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Tag: Arts & Culture

Fulbright-National Archives Heritage Science Fellowship

Posted on October 9, 2024 (July 17, 2026) by skerr
Laís Feltrin Sidou using lab equipment at National Archives

The U.S. Department of State and the National Archives and Records Administration support international education and research in the interdisciplinary field of heritage science preserving the objects, documents, and fabrics significant to global cultures and history.

Posted in Articles, NewsTagged Arts & Culture, Fulbright Program Announcement, Science, STEM

Sixteen Fulbright Alums Selected as 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

Posted on July 2, 2024 (July 19, 2026) by skerr
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The selection of distinguished Fulbrighters across the humanities, arts, and sciences reflects the lasting impact of research and study programs supported by Fulbright.

Posted in Articles, NewsTagged Arts & Culture, Awards, Humanities, Music

Christopher Tin

Posted on June 24, 2024 (July 19, 2026) by skerr
Christopher Tin sitting at grand piano

Christopher Tin, two-time Grammy-winning Fulbrighter, composed a new ending to Puccini’s unfinished opera Turandot, performed at the Kennedy Center.

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Arts & Culture, Awards, Music

Artist Sedrick Huckaby Explores a Transnational Celebration of Juneteenth through Fulbright

Posted on June 18, 2024 (July 19, 2026) by skerr
Sedrick Huckaby and Opal Lee standing on either side of painting

Painting a portrait of Opal Lee led to a Fulbright project highlighting the story of freedom that Black Americans share with an Afro-Indigenous community in Mexico.

Posted in Articles, NewsTagged Arts & Culture, Human and Civil Rights

Fulbrighter’s Broadway Play “Appropriate” Wins Three Tony Awards

Posted on June 17, 2024 (July 17, 2026) by skerr
Group of diverse people at an awards ceremony, celebrating success.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Appropriate was named Best Revival of a Play at the 77th Annual Tony Awards. It was the crowning achievement for the play, which Jacobs-Jenkins started writing while on his Fulbright to Germany in 2010.

Posted in Articles, NewsTagged Arts & Culture, Awards

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Posted on June 13, 2024 (July 17, 2026) by skerr
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins standing in front of window with arms folded

‘Fulbright is where I was born as a writer’: Tony award-winning playwright playwright reflects on his journey to his Broadway debut

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Arts & Culture, Awards

Sumalee Montano

Posted on May 20, 2024 (July 19, 2026) by skerr
Headshot of Sumalee Montano

Montano’s Fulbright research on single mothers in the Philippines set her on a path of choosing film and television projects that amplify a broad range of voices.

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Arts & Culture, Media

Color Connection Project Creates a “Cultural Bridge”

Posted on April 18, 2024 (July 19, 2026) by skerr
Heather Jones presenting in front of group of seated people at gallery

Genesee Community College professor Heather Jones brings students in the United States and Mexico together through collaborative photography classes and exhibits.

Posted in Articles, NewsTagged Arts & Culture

Leila Cobo

Posted on December 8, 2021 (July 17, 2026) by Mark Atli
A person leaning on a table with arms bent at the elbow, looking into the camera

Leila Cobo is a classically trained concert pianist, a novelist, and perhaps her country’s preeminent journalist focusing on Latin Music. As Latin Music has increasingly taken over the U.S. charts, Cobo has been there to document its meteoric rise.

Posted in AlumniTagged Arts & Culture, Music

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