Arts & Culture

Fulbrighters demonstrate the power of storytelling to connect cultures through performing arts, creative writing, the humanities, architecture, and visual arts

Christopher Tin

Composer Brings World Music Influence to Concert, Film, Video Games, and Opera

Christopher Tin, two-time Grammy-winning Fulbrighter, composed a new ending to Puccini’s unfinished opera Turandot, performed at the Kennedy Center.

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June 17, 2024

Fulbrighter’s Broadway Play “Appropriate” Wins Three Tony Awards

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Appropriate was named Best Revival of a Play at the 77th Annual Tony Awards. It was the crowning achievement for the play, which Jacobs-Jenkins started writing while on his Fulbright to Germany in 2010.

April 18, 2024

Color Connection Project Creates a “Cultural Bridge”

Genesee Community College professor Heather Jones brings students in the United States and Mexico together through collaborative photography classes and exhibits.

December 18, 2024

Jazz Professor’s Fulbright Sparks a Grammy-Nominated Album

Fulbright Specialist and bassist Jamie Ousley strengthens jazz education in Costa Rica leading to a Grammy-nominated cross-border collaboration.

December 20, 2023

Aria Mia Loberti

A Fulbright prepared this breakout actress and disability advocate to star in Netflix’s All the Light We Cannot See.