PUBLICATIONS:
OVERVIEW OF INITIATIVE
In late summer of 2007, amidst the continued decline of America's image abroad, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation commissioned research on U.S.-based cultural diplomacy and cultural exchange after 9-11 to prompt an anticipated new incoming administration to create a proactive program in support of international cultural exchange.
This research brings together data on public and private support for cultural exchange as well as research on the challenges, successes, smart practices and trends of engagement by participating arts and cultural organizations. Additionally, it examines the history of public-private partnerships and new technologies being used in the promotion of cultural content for public diplomacy purposes.
We hope to promote support for international arts and cultural exchange by providing information that can make the case with public and private funders to invest in such exchanges. We believe that such investments will advance a more consultative American public diplomacy effort in reaching global understanding.
INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT MAPS
- Arts Midwest
- American Dance Abroad
- Battery Dance Company
- Bronx Museum for Arts & Design
- Brooklyn Academy of Music
- Latino International Theater Festival
- MAPP International Productions
- Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
- Museum of Arts & Design
- National Performance Network
- New England Foundation for the Arts
- New York Live Arts
- Salzburg Seminar
- Theater Exchanges
- Vermont Studio Center
INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT GRANTS 2008-2012
List of organizations supported in the area of Promoting International Cultural Engagement:
| Year |
Grantee |
Amount |
| 2012 |
Art 21 Bang on a Can Brooklyn Academy of Music-Dance Motion II CEC ArtsLink Cultures in Harmony IFAR Independent Curators International The Joyce Theater LARK Play Development Center Latino Interntaional Theatre Festival MAPP International National Public Radio New York Live Arts Old Town School of Folk Music Season of Cambodia (NYFA) Thalia Spanish Dance St. Ann's Warehouse |
$100,000 $200,000/2yrs. $200,000/2yrs. $130,000/2yrs. $30,000 $75,000 $60,000 $215,000/2yrs. $60,000 $150,000 $200,000/2yrs $100,000 $130,000 $112,000/2yrs. $150,000/2yrs. $50,000 $40,000 $2,202,000 |
| 2011 |
American Dance Abroad Arts Midwest ART21 Battery Dance Company Bronx Museum of Arts Creative Time Glimmerglass Festival Independent Curators International International Foundation for Art Research La Mama ETC Latino International Theater Festival of New York National Performance Network New England Foundation for the Arts New Museum Salzburg Global Seminar “Si Cuba” Collaboration Henry L. Stimson Center Syracuse Stage Vermont Studio Center |
$175,000/2yrs. $200,000/2yrs. $100,000 $150,000/2yrs. $200,000/2yrs. $150,000/2yrs. $50,000 $60,000 $75,000 $65,000 $150,000 $100,000 $200,000/2yrs. $200,000/2yrs. $150,000 $50,000 $100,000 $60,000 $100,000/2yrs $2,335,000 |
| 2010 | Americans for the Arts Battery Dance Company Brooklyn Academy of Music (DanceMotion USA I) Brooklyn Academy of Music (DanceMotion USA II) CEC Arts Link Cuban Artists Fund Dance Theatre Workshop Film Forum Independent Curators International International Foundation for Art Research Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Museum of Arts and Design National Performance Network New York Foundation for the Arts New York Theatre Workshop St. Ann’s Warehouse |
$75,000 $60,000 $60,000 $200,000/2yrs. $100,000/2yrs. $10,000 $75,000 $60,000/2yrs. $50,000 $75,000 $100,000/2yrs. $200,000/2yrs. $150,000 $100,000 $75,000 $50,000 $75,000 $1,515,000 |
| 2009 | ART21 CEC Arts Link Center for Dialogues at NYU Dance USA International Studio and Curatorial Program Studio Museum in Harlem |
$100,000 $20,000 $21,319 $60,000 $60,000 $75,000 $336,319 |
| 2008 | Brooklyn Academy of Music (Muslim Voices) Cuban Artists Fund Latino International Theater Festival of NY Location One World Music Institute |
$200,000/2yrs. $35,000 $50,000 $40,000 $50,000 $375,000 |
FULL GRANT DESCRIPTIONS FOR THIS INITIATIVE
- For a full description of the most recent full year's grants (2012) in this area please click here
- For a full description of past year's grants in this area please click here and then select NEW CULTURAL INITIATIVE in the SELECT PROGRAM drop down menu
PRESS RELEASES 2012
TeatroStageFest, the Latino International Theater Festival of New York, Receives Major Grant for Inaugural Round of Southern Exposure: Performing Arts of Latin America
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Announces Inaugural Grants for Southern Exposure: Performing Arts of Latin America
Art21 Awarded $100,000 Grant for International Cultural Diplomacy and Education Initiative
MAPP International Productions Awarded $200,000 Grant to Support Landmark Program for International Cultural Exchange
PRESS RELEASES 2011
Syracuse Stage's The Brothers Size Moving to Leading Theatres in South Africa
American Dance Abroad Awarded $175,000 to Launch a Series of Programs Strengthening the Export of American Dance
The Latino International Theater Festival of New York Awarded $150,000 to Establish an International Cultural Engagement partnership with SESC-SAO Paulo
Battery Dance Company Awarded $150,000 to Expand its International Cultural Engagement Initiatives
Art21 Awarded $100,000 to Support its International Cultural Diplomacy and Education Initiative
The Bronx Museum of Arts Awarded $200,000 to Support the smARTpower Initiative
International Foundation for Art Research Awarded $150,000 in Grants to Support Art Law/Cultural Property Web Site
The Vermont Studio Center Awarded $100,000 to Support Cultural Exchange
The New England Foundation for the Arts Awarded $200,000 to Support its Center Stage partnership program with the US State Department
The Brooklyn Academy of Music Awarded $50,000 to Promote the Si Cuba Festival in New York City
PRESS RELEASES 2010
The Brooklyn Academy of Music Awarded $260,000 to Support its DanceMotion USA partnership with the US State Department
"The Global Africa Project" at New York's Museum of Arts and Design Made Possible in part by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
The National Performance Network awarded $100,000 to Support Strengthening Opportunities for U.S. Artists/Companies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Launches Southern Exposure: Performing Arts of Latin America
PRESS RELEASES 2009
Dance/USA Awarded $60,000 to Develop Plan for International Export of American Dance
EDITORIALS
Bob Lynch describes International Engagement in the Huffington Post
How Helpful is Cultural Diplomacy? Very Helpful!
-- Read Margaret Ayers' October 20, 2009 contribution to the ongoing Huffington Post conversation on cultural diplomacy started by Michael Kaiser and Karen Brooks Hopkins.
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation International Engagement Initiative Referenced by Wall Street Journal