Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
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The Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies or FAPE, is the leading non-profit 501(C)3
, non-partisan organization dedicated to enhancing the United States
' image abroad through American art
. Founded as a public-private partnership
in 1986, FAPE works with the U.S. Department of State to contribute fine art
to U.S. embassies around the world. FAPE’s donations include works by more than 145 preeminent American artists placed in over 70 countries. Headquartered in Washington D.C., FAPE has raised over $42 million in art and monetary contributions to date. http://www.fapeglobal.org
, Wendy W. Luers, Lee Kimche McGrath and Carol Price. As spouses of former U.S. ambassadors and with Mrs. McGrath as the Director of ART in Embassies at the State Department, FAPE’s founders recognized a need to build upon the State Department’s ART in Embassies Program by providing permanent works of art that would endure the tests of time in embassies across the world. FAPE’s Chairman is currently Mrs. Jo Carole Lauder. FAPE’s President is Ann L. Gund and FAPE’s Vice President is Eden Rafshoon. The Director of FAPE is Jennifer Duncan. For a full list of FAPE’s board members, please see: http://www.fapeglobal.org/board.html
, once headquarters for the Marshall Plan
and now an American embassy annex building; Winfield House
, the Embassy Residence in London
, which is supported by an endowment established by Leonore and Walter H. Annenberg through the Annenberg Foundation
; restoring the treasures of the Petschek Palace, the U.S. Embassy Residence in Prague
; preserving ancient statuary in the gardens at the U.S. Embassy in Rome
; and the complete refurbishment of public rooms at the U.S. Embassy Residences in Warsaw
and Beijing
. Funding has also been provided by FAPE for restoration projects at the U.S. Embassy Residences in Brussels
, Budapest
, Buenos Aires
, Madrid
, Paris
, and Vienna
.
To celebrate the millennium, in 2001 FAPE assembled an unprecedented GIFT TO THE NATION¬, consisting of 245 American artworks representing more than 145 artists that have been placed in permanent locations in embassies around the world.
FAPE understands the importance of our country’s presence overseas and strives to increase art
’s dynamic role in promoting America’s culturee abroad. By partnering with American artists, FAPE gifts encourage cross-cultural understanding within the diplomatic community and the international public. The organization fulfills this mission in two ways:
Site-Specific Works:
In commissioning work, FAPE is assisted by an advisory committee of prominent arts professionals, chaired by Robert Storr
, Dean of the Yale School of Art
. Once an artist has been selected and has agreed to create a work, the embassy architects, the State Department, FAPE, and the artist work togethr to ensure that the art is sensitively integrated within the building and its grounds. The works are all donated by the artists, and FAPE provides the funds to pay for their fabrication and installation. Artists in the Collection include Lynda Benglis
, Louise Bourgeois
, Ellsworth Kelly
, Sol LeWitt
, Maya Lin
, Martin Puryear
, Dorothea Rockburne
, Joel Shapiro
, Michael Singer, and Elyn Zimmerman.
Lee Kimche McGrath Original Print Collection
Each year an American artist contributes a print for display in U.S. embassies. Named for FAPE’s Founding Director, this is FAPE’s oldest program. The Original Print Collection began in 1989, when Frank Stella
donated The Symphony in an edition large enough for a print to be sent to every American embassy. Since 1995, John Baldessari
, Louisiana Bendolph, Mary Lee Bendolph, Loretta Bennett, Vija Celmins
, Chuck Close
, Jasper Johns
, Alex Katz
, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein
, Elizabeth Murray
, Loretta Pettway, Robert Rauschenberg
, Susan Rothenberg
, and Ed Ruscha have contributed editions.
. Honorees must demonstrate long-term excellence and innovation in the exchange of creativity and ideas that represent the rich and diverse culture of the United States. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
was the first recipient of this award.
