Manchester International Festival leads the charge on UK cross-continental collaboration and curated showcases
Story posted by Brad Barrett on Monday 1st July 2019.
Manchester International Festival will take over the city centre of one of the UK's most creative and inspiring places with a vast programme of the best in UK and international arts, collaboration and curation.
The lineup, which takes place 4-23 July, is a daring selection of diverse works, including world premieres and unique collaborations.
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Connect for Creativity offers six week international residency for art and tech creatives
Story posted by Brad Barrett on Friday 28th June 2019.
Connect for Creativity will bring artists from the Greece, Serbia, Turkey and the UK together for art and technology residencies to create new work.
The open call wants artists who:
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Mayor of London adds £20,000 Culture Seeds grants for projects with African focus
Story posted by Brad Barrett on Sunday 2nd June 2019.
The Mayor of London is investing an additional £20,000 into the Culture Seeds programme for community-led projects with an African focus.
The announcement was made in conjunction with the official launch of Africa In London, a summer of cultural activity including new and established events around African culture in the capital.
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British Council and Creative Scotland bolster creative ties to Europe
Story posted by Brad Barrett on Tuesday 26th March 2019.
A partnership between British Council Scotland and Creative Scotland has led to £138,000 of funding going to 16 organisations after an open call for projects linked to European partners.
Successful bids for the funding receive between £6–10,000, and each project includes at least one European organisation, while helping to promote Scottish work around the world.
Winning organisations are:
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Home Is...A showcase of work and performances at The Exchange,King's College London
Story posted by anna arthur on Monday 25th March 2019.
"I believe we feel safest when we go inside ourselves and find home, a place where we belong and maybe the only place where we really do"
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Surf the Wave announces 25 artists for UK Dance Showcase
Story posted by Brad Barrett on Friday 1st March 2019.
The three-year Surf the Wave project, run by Pavilion Dance South West, has announced the artists participating in its UK Dance Showcase, a culmination of the first 18 months of the programme. The event takes place on 16–19 May 2019.
The showcase is targeting programmers who are interested in presenting dance in unusual cultural spaces, whether thats in art galleries and museums, as well as at festivals or venues.
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UK Partnering with Hong Kong for the Annual Business of Design Week
Story posted by Miss T Owens on Thursday 27th December 2018.
Business of Design Week (BODW) will be held in Hong Kong in late 2019 as a collaboration of Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC), Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), and the Department for International Trade of the United Kingdom (DITUK).
BODW, Hong Kong Design Centre's flagship programme is a world-class annual event celebrating design, innovation and brands. The 2019 event will see the return of the UK as the official partner country, after their initial and successful collaboration back in 2006.
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Culture will be critical to building community as part of The Royal Docks regeneration programme in East London
Story posted by Miss T Owens on Wednesday 28th November 2018.
Work has begun to develop an ambitious cultural and community programme as part of the massive Royal Docks regeneration scheme in east London.
The Royal Docks Enterprise Zone is a joint project between the Mayor of London, the London Borough of Newham, led by Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz, and the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP). It has the potential to deliver 35,000 jobs, 4,000 new homes and more than £5 billion of inward investment by 2037/38.
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Major cultural programme celebrating the international significance of the sailing of the Mayflower announced
Mayflower 400 commemorates the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower ship sailing to America in 1620 a significant voyage that unites the UK, America and the Netherlands.
Thirteen towns and cities from all three countries will work together, creating a huge programme of events and activities in the run-up to and throughout 2020, themed around the four key Mayflower values: freedom, imagination, humanity and future.
The Art of the Possible gives people in cities across the UK to consider the meaning of the ship that set sail from the Ma
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£15 million over 5 years to increase creative reach of Edinburgh Festivals
Story posted by Brad Barrett on Tuesday 6th November 2018.
The Scottish Government, City of Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh Festivals have formed and will finance the PLACE (Platforms for Creative Excellence) programme, intended to increase the reach of the renowned annual festivals' work. They have committed £15 million across the next five years. PLACE will be supported and administered by Creative Scotland.
Projects announced to recieve money from the first three years of funding (£5.8 million) are:
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