Archives for blog topic “Arts”

Registration for the 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival opened this morning, with tickets to the Festival available here.

Filed in Blog Topics: 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival, Election 2012, Arts

“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.”

Filed in Blog Topics: Arts, Cultural Diplomacy, music, Damian Woetzel, 2102 Aspen Ideas Festival, dancing, ballroom, Aspen Institute Arts Program, Pierre Dulaine, Merlijn Twaalhoven

We had the pleasure of hosting American Film Institute Founder George Stevens, Jr. earlier this week at an Institute discussion on creativity with our Arts Program Director Damian Woetzel as part of The Washington Ideas Roundtable Series.

Filed in Blog Topics: Arts, Arts Leadership, kennedy center, George Stevens Jr.

Actor, activist and Aspen Institute Trustee Anna Deavere Smith will be at the Aspen Institute to discuss an artist's role in social change. Watch this preview to see what moderator Anne Mosle hopes to talk about:

Filed in Blog Topics: Arts, Advocacy, Anna Deavere Smith