Goodwill Arts Festival Intro

The 1990 Seattle Goodwill Games brought over 2000 athletes from around the world to compete in over 20 sporting events. In addition to the athletic aspect of the event there was also the Goodwill Arts Festival, a cultural exchange between the United States, Soviet Union, and many other countries. The arts festival lasted from June 1^st to September 30^th (in conjunction with the the exhibit Moscow: Treasures and Traditions), with performances scheduled between July 2^nd and August 5^th, 1990.¹ The Goodwill Arts Festival was as important a component as the athletic events, and it encompassed the philosophy of people to people connections. In it’s time it was considered a grand success, but in the modern day it is harder to measure the festival’s impact.