Moving Forward: A Renewed Role for American Arts and Artists in the Global Age

Thank you for taking part in our colloquium! Our purpose is to celebrate how the Art and Artifacts Indemnity Act has been a precedent of federal support for the arts on an international level for over three decades. To do this, in the spirit of renewed support for restoring the centrality of both the visual and performing arts on a national level, we initiated a lively discussion to consider how it can be reinvigorated and enlarged for individual/private and governmental/public diplomacy initiatives, including how the Act can be expanded to better support the performing arts.

Relevant Reports

Participant Contributions/Works

Articles/Periodicals

Pincus, Walter. "GAO Calls for A New Priority On Public Diplomacy." Washington Post: January 12, 2009: A-11.

McHenry, Barnabas. "Notes on the Presidential Task Force on the Arts and Humanities and President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities." The Annals of the American Academy and Social Science, Vol. 471. Paying for Culture (January 1984): 107-116.

Magness-Gardiner, Bonnie. "Long-Term Archaeological Loans from Italy: Summary of Roundtable Discussions." American Journal of Archaeology 107,3 (July 2003): 477-481.

Katz, Stanley. "History, Cultural Policy, and International Exchange in the Performing Arts." Performing Arts Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2/3. 10th Anniversary Issue: The American Theatre Condition (1985): 76-88.

Radich, Anthony. "The Appreciative Journey: A Guide to Developing International Cultural Exchanges." Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, Vol. 37, Iss. 3 (Fall 2007): 271-272.

Hoving, Thomas. "In Defense of King Tut." Los Angeles Times: June 20, 2005: B-11.

Radice, Anne-Imelda M. "Working Together: Overcoming Cultural Fear and Differences." Address: Delivered September 30, 2008 to Picturing America symposium at UNESCO, Paris, France.

Sablosky, Juliet. "Recent Trends in Department of State Support for Cultural Diplomacy: 1993-2002." Wash, DC: Center for Arts and Culture, 2003: 18.

Brown, John. "Arts Diplomacy: the Neglected Aspect of Cultural Diplomacy." William P. Kiehl, Ed. America’s Dialogue with the World. Wash, DC: Public Diplomacy Council, 2006: 72-90.

Schneider, Cynthia. "There’s an Art to Telling the World about America." Washington Post: August, 25, 2002.

Hyde Smith, Pamela. "The Hard Road Back to Soft Power." Georgetown Journal of International Affairs: Winter/Spring 2007.

STP&A Conference: A Panel Discussion. "America's Cultural Land of Promise: Beyond Elitism and Populism." Baltimore, MD: October 17, 2008.

Useful Websites and Information

Art and Artifacts Indemnity Act of 1975

University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy

Public Diplomacy Council

Leading Questions

Leading Questions for Afternoon Work Groups

Participants

Alberta Arthurs, Former Director, Rockefeller Foundation, Arts and Humanities Program

Hilary Ballon, Associate Vice Chancellor for Regional Campus Development, New York University

Tony Bechara, Trustee, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Studio in a School, and El Museo del Barrio

Ford Bell, President, American Association of Museums

Charles C. Bergman, Chairman of the Resource Center for Cultural Engagement and Chairman and CEO of The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.

Adam Bernstein, Deputy Director Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

John Brademas, President Emeritus, New York University

Ben Cameron, Program Director for the Arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Joni Cherbo, Co-Director, Resource Center for Cultural Engagement

Meryl Chertoff, Director, Sandra Day O'Connor Project on the State of the Judiciary at Georgetown Law School

Alan Cooper, Executive Director, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

Thomas Crow, Associate Provost for the Arts New York University, Institute of Fine Arts

Monica Dugot, Senior VP and Director of Restitution, Christie's

Chris Elam, Artistic Director, Misnomer Dance Company

Alan Fern, Director Emeritus, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Amy Fitterer, Director of Government Affairs, Dance/USA and OPERA America

Sandra L. Gibson, President, Association of Performing Arts Presenters

William Glade, Professor, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas, Austin

Agnes Gund, Chair, Mayor's Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission

Frank Hodsoll, President and CEO, Resource Center for Cultural Engagement and Chairman, World Heritage Sub-Committee U.S. National Commission for UNESCO

Alicia Hurley, Acting Director, John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress

Bill Ivey, Director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy at Vanderbilt University

Denise Jefferson, Director, The Official School of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Rogan Kersh, Associate Dean New York University, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

Steven Lavine, President, California Institute of the Arts

Najean Lee, Government Affairs & Education Advocacy Manager League of American Orchestras

Kate Levin, Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs

Robert Lynch, President and CEO, Americans for the Arts

Michele Marincola, Interim Director and Professor of Conservation, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Sharon Memis, Director, North America, The British Council, USA

Sondra Myers, Senior Fellow for International Civic and Cultural Programs, University of Scranton

Diane Ragsdale, Associate Program Officer, The Andrew Mellon Foundation

Ann Rosenthal, Executive Director and Producer, MAPP International

Christopher Shays, Congressman and Former Co-Chair of Congressional Arts Council

Holly Sidford, President, Helicon Collaborative

Ruth Ann Stewart, Clinical Professor, New York University, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

Geeta Tate, Senior Advisor, Community Engagement and Government Relations, Jazz at Lincoln Center

Alice Whelihan, Indemnity Administrator, National Endowment for the Arts

Nancy Weiss, General Counsel, Institute of Museum and Library Services

Margaret Wyszomirski, Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Arts Policy and Administration, The Ohio State University