The first round of the British Council’s Connections Through Culture mobility grant to promote arts and cultural exchange between the UK and Southeast Asiais now accepting applications. The call for application was launched on 26 August and is open until 26 September 2019. The grant is a first-of-its kind project to spark innovative ways for participants from six Southeast Asian countries and the UK to collaborate through the arts.
Connections Through Culture is a bilateral grants programme designed to seed exciting cultural exchanges between artists and arts organisations, and nurture cooperation and long-lasting relationships between the UK and six Southeast Asian countries: Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Following similar initiatives in China and Taiwan, artists, arts professionals and art group representatives from the six the Southeast Asia countries and the UK are eligible to apply for the mobility grant valued from 2,500 GBP to 5,000 GBP. Artists from the Southeast Asia and the UK may use the grants for self-directed travel to meet with specialists, peers in the field and potential collaborators in the UK and in Southeast Asia between January-March 2020.
Successful grantees will be announced on 28 October 2019.
Philippine applicants can find further information here:
British Council Philippines|British Council Myanmar|British Council Vietnam|British Council Malaysia|British Council Thailand|British Council Indonesia
To apply for the grants, please emailctc@britishcouncil.org.
For general enquiries, please contactctc@britishcouncil.org
Connections Through Culturenews, application calls and results will regularly be posted on British Council channels in Southeast Asia:
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Twitter: @britishph
Instagram: @britishph
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Hashtag: #BritishCouncilCTC, #Artsmobility
