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British Council Arts
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British Council Arts Group brings the best of UK arts to the rest of the world - helping to create and support numerous events each year in 110 countries.

Read on to learn about what we do, find out more about the UK arts scene and the artists that we engage with, and explore examples of our work across many different artforms.

Comment on our Arts Strategy

The British Council draft Arts Strategy is now available to download here. We welcome your comments so please do let us know what you think (details on where to write to are available here).

Picture on right: Emun Elliot in the National Theatre of Scotland's Black Watch. Currently touring in the United States.
Photographer: Colin Mearns at The Herald
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British Council Consults on Arts Strategy
The British Council is deeply committed to developing an innovative arts programme that will meet the emerging needs and expectations of the UK’s arts community. We are currently running a two-month period of consultation on our international arts strategy and are asking for ideas about our future direction, activity and how we should best respond to the changing contexts in which we work. For information on how to have your say on our strategy please click here.
New Arabic Books website
In conjunction with the London Book Fair, which runs from 14 - 16 April, the British Council has launched a new website which aims to bring Arabic books to English language readers. We are able to do this through our work with writers, translators and publishers in the Arab World and the UK.
The British Council Collection - online
Browse through our online art collection, curate your own exhibition, and give us feedback on any British Council exhibition you have seen overseas.

Grants to artists

If you are a visual artist and have an exhibition of your work overseas, we may be able to help with your transportation and travel costs. We can't help with exhibitions in the UK.
Next deadline for applications: 1 May 2008
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Art, Architecture and Design
Read about some of our recent exhibitions - No Such Thing As Society, our joint exhibition with the Arts Council which documents British photography from the late 1960s until the late 1980s ; Aftershock, a new contemporary British art show in China; and Love & Money, a cross-disciplinary design exhibition that celebrates the alliance of visual creativity and commerce. Make sure you also have a look at our Venice Biennale microsite, our Collection of Art and our Grants to Artists scheme for UK-based visual artists exhibiting overseas.
Art, Architecture & Design - Silk Pearce
Dance
We work across all forms of dance - from contemporary dance and live art to more classical forms. If you want to find out more about UK dance then check here.
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Drama
The contemporary UK drama scene is thriving, and we work across all genres whether it’s new writing, live art, classical texts or physical theatre. Check here to find out all about it.
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Music
Whether you’re an artistic programmer from outside the UK, a fan of music from the UK or a musician then you’ll find loads of useful information about the UK's music scene here.
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Film and Digital Content
We promote contemporary, innovative films and digital content from the UK, through projects including showcases, workshops, festivals, conferences, tours, residences and virtual projects. Find out more by checking our pages here.
Film and Digital Content - Silk Pearce
Literature
Working with artists all over the world our many projects cover most of the literary genres, from the short story and literary biography to travel writing and lit crit. To find out more check here.
Literature - Silk Pearce
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Explore UK and Commonwealth literature, choose a book, read and write reviews, chat with our online reader in residence and other readers and find out how to set up a reading group.
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