact are hardly limited by U.S. borders. How could they be? Art is inherently fluid, able to cross cultures and affect people regardless of geography, language, belief, or political disposition. As former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a 2012 speech, art “reaches beyond governments, past all of the official conference rooms and the presidential palaces, to connect with people all over the world.”

The National Endowment for the Arts has always played a part in spreading art globally, whether through exchange programs we sponsor or grants we have awarded to organizations featuring international artists. We also have been a strong supporter of literary translation, which is featured in this issue, awarding 355 NEA Translation Fellowships since 1981.

Additionally in this issue, we admire the creative talents of Arab photographers, currently on exhibit at Houston’s FotoFest, and go on tour with Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante as they introduce U.S. audiences to Brazilian maracatu music. We watch as theater shows the plight of those with physical disabilities in Croatia, and we get a director’s look at Film Forward, which uses cinema to promote cultural dialogue across the globe. As you read through these stories, we hope you’ll see how art can expose our shared humanity even as it provides a window into new perspectives and ways of life.

Included in this Issue

Director wearing hat with two Laotian children.

The Lao Point of View

Making Connections through Film Forward
Three women in colorful clothes with hena-colored bodies.

Viewed through an Artistic Lens

FotoFest's 2014 International Biennial
Bands playing maracatu music on stage at Lincoln Center.

A New Rhythm

Southern Exposure Brings Maracatu to the U.S.
Book cover by Abdourahman Waberi.

Literature's Invisible Art

A Look at Literary Translation
Group of disabled Croatian young adults practicing a play.

Telling Their Stories

Arena Stage's Voices of Now Program Goes International
Japanese-American woman in costume banging on a taiko drum.

Empowering through Art

PJ Hirabayashi to Connect with Artists in Japan
Small African nkisi figure

The Influence of Africa on U.S. Culture

A Look at the Kongo across the Waters Exhibition
Woman playing saxophone in concert.

Melissa Aldana: Continuing the Tradition

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