The County of Santa Clara/Moscow Sister County Commission established the Santa Clara County/Moscow Arts Exchange in December 2009 to foster communication and collaboration between the art and cultural communities of Santa Clara County and Moscow. Activities will be devoted to the establishment and enhancement of literary, artistic and musical ties between professionals in the two regions.

Exchange activities will include:

• Forgoing lasting connections between local and Moscow poets, prose writers, artists, musicians, critics, editors, and publishers;
• Hosting collaborative events, exhibits and performances in Santa Clara County, in Moscow, and via the Web;
• Engendering an exchange of written and artistic materials for publication in Santa Clara County and Moscow;
• Creating new media outlets that highlight the exchange; and
• Producing video and film subjects.
  
  UPCOMING EVENTS
  
  January 21, 2010, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
  Alexei Parshchikov. A Commemorative
  Location: Stanford University, Building 320, Room 105
  Free admission
  
  “Alexei Parshchikov. A Commemorative,” is the first Arts Exchange Program event sponsored by the County of Santa Clara/Moscow Sister County Commission. The event will honor Parshchikov’s literary contributions in the United States, and will feature tributes by major Bay Area poets and scholars, with participants flying in from three countries and several remote American locations. The night will showcase tributes, musical reflection, books, paintings, photos and videos featuring the Moscow poet. Special guests will include Moscow publisher, translator, and literary figure Aleksandr Davydov and Moscow Painter Igor Ganikowskij.
  
  Other event sponsors include: Stanford Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, Stanford Department of English, Stanford Creative Writing Program, Stanford Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREEES).

• Alexei Parshchikov. A Commemorative