RDCF
NEW INITIATIVE-INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT

CONTEXT

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Public & Private Cultural Exchange-Based Diplomacy: New Models for the 21st Century, Salzburg Seminar, Session 490, April 28th - May 2nd, 2012

2. Promoting Public & Private Reinvestment in Cultural Exchange-Based Diplomacy, Margaret C. Ayers, April 16th, 2010

3. The Art of Engagement: Timeline of U.S. Public and Cultural Diplomacy 1999-2009, Aimee R. Fullman, April 16th, 2010

4. A Review of Public and Private Investment in Cultural Exchange-Based Diplomacy Over Time, Margaret C. Ayers for the 2010 Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Symposium on Arts & Public Policy, Ohio State University, May 24th 2010

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

Dance Theater Workshop Awarded $75,000 to Expand the Suitcase Fund and Foster Cross-Cultural Artist Relations in the Middle East and Africa

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