“Art is inherently fluid, able to cross cultures and affect people regardless of geography, language, belief, or political disposition. As former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a 2012 speech, art ‘reaches beyond governments, past all of the official conference rooms and the presidential palaces, to connect with people all over the world‘[…] art can expose our shared humanity even as it provides a window into new perspectives and ways of life.” This excerpt is from the new publication NEA Arts Magazine, 2014, Number 1, recently launched.