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Arts and Creative Industries

Virtual Exhibition with Tessa Guanzon

Woven Networks virtual exhibition

Discover the Woven Networks research projects through an interactive and exciting visual format. ‘From land to loom, from fibre to form’ is publicly accessible until 1 December 2022!

We Will Rock You in the Philippines!

The musical follows two revolutionaries as they try to save rock'n'roll in a post-apocalyptic world. This new rock-powered production features 24 of Queen’s biggest hits, including Killer Queen, Under Pressure, We are the Champions and more. Directed by Nick Winston, We Will Rock You is a musical for our time: a fist-pumping, foot-stomping anthem to individuality.

Biennials Connect Visual Arts Grant Open Call

We are delighted to announce a new grant of up to £10,000 (Php650,000), supporting Philippine-based biennials to showcase the work of UK-based contemporary visual artists. Deadline for applications is 11.59 pm GMT Thursday 10 November 2022.

Call Out: For the Public Good

Calling musicians, theatre-makers, artists and writers. Leeds 2023 are looking for artists who want to work with their local community and an academic researcher from Leeds to create propositions on how technology can be used to help communities understand climate change. Artists from the Philippines are eligible to apply.

Creative Hubs Connect

Join the UK-SEA Creative Hubs Connect programme today to start building and accelerating your creative ecosystem. The new platform is designed to support creative hubs to explore new markets and creative collaborations.

#MaterialsWiki Project

Discover the digital collection of indigenous and sustainable materials from the Philippines and the United Kingdom through #Materials Wiki, Materials Library Expansion – An art and cultural research collaboration between Cebu and Dundee UNESCO Creative Cities of Design. This project is led by our Connections Through Culture grantee, MATIC Hub.

Lessons from our hubs work

What has been the impact of our creative hubs programme? The Creative Economy 2030: Imagining and Delivering a Robust, Creative, Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery, is a journal publication project in collaboration with the British Council, the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Our work in the arts and creative industries

We bring together creative people from the UK, Philippines and over 100 countries we work in to form lasting connections, share peer-to-peer learning and inspire transformational experiences.

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