Erin Scavino Opens 30-Artist Patriotism Exhibition for America's 250th Anniversary
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 12
Erin Scavino Opens 30-Artist Patriotism Exhibition for America's 250th Anniversary
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 12
Summary
July 30 marks the opening of "Passport to Patriotism: 250 Years of Diplomacy" at Washington's Art Museum of the Americas, a free public show running through Oct. 18.
More than 30 contemporary American artists will present works on patriotism, diplomacy, military service, immigration and national identity under the State Department's Art in Embassies program.
Erin Scavino said President Donald Trump tapped her to lead the 1964-founded office and use the semiquincentennial to raise the profile of a program that places American art in nearly 190 diplomatic properties.
The exhibition mixes painting, photography, sculpture and fashion—including works by Barbara Ernst Prey, Romero Britto and a Betsy Ross-inspired couture gown—with QR codes meant to make the show accessible to families and nontraditional museumgoers.
Scavino cast the project as cultural diplomacy as well as domestic outreach, saying embassies are often foreigners' first contact with the United States and art can help spark conversation beyond politics.