US Ambassador Richard Olson praised the collaborative work of US and Pakistani artists at the opening of an exhibition here on Wednesday. The exhibition, entitled, What Remain are Children's Lullabies, features the artwork of two US and four Pakistani artists who collaborated over the course of a year to create a series of images exploring women's rights and cultural identity.
"Building cultural ties creates mutual understanding and enhances productive dialogue. It also enables inspiring collaboration, such as what we see here today in this exhibit," said Ambassador Olson. Ambassador Olson emphasised the US government's commitment to strengthening people-to-people ties between the US and Pakistan. The US Embassy in Islamabad has established the largest cultural and exchange programme anywhere in the world, and sends nearly 1,000 Pakistanis to the US every year on cultural, academic, and professional exchanges.-PR