Finding synergies and niche areas within UK and Dutch arts and cultural practice and policy for sharing dialogue and exchange through creative projects

We develop or co-host participative networking projects for early and mid-career professionals in the arts and in arts policy. With these projects we bring people together to share ideas, gain new skills and benefit from new opportunities.

The following projects are highlights from current or past work. For all our projects, have a look at the events pages.

The Chronicles - November 2007 The Chronicles is a joint project with Crossing Border festival and aims to use creative writing and translation as a vehicle to engage with next generation Europeans in an active intercultural dialogue addressing issues of language, understanding & identity. During workshops in London and a writer/translator-in-residency at Crossing Border festival in The Hague six up-and-coming British and Dutch authors and translators work together and perform on stage. Dates: 7-10 November, at the Poetry Society, London          21-25 November, at Crossing Border festival, The Hague

On Top of the Town The theatre project On Top of the Town with Noord Nederlands Toneel in Groningen and Northern Stage in Newcastle is working with 16–19 year olds from the UK and Netherlands to explore identity and citizenship to create a professional production to be performed in August 2006 at the Noorderzon Festival in Groningen and the newly opened Northern Stage theatre in Newcastle. theatre project is part of our Youth Projects programme.

Music, Education and Outreach A series of professional exchanges and projects between leading UK ensembles and orchestras in the area of outreach and education took place within the context of the Concertgebouw’s British Season in 2003/4. It culminated in a 2-day Expert Meeting which helped to springboard a number of new UK/NL collaborations and education development in the Dutch formal music sector. To read more about this project, visit the Music Education and Outreach website.

Innovation from the UK Four seminar / networking events took place from December 2004 – June 2005 at the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam, each one looking at a particular aspect of creative partnerships between business and the arts. If you want to know more, read the full programme, reports of each session related press articles. The series was made in partnership with Leenaers Verloop and the Association of Cultural Marketing and Communications section of the GVR.