Project Grant SSZ23023GR0011

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 a $223,000 project grant to support in-country costs for U.S. Arts Envoy Clark Beckham and his band's participation in the Rigas Ritmi music festival in Riga and Kuldiga, Latvia. The grant funding supported the band's performance and engagement activities at the festival from June 27 to July 31, 2022 under the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040). This federal grant program aims to advance U.S. foreign policy and...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $372,250 Project Grant to the Baltimore Choral Arts Society Inc. to support a concert by Baltimore Choral Arts Society singers and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Konzertaus in Vienna, Austria on October 22, 2022. The concert delivers products and services that advance the goals of the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program by informing and influencing foreign publics in Austria...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $510,381 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant to support the world premiere production of the opera Poppaea by American composer Michael Hersch and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann. The Musikverein "Wien Modern" organization in Austria will produce the opera at the Festival Wien Modern from October 30 to November 30, 2021. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $110,000 project grant to support American participation in the Visagino Country Music Festival in Lithuania. The grant was awarded under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to promote inclusion and share democratic values through cultural exchange in a majority Russian-speaking region. Specifically, the funding will support the Tarptautinio Muzikos Festivalio Visagino Country Centras in...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $451,677 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to support implementation of a project providing for the performance and public talk by a U.S. soprano at the Riga Jurmala Festival in Latvia from July 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to support U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign publics. This award advances those...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) provides $700,000 in funding to Found Sound Nation, Inc. to support the FY 2025 American Music Mentorship Program. The award period runs from Sep 26, 2025 through Dec 30, 2027. The program leverages music as a transformative medium to promote cross-cultural understanding and reconciliation through...

The Museum der Moderne Salzburg received a $290,600 project grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs to support the exhibition and publication of works by American video artist Bill Viola. Funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance U.S. foreign policy and cultural relations objectives, the exhibition was held from July 16 through October 30, 2022. As the sub-awardee, Museum der Moderne Salzburg utilized the funding to curate...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $117,500 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to Kunsthauswien GMBH. The funding supports Kunsthauswien's invitation of four American and US-based artists—Alia Ali, Nakeya Brown, Pixy Liao, and Carmen Winant—to showcase their works at the Photo Festival Foto Wien from March 5 to March 31, 2022. The Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) aims to support U.S. foreign policy goals through civic engagement and...

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...