From left: City Treasurer Uwe Becker, Simone Schuster, Public Affairs Officer Jeanine Collins

German American Friendship Through Art
September 21, 2009. Together with Frankfurt City Treasurer Uwe Becker, PAO Jeanine Collins handed over a piece of art to Ziehen High School in Frankfurt. The artwork was created by Ziehen student Simone Glaser who participated in last years Understanding competition, which had the theme of the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. The goal of Understanding, a joint program of the U.S. Consulate and the City of Frankfurt is to further mutual understanding by bringing together both Frankfurt and American youth living in the region. The painting which shows the Berlin Airlift Memorial in an artistic way was handed over to the school to close the first round of the Understanding competition and to start the second competition under the motto “Mainhatten” where young German and Americans should develop projects picturing commonalities and differences in German and American culture which can be found in Frankfurt’s daily life.  Both the Frankfurter Neue Presse and the Frankfurter Rundschau covered the event.