“Beauty is a great way to connect. When you see a painting or a performance that is beauty, you find yourself opening up," Dutch composer Merlijn Twaalfhoven said at Thursday’s Arts panel “Culture and Conflict.”
Archives for blog topic “Cultural Diplomacy”
Jun 29 2012
By Erica Sheftman
Apr 06 2012
Senegal's new culture minister is none other than our friend Youssou N'Dour, the Grammy award winning singer from Senegal who joined us at the 2009 Cultural Diplomacy Forum in Aviles, Spain. Watch him discuss the diplomacy of arts and culture here:
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