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OAS and the Art Museum of the Americas to Promote Cultural Diplomacy
February 11, 2022
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The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Society for the Advancement of the Art Museum of the Americas (SAAMA) agreed to work together to promote the arts in the Americas, within the framework of the launch of the Cultural Diplomacy Leadership Circle, a group of diplomats that will be led by the Permanent Observer of Spain, Carmen Montón.
During the ceremony, the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, highlighted the role of culture "in helping us understand what is happening in our societies because it brings us closer to joy, pain and the strongest feelings we can have." Secretary General Almagro welcomed the initiative and highlighted that it is led by three women, the President of SAAMA, Laura Blanco, the Director of the Museum of Arts of the Americas (AMA), Adriana Ospina, and Ambassador Montón.
For her part, Blanco said that the objective of the agreement is that "together we can raise the profile of the museum through our collaboration and effort." "We have the resources and human capital to succeed in the goals and projects that we set out together," she added.
Meanwhile, Director Ospina asked for support from the diplomatic corps to strengthen the AMA. “Dear ambassadors, as director of the Art Museum of the Americas, I ask for your support for our museum. Along with the Columbus Library, the museum is the most important cultural resource that our Organization has to promote the history of the Americas and the Caribbean, we need your help in this new chapter that we open today with SAAMA.”
Finally, Ambassador Montón -who hosted the ceremony that took place at her residence- indicated that with this step the AMA advances towards the world of "cultural diplomacy." "This new stage is framed in public diplomacy, therefore it is not directed at elites or governments, but instead looks at people and a wide cultural audience that transcends and crosses borders," said the Spanish diplomat.
The agreement establishes exhibitions and other activities in the AMA whose focus is centered on the four pillars of the OAS, democracy, human rights, integral development and multidimensional security.
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