The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $130,020 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to support Impulstanz - Vienna International Dance Festival. The award will fund the participation of 22 U.S. artists at the festival taking place from June 25 through August 31, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence foreign audiences and strengthen relationships. This project grant will allow for cultural exchange through...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $336,300 Project Grant to support the 17-Day Open Air Film Festival in Vienna, Austria. The grant funding, awarded on June 25, 2022 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, will support the presentation of 17 long films with accompanying pre-program events including talks, performances, readings, discussions, and concerts at Karlsplatz Wien from June 25 through August 15, 2022. The Public...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs provided $155,264 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to support two solo exhibitions by American artists Kevin Jerome Everson and Doreen Garner at the newly established Halle F. Kunst Steiermark in Graz, Austria. The exhibitions titled "Black History - Black Present" will be delivered between June 1, 2021 and November 30, 2021. The primary sub-awardee is the Kunstverein Medienturm organization, which will...
The Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $328,900 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to support the performance of "Danse Macabre" by Austrian artist Markus Schinwald and U.S. composer Matthew Chamberlain at the 2021 Wiener Festwochen Festival in Austria. The grant completion date was June 30, 2021. Public Diplomacy Programs aims to inform and influence foreign publics and strengthen relationships between people to advance U.S. foreign...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $370,000 Project Grant to support the first extensive solo exhibition of works by renowned U.S. artist Jordan Wolfson at the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria. The grant was awarded on July 1, 2022 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance national interests and enhance relationships between the U.S. and other countries by informing and influencing foreign publics. The funding will support the exhibition of...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $837,184 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (Mumok) exhibition "Blackness, White, and Light." The exhibition, scheduled from March 31 to September 3, 2023, will be the first comprehensive solo exhibition in Europe of New York-based artist Adam Pendleton. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs' goal of informing and influencing foreign...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $319,000 to Kunstmeile Krems Betriebs GMBH, operating as Karikaturmuseum Krems, to support the exhibition "Helen Frankenthaler. Painterly Constellations" from April 23 through October 30, 2022. This Project Grant funding will support the exhibition under the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to inform and influence foreign publics and strengthen cultural relationships. The completion date for the...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $238,000 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to support a 15-day open air film festival in Vienna, Austria. The grant funding will support presenting 15 feature-length films, 1-3 short films, talks, performances, readings, and concerts from July 2 through July 16, 2021. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence foreign publics to advance U.S. foreign...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $267,503 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant (CFDA 19.040) to support the performance of "Song of the Shank" by U.S. artists at the 2023 Wiener Festwochen festival in Austria. George Lewis will compose and Jeffery Renard Allen will author and write the libretto for the musical work. Stan Douglas will contribute visual art, and the Ensemble Modern will perform the piece at the June 13-15, 2023...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $116,185 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant to support the international nine-day Streetdance Festival FlavourAma in Salzburg, Austria from August 27 to September 4, 2022. The award recipient, Potpourri Salzburg - Verein fuer Tanz und Nachwuchsfoerderung, will deliver the festival to advance the United States' foreign policy goals of informing and influencing European publics and strengthening...