Landmarks of New York is an exhibition of 81 photographs with accompanying explanatory texts, commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the enactment of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Law. "Landmarks of New York" has been organized by noted art and architectural historian Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and is presented worldwide by the Department of State in cooperation with the Historic Landmarks Preservation Center. The exhibition will be presented in more than 50 countries between October 2005 and December 2008. Through such examples as the 17th century Bowne House, a Quaker Meeting House in Dutch Reformed New York and a symbol of religious tolerance--the City's first public housing project--the Seward Houses, the exhibition provides viewers with a window not just on architectural and cultural preservation, but to the democratic principles and values that guided the development of our nation.

To learn more, visit http://ait.org.tw/events/200607-LandmarkNY/default.aspx and http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/TOPICS/2006/ftg58200.htm

US Express, a video art exhibition, features work by 50 American video artists and independent producers. Distributed as a set of four 75-minute DVDs with more than 70 individual programs and short videos, the exhibition traces the development of video art, beginning with the early experiments of Nam June Paik and others in the early 1970s. The exhibit uses high quality video graphics and television performances to showcase aspects of American life not frequently seen by people around the world, whose access to American television is limited to just a few commercial productions. U.S. Express includes videos for audiences of all ages. A highlight for young audiences is "Pick Up Your Feet: The Double-Dutch Show," an Emmy-winning documentary chronicling the progress of a young women's double-dutch jump rope team in their efforts to win a citywide championship. A recent presentation of U.S. Express at Skopje's National Gallery Mala Stanica in Macedonia provided the setting for cross-cultural dialogue among local artists, university students and the exhibition curator, Skip Blumberg. Public programs and workshops in mostly Muslim Tetovo helped counter inaccurate or misleading stereotypes of Americans.

To learn more, visit http://public.iip.state.gov/PD/FileOpener/FileOpen.nsf/vkey/PDMZ-6DLRCD/$File/FinalExpressBrochureCX2.pdf

American Roadside Architecture, an exhibition of 56 color photographs depicting the early architecture of gas stations, roadside lodging, restaurants and eateries, has been presented in all world regions since its inauguration in 2004. Noted architectural historian and photographer John Margolies organized American Roadside Architecture and the images in the exhibition are drawn from his archive of tens of thousands of images of American vernacular architecture taken over four decades. The exhibition has been seen in over 40 cities and in October 2006 it will be the featured exhibition at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

To learn more, visit http://kiev.usembassy.gov/educult_cultural_roadside_eng.html

Visual Power: 21st Century Native American Artists/Intellectuals is an exhibition of Contemporary Native Art. It showcases works of art being created in Native American communities. It displays the diversity of Native Art along with the artists' synopsis of their own work, which at times expresses a political message. The exhibition underscores the value of the freedom of expression.

When the Spirit Moves: A History of African American Dance is an exhibition that educates an international audience about African American history and culture from its origins in Africa to the present. The exhibition examines African dance forms, their development into African American dance, and the powerful shaping influence of dance with African roots in American dance and culture. The exhibition highlights American diversity and underscores the freedom of expression as well as the value of preserving African-American culture. This exhibition expands the international community's understandings of the diverse cultural influences that bind American society together.

All Americans: Images of Heritage and Citizenship. Originally developed by the Texas Commission on the Arts and Texas Education Association, this exhibition of award-winning art by schoolchildren has been distributed to 240 U.S. Diplomatic Missions in all world regions. Additional sets of the exhibition have been distributed to 90 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) model schools in Iraq. The works in the exhibition illustrate the values of good citizenship, integrity, freedom and individual rights that young Americans share with all other young people. In 2006 ECA sent arts educators to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Africa to conduct arts education workshops and demonstration classes with teachers and students.

To learn more, visit http://www.texasstatesociety.org/images_heritage.cfm