FY 2022 Arts Envoy Program

The FY 2022 Arts Envoy Program is a cooperative agreement that aims to send approximately 300 professional U.S. artists, experts, or groups overseas as Arts Envoys to engage with key foreign audiences through cultural and arts-based activities. The program seeks to foster mutual understanding, advance U.S. foreign policy objectives, build the capacity of creative leaders and institutions, and convey the diversity and high artistic merit of the arts in the United States. The award recipient will be responsible for program development, travel arrangements, financial disbursements, and reporting. The program will be implemented in close coordination with U.S. embassies and consulates abroad. Some key aspects of the program include: • Sending U.S. artists, experts, or groups overseas as Arts Envoys to engage with key foreign audiences • Providing end-to-end programmatic support to Arts Envoys • Implementing virtual, phone, or in-person pre-departure orientations for Arts Envoys • Managing correspondence and communication with Arts Envoys • Providing written background covering expectations of the Arts Envoy program and country-specific information to prepare Envoys for their programs • Conducting a virtual or in-person pre-departure orientation with each Arts Envoy