Bridging Cultures with Art
Since 2002, world artists from Estonia to Egypt have made stops in Annapolis in free cultural exchanges organized and funded by World Artist Experiences.
This week, Colorful China comes to St. John’s College for a show (7pm Sunday October 11) featuring music, dancing and the traditional costumes of such ethnic minorities as the Uyghur, Dong and Miao peoples of China. The performers stay in local homes to get a feel of life here.
Every autumn, a writing contest for local children creates another bridge. The subject is always international friendship; this year’s theme is Building Bridges and Creating Bonds that Tie. Kids in grades 3-12 reflect on the theme in prose or poetry, with winners collected in a book and their authors honored at an embassy in Washington, D.C. (Online entries accepted through November 13: www.worldartists.org).