Arts - British Council - Northern Ireland

International support for Northern Ireland arts

Working jointly with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure Northern Ireland, we aim to ensure the support and promotion worldwide of Northern Ireland's most innovative and dynamic creative output. We seek to enhance Northern Ireland's reputation in the arts and contribute to an international and outward looking focus.

Creative Economy

Our programmes contribute to the local and global economy by supporting and distributing the work of artists and architects, creative entrepreneurs and policy makers.

Visual Arts

We promote a wide range of disciplines from Northern Ireland thorugh a range of activities and events including touring exhibitions, workshops, seminars and conferences. We also facilitate study programmes in the UK for overseas curators and visual arts professionals.

Drama and Dance

With our support Northern Ireland productions have travelled across the globe to major international festivals. We work with our network of overseas offices to present drama and dance in a meaningful local context.

Literature

The Literature Department facilitates cultural understanding and exchange through writing and reading projects relevant to our audiences around the world. We work with hundreds of authors globally, lead over 350 projects with our influential partners, host many websites and co-publish with Granta the New Writing Anthology.

Music

From traditional to electronica, we support musicians by helping to promote their work at festivals and events around the world.

Film

We promote contemporary and innovative UK film to audiences around the world, working on showcases, workshops, festivals, conferences, tours, residences and virtual projects.

British Council Arts Collection Online

For more than 60 years the British Council has been collecting works of art, craft and design to promote UK creative achievements abroad. View some of it here.

UK Young Creative Entrepreneur Awards now open

A series of awards celebrating the skills of those aged 25-35, offering training, career development and collaboration opportunities in design, communications, screen, music, visual arts, fashion, publishing and interactive design. For more information contact Colette Norwood.

Local artist represents Northern Ireland at Venice Biennale 2009

Supported by the British Council, Susan MacWilliam will represent Northern Ireland at next year's Venice Biennale. Her work involves the investigation of particular individual case histories and myths, particularly those relating to the paranormal, the supernatural and to perceptual phenomena.