Arts
Our global arts team works with the best of British creative talent to develop innovative, high-quality events and collaborations with artists and cultural institutions around the world.
Arts News
- Is art the answer?
Stephen Stenning, our regional arts director in the Middle East and North Africa, shares new research that suggests art and culture can pave the way for development in North Africa.
- International Playwriting Competition 2012: The winners
From over 1,000 scripts received from across the world, we are delighted to announce this year's top two winners:Ugandan playwright Angella Emurwon has been awarded first prize in the English as a Second Language category, while first prize in the English as a First Language category was won by Jamaican writer Janet Morrison.
- Erbil Literary Festival
Award-winning UK playwright and novelist Lucy Caldwell writes about her experiences at the second ever multi lingual literature festival held in Iraq by the British Council this January.
- Homelands
Curated by Latika Gupta, Homelands tells ‘a story of home, away and all the places in between’ as a visual representation of 21st century cultural relations in a world of transitory identities. Drawn from the British Council Collection, Homelands begins its tour of India this month in Delhi, exhibiting more than 80 works by 28 leading modern and contemporary artists.
Arts in Partnership
- China-UK Arts Management Professional Development Programme 2013
We are seeking expressions of interest from UK organisations in the museums, design, performing and visual arts sectors, to be a part of this international professional development programme.
- Transform
British Council Transform is a new arts and creativity programme over four years, aiming to develop the artistic dialogue between the UK and Brazil for mutual benefit and long term impact. Professionals from the arts sector in both countries can share experiences and collaborate for creative and social change for institutions, individuals and communities.
- Artists International Development Fund
A jointly funded British Council and Arts Council England programme, offering early stage development opportunities for individual freelance and self employed artists based in England to spend time building links with artists, organisations and/or creative producers in another country.
