PHOTOS
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U.S. hip hop group tours West Africa
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Filmmaker and ILVP alumnus Hüseyin Karabey has gained international fame
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Bluegrass group performs before heading on the Rhythm Road to Asia
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The Vice Verse All Stars warm up for their trip to West Africa
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Bangsawan, a traditional form of Malay drama, lives on
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Iowa City Named UNESCO City of Literature
VIDEOS
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The International Writing Program brings together writers from around the world
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Members of the hip-hop group Vice Verse talk about their upcoming Rhythm Road tour to West Africa
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Members of the bluegrass band The Student Loan discuss their upcoming Rhythm Road tour through Asia
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Watch the film trailer for "My Marlon and Brando"
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Watch a performance of the traditional dramatic art form, Bangsawan
BLOGS
Katherine Good
Fulbright-mtvU Fellow Explores Mexican Music Styles
One of this year's Fulbright-mtvU Fellows, Katherine Good, who graduated from Loyola University Chicago, is in Mexico to produce podcasts that anthropologically explore the Mexican youth renaissance of performing various pre-rock music styles. A folk musician and independent radio producer, Katherine is working with the School of Mexican Music in Mexico City and the danzón and son jarocho circles of Veracruz to document this growing cultural trend.
Learn more about Fulbright-mtvU Fellowships
FEATURES
Literature
Each year, between 20 and 35 poets, fiction writers, dramatists, journalists, screenwriters, and literary translators from around the world spend a semester in Iowa City exploring the creative process of writing.
Each year, between 20 and 35 poets, fiction writers, dramatists, journalists, screenwriters, and literary translators from around the world spend a semester in Iowa City exploring the creative process of writing.
Film
As one of four boys growing up in a gritty working-class neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey, Hüseyin Karabey used to be upset that experiences he lived and witnessed were never represented in movies. With his latest acclaimed film, "My Marlon and Brando," the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumnus is seeing his boyhood dreams become reality on silver screens the world over.
As one of four boys growing up in a gritty working-class neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey, Hüseyin Karabey used to be upset that experiences he lived and witnessed were never represented in movies. With his latest acclaimed film, "My Marlon and Brando," the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumnus is seeing his boyhood dreams become reality on silver screens the world over.
Music
In the traditions of Gillespie, Armstrong and Brubeck, the Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad program brings American culture through person-to-person exchanges to audiences around the globe. Rhythm Road artists are the new generation of musical ambassadors, reaching beyond concert halls to interact with other musicians and the general public.
In the traditions of Gillespie, Armstrong and Brubeck, the Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad program brings American culture through person-to-person exchanges to audiences around the globe. Rhythm Road artists are the new generation of musical ambassadors, reaching beyond concert halls to interact with other musicians and the general public.
Cultural Preservation
Traditional Malay dramatic art, music, dance and history may not be as popular as the movies, but “Bangsawan” still has a place in modern Malay culture. Documenting and preserving this art form has been the important work of the Penang Budayasari Troupe, a non-governmental organization in Penang, with the assistance of the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.
Traditional Malay dramatic art, music, dance and history may not be as popular as the movies, but “Bangsawan” still has a place in modern Malay culture. Documenting and preserving this art form has been the important work of the Penang Budayasari Troupe, a non-governmental organization in Penang, with the assistance of the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.
Online Video
The “My Culture + Your Culture” video contest encouraging cross-cultural community building and mutual understanding via the web and social media platforms closed January 26, 2009. The top 10 videos in each of the four contestant categories as voted by the EchangesConnect community will now go to a prestigious panel of contest judges. The judges, who are all alumni of State Department exchange programs, will rank the top videos. International winners will be eligible for a two-week all-expenses paid exchange trip to the United States, while the American winners will receive the same to an overseas destination. Winners will be announced March 16.
The “My Culture + Your Culture” video contest encouraging cross-cultural community building and mutual understanding via the web and social media platforms closed January 26, 2009. The top 10 videos in each of the four contestant categories as voted by the EchangesConnect community will now go to a prestigious panel of contest judges. The judges, who are all alumni of State Department exchange programs, will rank the top videos. International winners will be eligible for a two-week all-expenses paid exchange trip to the United States, while the American winners will receive the same to an overseas destination. Winners will be announced March 16.