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Arts and Creative Industries

CTC grantees

Making things happen through digital collaboration

In 2020, we awarded Connections Through Culture Grants to 16 artists, cultural professionals and collectives. Their projects encompass design, visual arts, performance art, research and more.

Get to know them and their exciting initiatives.

 
Meet the grantees
 
Creative Communities Learning Lab
 

Finding it hard to engage communities online?

‘Digital community strategy and management’ will help you improve your skills as a community strategist through effective online tools and delivery framework. It is part of a series of free and self-led courses at the Creative Communities Learning Lab.

 
Take the course
Design Counts
 

Are you a researcher or academic specialising in design?

We need your input! In partnership with the Design Center of the Philippines, we invite you to take part in our nationwide survey to help us learn more about Philippine design and support the development of a National Design Policy.

 
Go to the survey
Biennale application image
 

Calling all biennale and festival organisers

We are accepting grant applications to support biennales and festivals from the Philippines who want to showcase works by UK designers.

 
Apply by 18 Aug
#DestinationZero finalist Jovie Montajes
 

#DestinationZero

We invited young people around the world to share ideas for our climate innovation challenge. Congratulations to Filipino trailblazer Jovie Gil Montajes for being one of the ten finalists!

 
Learn more
Weaving Futures launch
 

Mapping the heritage of craft communities

The Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts successfully launched ‘Weaving Futures: Cultural exchanges and design collaboration’ together with Enrique Zobel Foundation and Philippine Women’s University. Supported by the #CraftingFutures programme, this initiative enriches the weaving practices of four indigenous communities in the Philippines.

 
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Leave your shoes outside CTC grant
 

Candid conversations on contemporary arts and culture

Pineapple Lab’s Leave Your Shoes Outside is back for season two! Learn about the role of gender in art practice from the experience of actor and director Missy Maramara. Supported by the Creative Innovators Programme, this limited podcast series is hosted by Andrei Pamintuan and Creative Innovators Fellow, Jodinand Aguillon.

 
Listen today

Photo credits: CTC 2020-21 grantee Niya B. (in photo) by Brian Harley (digital collaboration), Poyraz Tütüncü (Creative Communities Learning Lab), Reginald Sarmenta (Design Counts survey), Kayhan Kaygusuz (Desiccate with care by public works with Freddie Wiltshire and Billy Adams, 5th Istanbul Design Biennial).

Erratum: On last month’s e-newsletter, we made an error in the title of the lead story. The correct title is ‘The Garden of Privatised Delights’. Our apologies.


 

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. 

Find out more here.

 

Contact us

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British Council in the Philippines
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Philippines

 
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