International Arts & Artists

International Arts & Artists (IA&A) is an international, nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C., United States. IA&A helps museums, foundations, and private collectors share and exchange collections through traveling exhibition services. IA&A is also a sponsor for J-1 visas to individuals across the arts industries through their cultural exchange training programs, professional development and exhibition services.

On view in IA&A's Washington office are select works from Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection. Consisting of over 350 works of art, the collection was donated in its entirety to IA&A in 2004 by John Hechinger of the Hechinger Company.

IA&A is a registered 501(c)3 entity and is located, along with its gallery in Washington D.C.'s Dupont Circle. IA&A was founded by David Furchgott in 1995 and includes programming for traveling exhibitions services, services for emerging and professional artists through Hillyer Art Space. Originally run with only one staff member, IA&A has grown to include more than 20 employees and numerous interns.

The Traveling Exhibition Services department of International Arts & Artists "...is the producer of the largest number of fine arts and decorative arts exhibition in the U.S.", which it develops and circulates to large and small museums and public institutions throughout North America and abroad. The exhibitions cover a range of art and cultural concepts from both international and American artists, additionally compiling works from significant collections and art movements worldwide. During IA&A's first fifteen-year history, the organization collaborated with more than 300 museums and cultural institutions in 49 states. As of 2013, IA&A has made more than 500 exhibition presentations in museums across the U.S. and internationally, representing over 30 distinct cultures. The organization assists in all stages of exhibition planning from concept development and loan procurement, to venue selection, exhibition catalogue production and transportation arrangements.

Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens, traveled to museums around the US:The Phillips Collection, the University of New Mexico Art Museum, the University of Virginia Art Museum and the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. The exhibition includes photographs of American artist Man Ray by contemporaries such as Charles Sheeler, Walker Evans, Clara Sipprell, Cecil Beaton and Raoul Ubac.

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