| Some of our current projects and programmes in the Arts |
Dickens 2012
Worldwide
The British Council is working with over 50 countries worldwide to coordinate an exciting range of educational and cultural events celebrating the bicentenary of the UK's most prolific and influential novelists: Charles Dickens.
Film London
Dickens Museum
British Council literature |
Guimarães Fashion Hub, in partnership with the British Council
As part of the Fashion HUB Platform Moda Guimarães 2012, one of the selected designers will be given direct entry into The British Council’s Young Creative Fashion Entrepreneur Award. This selected designer will participate in a visit to the UK, in September 2012, where he or she will get to do some valuable networking both with peers and also key UK fashion sector partners |
BritLit
This project uses contemporary British literature as a language learning tool. Teachers have access to classroom materials, worksheets and projects and are offered the opportunity to work with contemporary British authors and poets. |
ART
My Choice - Paula Rego
Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra, Feburary 2011 - February 2012
This intriguing exhibition was selected by Dame Paula Rego from the British Council Collection of 20th and 21st century British art. You can see the collection online, watch videos about her election and work, and see work by our English language student competition winners.
THEATRE
Forest Fringe
Culturgest, February 2012
Forest Fringe is an performer-managed non.profit organisation founded in 2007. Half a decade later, the venue has become renowned as a space for experimentation, generosity and communitarian adventure, presenting work that is meaningful, moving and politically relevant. The venue has won numerous awards for its unusual and adventurous programme: exciting theatrical experiments and ambitious projects that are often not yet finished.
MÚSICA
Thomas Adès
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, January 2012
Multi-talented composer, pianist and conductor Thomas Adès has established himself as one of the most celebrated English composers of our day. Writing about Adès, the critic Andrew Porter has said "There's been nobody like him since Benjamin Britten."
DESIGN
ExperimentaDesign'11
EXD’11 launched in September 2011. The latest theme was "Useless" , raising questions about and reflection on the value and worth of use and its absence.
Richard Wentworth exhibition at the Museu de Farmácia
http://www.experimentadesign.com/2011/en/08-01-00.html
ExperimentaDesign'11
1º Creative Economy Symposium - Sir John Sorrell - October 2011
Sir John Sorrell, UK Creative Industries Ambassador, will be in Lisbon to participate in the symposium as a speaker in two debates: "A Era da Creatividade" e "Criatividade e Educação”.
Organised by ExperimentaDesign, British Embassy/UKTI, and the British Council.
More information/Programme (pdf, 857k, opens in new window)
MUSIC
Paul Griffiths and Orquestra Geração, CCB in Lisbon
October 2011
Projecto Nómadas (UK/Portugal)
http://www.betweenthenotes.co.uk/html/pg_biog.asp
http://www.ccb.pt/sites/ccb/en-EN/MaisNovosFamilia/Espectaculos/Pages/FBBProjectNomads.aspx?month=10
FASHION
Jianhui Yan, a British designer, was invited by the British Council and British Embassy/UKTI Portugal to show his "Next Pashmina" at ModaLisboa Fashion Week, October 2011.
See our interview with Jianhui Yan on YouTube (new window)
http://www.jianhui.co.uk/category/events/
ART, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TTT Transforma Think Tank; Transforma Lab
May/June/July 2011
What's the role of artistic and creative production in the fields of competitive development, sustainable cities, leadership or and the creative economy? Academics, politicians, representatives of the media and other professionals joined the debate led by Transforma Think Tank, in association with the British Council.
The British Council is a partner of Maria Matos Theatre in
The Two Degrees Conference: Art, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
May 2011- Maria Matos Theatre
www.teatromariamatos.pt/pt/prog/conversas/2010-2011/doisgraus
FILME
IndieLisboa
IndieLisboa was a chance to encounter the most recent and interesting works of independent cinema from all over the world. The main aim of this Festival is to discover new films and new directors in the universe of independent cinema. By focussing on authorial creativity and independence, IndieLisboa has become the most important Portuguese Film festival.
ARCHITECTURE
Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa
The Lisbon Architecture Triennale — the most significant architectural event in the Iberian Peninsula — had its second edition. The British Council partnered with the Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa to bring the work of Alison and Peter Smithson to Lisbon.
CULTURAL LEADERSHIP
Cultural Leadership International (CLI)
The project is developing a new generation of cultural leaders. They will use skills and experience gained on the programme to better lead their organisations and inspire an open, tolerant and integrated society.
CLI will cultivate and support international partnerships and collaborations using UK cultural leadership expertise. The project will also generate opportunities for the international exchange of knowledge, experiences and ideas, and support people in fulfilling their potential and realising their aspirations.
DESIGN
British Council contribution to ExperimentaDesign09
The British contribution to Timeless explored and expressed the idea of ‘place’ within ‘time’ through a series of commissions that were specific responses to Lisbon; its resources, identity and location.
CLIMATE
Climate Change
Through strengthening networks and relationships among people, we are increasing understanding of the case for tackling climate change and championing implementation of international agreements that address the threats of climate change.
isabel.lopes@pt.britishcouncil.org
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