173 Results Are Tagged With "Arts and Culture"

HEARTBEAT

Still image of members of HEARTBEAT.

HEARTBEAT is a group of young Israeli and Palestinian musicians who work together to build mutual understanding and transform conflict through the power of music. Founded in 2007 by Aaron Shneyer during his Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship, HEARTBEAT is centered on the idea of music as a force of cultural change.

Monday, July 1, 2013 - Saturday, July 6, 2013

Prishtina Architecture Week

Prishtina Architecture Week will feature lectures, workshops, tours, interventions and screenings. Bringing to Prishtina, Kosovo renowned Architects, Urbanist, Design, Filmmakers and City Mayors showcasing the best and most innovative cases of sustainable architecture and urban development from around the world.
Friday, April 5, 2013 - Friday, April 19, 2013

Handmade Decorations Workshop for orphan teenagers

Teach the teenagers how get creative with used plastic bottles, tin cans and plastic bags. Also, the project aims to raise their awareness about the important of limiting the disposal of plastic objects.
Monday, July 16, 2012 - Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Urban Environments in Transition: Engaging Young Leaders and Raising Community Awareness through Multimodal Narratives (AEIF 2012)

This project will guide an initial group of 20 students from two Greek universities in engaging with their changing urban environments through a number of mentored, hands-on and community-centered activities. The students will use multiple media (photography, film, video, audio, installations, online platforms, etc) in combination with self-reflective/creative writing activities and interviews with community members. The project seeks to enable young leaders to engage in conversation with community representatives, boost their intellectual and critical engagement with real-life issues, and encourage them to take initiatives for raising public awareness in an effort to promote understanding between diverse groups.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

An Education Projects

An Education's mission is "to bring together the diverse perspective of our communities and beyond in order to inspire a thought provoking examination of how learning shapes us." Each Monday An Education's Conversation Project provides both local and global perspectives, publishing a piece of writing where authors' and topics range in diversity.

Milton Glaser Fulbright Student to Italy, 1952

Video still from the Milton Glaser Fulbright Student to Italy, 1952 video

Milton Glaser is the artist most famous for creating the "I ♥ NY" symbol. He went to Bologna, Italy in 1952 on a Fulbright to "learn how to draw". In this video, Mr. Glaser discusses Fulbright - "the most profound experience of your life" - and his career.

Jonathan Franzen - Fulbright Student to Germany, 1981

Video still from the Jonathan Franzen - Fulbright Student to Germany, 1981

American writer and novelist Jonathan Franzen - who received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Germany in 1981 for a project in creative writing - discusses his Fulbright experience and its impact on his career. Mr. Franzen is interviewed by recently-returned Fulbright Alumnus Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, whose Fulbright U.S. Student award to Germany in 2009 was also for a project in creative writing.

Brian Rutenberg - Fulbright Student to Ireland, 1997

Video still of Brian Rutenberg painting from the video, Brian Rutenberg - Fulbright Student to Ireland, 1997

Artist Brian Rutenberg brings us into his studio to discuss the evolution of his art, the Fulbright he received to Ireland, and what he is doing now.

A Celebrated American Soprano

Former Fulbright student Renee Fleming is a celebrated American soprano.

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