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Employs primary materials ( written , visual , and aural ) , performances , guest lecturers , and artists to explore such topics as Elizabethan and Jacobean art , architecture , music and dance ; political and religious institutions ; socioeconomic transformations ; science and medicine ; travel and discovery ; professional theatre companies ; and Shakespeare 's life and work . The Fulbright U.S. Student Program annually awards approximately 1,000 grants to U.S. citizens , offering opportunities for recent graduates , postgraduate candidates , and developing professionals and artists to conduct career-launching study and research abroad . On occasion , the American Embassy in Quito has worked with curators and artists to arrange a follow-on tour of the American exhibition to Quito and Guayaquil , the two principal cities of Ecuador . Rich people sometimes commissioned scribes and artists to produce books for them called psalters . The casual atmosphere of the performances allows the audiences and artists to mingle and interact .