Arts and culture - British Council

Arts education pictures - Credit: Luke Kewin, Jason Tozer, and Dan Materna

ARTS AND CULTURE

EXPERIENCE THE BEST OF CONTEMPORARY UK

Whether you're interested in art, photography, drama, dance, literature, creative writing, film or design, we bring the best of UK culture to you.

We work with professional partners to bring you innovative work through festivals, performances and exhibitions, in addition to a range of projects, programmes, workshops and seminars.

Working with us

Are you an artist, performer or arts practitioner who is interested in working across cultures? If you want support in finding new audiences and partnerships, we may be able to help. Find out more

How we work

We support writers, artists, musicians, performers, teachers and other arts practitioners across the globe through information and creative networks. Find out more

Global events calendar

Do you want to find out about the range of events that we have going on around the world. Why not use our Global Events Calendar to see if there is something to interest you?

Online resources

Want to know more about the the latest developments on the UK arts scene? We can link you to some of the best websites on film, art, theatre, film and dance. Find out more