The Department of State, through its involvement in the Festivals Fund, helps ensure U.S. representation at important international performing arts festivals and at several prestigious biennales, including the Venice Biennale. Jazz Ambassadors are young American jazz musicians who travel in trios on performance and workshop tours arranged under the official auspices of the American Embassies in the countries in which they travel. These countries are rarely those served by commercial impresarios. The program fosters on-going relationships between cultural organizations in the U.S. and abroad. International Partnership Among Museums is supported by the Cultural Programs Division along with a prestigious list of additional sponsors and carried out by the American Association of Museums.
Specialists conduct workshops, give lectures, and carry out consultations and master classes.
The Feature Film Service provides 35mm feature films at no programming cost for ambassadorial screenings, Mission-sponsored film festivals, international film festivals, and other events. It does so with private sector support of the Motion Picture Association of America, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the American Film Marketing Association, the Director's Guild, and others. Primarily in-kind budget.