Content tagged with “Arts”
In a career spanning fifty years, George Stevens, Jr. has created a legacy of distinguished work as a writer, director, producer of motion pictures and television. In 1962 he became the head of the...
Tags: Arts, Arts Leadership, kennedy center, george stevens jr This past November the Aspen Institute, in partnership with Asia Society and the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, hosted the inaugural US-China Forum on the Arts...
Tags: Arts, Cultural Diplomacy, China, US-China Forum on the Arts and Literature, Beijing, Asia Society In partnership with Royal Opera House of Muscat, the Aspen Institute's Global Initiative on Cultural and Society presented the inaugural Creative Arts World Summit which took place in Muscat, Oman on...
Tags: Arts The Aspen Institute Arts Program is pleased to announce the first ever US-China Forum on Arts and Culture. Scheduled for November 16 – 19, 2011 in Beijing, China, the Forum will launch a series of...
Tags: Arts, US-China Forum on Arts and Literature, Yo-Yo Ma, Meryl Streep, Alice Waters Presented by the Aspen Writers Foundation for Aspen Summer Words 2011, this afternoon of on-stage chemistry features friends Khaled Hosseini and Firoozeh Dumas sharing the backstories of their lives...
Tags: Arts, Aspen Writers Foundation, Aspen Summer Words, fiction James SpiegelmanVP/Communications and Public AffairsThe Aspen InstituteTel. 202-736-3849; jim.spiegelman@aspeninstitute.org Washington, DC, May 31, 2011 –– The Aspen Institute has named Damian...
Tags: Arts, Dana Gioia, Arts Leadership, Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence, Damian Woetzel Contact: Mary Ann DoddThe Aspen Institute410-820-5433 | mary.ann.dodd@aspeninstitute.orgQueenstown, MD, May 9, 2011– The Aspen Institute will host a spring concert featuring the Unified Jazz Ensemble...
Tags: Arts, Jazz, Unified Jazz Ensemble, Mike Noonan, John Pineda, Dominic Smith, Tim Stanley Amedeo Modigliani was considered the quintessential bohemian artist—his legend almost as infamous as Van Gogh’s. In this major new biography Meryle Secrest writes about his upbringing as a Sephardic...
Tags: Arts, Dana Gioia, Meryle Secrest, Modigliani As part of the Michelle Smith and the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation Roundtable series, Michael Kaiser discusses arts leadership and reflects on his recent book, Leading Roles: 50 Questions Every...
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