The mural in León, like the one in El Viejo, was completed in three days with about 30 participants. The atmosphere was very different there, though – it was more urban, had more colonial architecture, evidence of a tourism industry, and was pretty diverse – as far as I could tell from my short time there.
Welcome to the latest edition of the Meridian Center for Cultural Diplomacy (MCCD)’s Soft Power: The Monthly Roundup. This blog series is compiled each month by MCCD staff and interns.
This month, we are highlighting seven cultural diplomacy projects from around the world.
I’m participating in the Mural Arts Exchange Program through the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, currently traveling throughout Nicaragua to meet with youth and other community groups from five different cities. In each location, we’ll be creating murals together. As of now, we’ve completed three and have two more to go. Here’s a recap of the first mural, in El Viejo.
As Past Forward: Contemporary Art from the Emirates continues its tour around the United States, the MCCD staff was touched to hear from Zeinab Al Hashemi and Khalid Mezaina – Emirati artists featured in the exhibition – who visited Washington, D.C., during the exhibition launch at Meridian’s Cafritz Galleries this past May. Read what the artists had to say about their exchange:
Welcome to the fifth installment of the Meridian Center for Cultural Diplomacy’s Soft Power: The Monthly Roundup.
In addition to cultural diplomacy projects that launched this past month, for this last post of 2014 we’re also highlighting some notable efforts from this past year:
