MAPLETON -- Steven Lee Adams will soon be receiving a large crate at his studio in Mapleton containing a painting he loaned to the U.S. ambassador to South Africa three years ago. His painting has been hanging in the embassy there as part of the Art in Embassies Program.
In an excerpt from a letter sent to Adams by Ambassador Donald Gips, he thanked the artist and wrote, "As I conclude my tenure as U.S. ambassador to South Africa, I want to thank you for the beautiful artwork you so generously lent to my wife, Liz, and I to display in our residence. Your piece, 'Winter Evening' was a gorgeous addition to our home and we have received countless compliments on it. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Art in Embassies program, an important tool for U.S. diplomacy. As Secretary Clinton said, art provides us 'with another language of diplomacy, one that evokes our universal aspirations as human beings, our common challenges and our responsibilities for thinking through and addressing the problems that we face together.' I am honored that we were able to showcase your work to the scores of South African, American and other international visitors we have hosted over the last three years."
President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jackie, started the AIEP in 1964 by. The program places more than 5,000 works of art on loan in 170 U.S. embassies around the world.
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