For more information on FAPE, please visit http://www.fapeglobal.org
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
, non-partisan organization dedicated to enhancing the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
' image abroad through American art
American Art
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. Founded as a public-private partnership
Public-private partnership
Public–private partnership describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies...
in 1986, FAPE works with the U.S. Department of State to contribute fine art
Fine art
Fine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....
to U.S. embassies around the world. FAPE’s donations include works by more than 145 preeminent American artists placed in over 70 countries. Headquartered in Washington D.C., FAPE has raised over $42 million in art and monetary contributions to date. http://www.fapeglobal.org
FAPE History
FAPE was established in 1986. The organization was founded by Leonore AnnenbergLeonore Annenberg
Leonore Cohn Annenberg , also known as Lee Annenberg, was an American businesswoman, government official, and philanthropist. She is former Chief of Protocol of the United States . Annenberg was married to Walter Annenberg, who was an Ambassador to the United Kingdom and a prominent businessman...
, Wendy W. Luers, Lee Kimche McGrath and Carol Price. As spouses of former U.S. ambassadors and with Mrs. McGrath as the Director of ART in Embassies at the State Department, FAPE’s founders recognized a need to build upon the State Department’s ART in Embassies Program by providing permanent works of art that would endure the tests of time in embassies across the world. FAPE’s Chairman is currently Mrs. Jo Carole Lauder. FAPE’s President is Ann L. Gund and FAPE’s Vice President is Eden Rafshoon. The Director of FAPE is Jennifer Duncan. For a full list of FAPE’s board members, please see: http://www.fapeglobal.org/board.html
FAPE Projects
FAPE’s restoration projects include the historic eighteenth-century Hôtel de Talleyrand, in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, once headquarters for the Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism. The plan was in operation for four years beginning in April 1948...
and now an American embassy annex building; Winfield House
Winfield House
Winfield House is a mansion set in 12 acres of grounds in Regent's Park, London, England - the largest private garden in or close to central London after that of Buckingham Palace...
, the Embassy Residence in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, which is supported by an endowment established by Leonore and Walter H. Annenberg through the Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Foundation
The Annenberg Foundation is a private foundation that provides funding and support to non-profit organizations in the United States and around the world...
; restoring the treasures of the Petschek Palace, the U.S. Embassy Residence in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
; preserving ancient statuary in the gardens at the U.S. Embassy in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
; and the complete refurbishment of public rooms at the U.S. Embassy Residences in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
and Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
. Funding has also been provided by FAPE for restoration projects at the U.S. Embassy Residences in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
.
To celebrate the millennium, in 2001 FAPE assembled an unprecedented GIFT TO THE NATION¬, consisting of 245 American artworks representing more than 145 artists that have been placed in permanent locations in embassies around the world.
FAPE understands the importance of our country’s presence overseas and strives to increase art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
’s dynamic role in promoting America’s culturee abroad. By partnering with American artists, FAPE gifts encourage cross-cultural understanding within the diplomatic community and the international public. The organization fulfills this mission in two ways:
Site-Specific Works:
In commissioning work, FAPE is assisted by an advisory committee of prominent arts professionals, chaired by Robert Storr
Robert Storr
-Education:Robert Storr received his B.A. in History and French from Swarthmore College in 1972, and earned an M.F.A. in Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1978.-Career:...
, Dean of the Yale School of Art
Yale School of Art
The Yale School of Art is one of twelve constituent schools of Yale University. It is a professional art school, granting only Masters of Fine Arts degrees to those completing studies in graphic design, painting/printmaking, photography, or sculpture....
. Once an artist has been selected and has agreed to create a work, the embassy architects, the State Department, FAPE, and the artist work togethr to ensure that the art is sensitively integrated within the building and its grounds. The works are all donated by the artists, and FAPE provides the funds to pay for their fabrication and installation. Artists in the Collection include Lynda Benglis
Lynda Benglis
Lynda Benglis is an American sculptor known for her wax paintings and poured latex sculptures. After earning a BFA from Newcomb College in 1964, Benglis moved to New York, where she lives and works today...
, Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois
Louise Joséphine Bourgeois , was a renowned French-American artist and sculptor, best known for her contributions to both modern and contemporary art, and for her spider structures, titled Maman, which resulted in her being nicknamed the Spiderwoman...
, Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly is an American painter and sculptor associated with Hard-edge painting, Color Field painting and the Minimalist school. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing the simplicity of form found similar to the work of John McLaughlin. Kelly often employs bright colors to...
, Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Solomon "Sol" LeWitt was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism....
, Maya Lin
Maya Lin
Maya Ying Lin is an American artist who is known for her work in sculpture and landscape art. She is the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.-Personal life:...
, Martin Puryear
Martin Puryear
Martin Puryear is an African American sculptor. He works in media including wood, stone, tar, and wire, and his work is a union of minimalism and traditional crafts.-Life:...
, Dorothea Rockburne
Dorothea Rockburne
Dorothea Rockburne is an abstract painter drawing inspiration primarily from her deep interest in mathematics and astronomy. In 1950 she moved to the United States to attend Black Mountain College, where she studied with mathematician Max Dehn, a lifelong influence on her work...
, Joel Shapiro
Joel Shapiro
Joel Shapiro is an American sculptor renowned for his dynamic work composed of simple rectangular shapes. Shapiro is represented by The Pace Gallery in New York. He lives and works in New York City, with a summer house on the shore of Lake Champlain, in Westport, New York...
, Michael Singer, and Elyn Zimmerman.
Lee Kimche McGrath Original Print Collection
Each year an American artist contributes a print for display in U.S. embassies. Named for FAPE’s Founding Director, this is FAPE’s oldest program. The Original Print Collection began in 1989, when Frank Stella
Frank Stella
Frank Stella is an American painter and printmaker, significant within the art movements of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction.-Biography:...
donated The Symphony in an edition large enough for a print to be sent to every American embassy. Since 1995, John Baldessari
John Baldessari
John Anthony Baldessari is an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lives and works in Santa Monica and Venice, California...
, Louisiana Bendolph, Mary Lee Bendolph, Loretta Bennett, Vija Celmins
Vija Celmins
Vija Celmins is an American artist.-Early life:Vija Celmins immigrated to the United States with her family from Latvia when she was ten years old. She and her family settled in Indiana...
, Chuck Close
Chuck Close
Charles Thomas "Chuck" Close is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits...
, Jasper Johns
Jasper Johns
Jasper Johns, Jr. is an American contemporary artist who works primarily in painting and printmaking.-Life:Born in Augusta, Georgia, Jasper Johns spent his early life in Allendale, South Carolina with his paternal grandparents after his parents' marriage failed...
, Alex Katz
Alex Katz
Alex Katz is an American figurative artist associated with the Pop art movement. In particular, he is known for his paintings, sculptures, and prints and is represented by numerous galleries internationally.-Life and work:...
, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was a prominent American pop artist. During the 1960s his paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City and along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist and others he became a leading figure in the new art movement...
, Elizabeth Murray
Elizabeth Murray (artist)
Elizabeth Murray was an American painter, printmaker and draughtsman. Her works are in many major public collections, including those of the Solomon R...
, Loretta Pettway, Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg was an American artist who came to prominence in the 1950s transition from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art. Rauschenberg is well-known for his "Combines" of the 1950s, in which non-traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations...
, Susan Rothenberg
Susan Rothenberg
Susan Rothenberg is a contemporary painter who lives and works in New Mexico, USA.-Background:Rothenberg was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1945...
, and Ed Ruscha have contributed editions.
The Annenberg Award
In April 2008, FAPE established The Leonore and Walter Annenberg Award for Diplomacy through the Arts to honor distinguished American individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in furthering global understanding of the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Honorees must demonstrate long-term excellence and innovation in the exchange of creativity and ideas that represent the rich and diverse culture of the United States. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
Stephen Breyer
Stephen Gerald Breyer is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994, and known for his pragmatic approach to constitutional law, Breyer is generally associated with the more liberal side of the Court....
was the first recipient of this award.
For more information on FAPE, please visit http://www.fapeglobal.org