Visiting Arts and Wales Arts International join forces with the British Council for a new arts exchange program connecting writers and journalists from Wales with their counterparts in North America.

OVERVIEW

Designed to develop coverage and critical discussion of Welsh arts, the program offers participants the opportunity to join intensive transatlantic workshops focused equally on developing their critical abilities, international discussion of Welsh art forms and developing relationships between the media in Wales and North America. The program will also encompass bilingualism and takes as its starting point coverage of Welsh activity in Washington DC during the Smithsonian Folklife celebrations in summer 2009.

Over the course of the program, time will be spent in both Wales and Washington DC, with participants attending writing workshops and a variety of performances alongside gallery visits.  They will write reviews, discuss their work together and explore the role of the art critic.  

EVENT DATES

The program involves two professional development workshops and curated visits, the first in Wales from May 24-30th 2009, and the second in Washington, DC from June 23-29th 2009.

ATTENDEES

Three writers from Wales and three from North America will be chosen - the selection process is now closed and participant announcements will be made shortly.

This program is run in partnership with Visiting Arts and Wales Arts International, and supported as part of Wales activities in Washington DC by the Welsh Assembly Government.