Creative Innovators Film Series: Artisanal Heritage Studies and Creative Enterprise Center

Located in Davao at the Philippine Women’s College (PWC), the Artisanal Heritage Studies and Creative Enterprise Center (AHSCEC) is a multi-disciplinary, culture-based creative enterprise development and innovation hub. Led by Emi Englis, the hub champions cultural awareness and respect as it advances PWC’s curriculum, strengthening the entrepreneurial abilities of its students, faculty and community partners.

With support from AHSCEC, PWC alumna Cheri Lou Aranjuez creates women’s fashion with artisans from the Mandaya tribe of Compostela Valley. She incorporates their traditional bead work into her designs, supporting the artisans’ livelihoods and helping preserve their cultural traditions. Cheri’s collections were featured at the London Fashion Week for two seasons.

Watch Emi and Cheri’s story here.

Connections Through Culture launches third round

Mobility grants for arts professionals – Connections Through Culture
Deadline 31 January 2020
Open to Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and the UK

The third round of the British Council’s Connections Through Culture (CTC) arts mobility grant, promoting art and cultural exchange between the UK and Southeast Asia, is open until 31 January 2020. Launched in August 2019, CTC provides exciting cultural exchange between artists, arts professionals and arts organisations; nurturing cooperation and long-lasting relationships between the UK and six Southeast Asian countries: Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. The first two rounds of CTC have supported over twenty projects so far. Successful grantees for this third round will be announced on 02 March 2020.

Applicants can find more information here.

The Future of Creatives, the Future is Creatives

In a recent article by Melanie Sison, she highlighted the emerging importance of the creative industries in building local economies, signaling a lucrative opportunity for creatives and their countries with creative hubs to play a vital role as catalysts for innovation, economic growth and social change.

Creativity and creative hubs, however, go beyond developing the creative economy; they can be used as a tool for solving real-world problems and building communities. Schools are integrating creative thinking in their students, and in a report we commissioned about creative hubs, the research found that hubs are places that bring creative people together – providing space and support for networking, as well as promoting sustainability and community engagement within the creative, cultural and technology sector.

Read Melanie’s article online here. Adobo Magazine is a partner of the Creative Innovators Programme.

Making Futures heads to Cebu–biennial international conference on craft

Making Futures: Rethinking Craft Communities, Taking on Global Challenges
6-8 March 2020
Ticketed registration opens 20 January 2020
Quest Hotel in Cebu, Philippines

Making Futures is a biennial international research conference developed and curated by Malcolm Ferris at Plymouth College of Art. It is a partnership between the British Council and Plymouth College of Art, supported through British Council’s Crafting Futures global programme. Across six UK editions to date, it has established itself as one of the leading events in the field and is the only biennial global craft conference in the UK.

Making Futures explores contemporary craft and maker movements as ‘change agents’ in societies across the globe by investigating key issues concerning the progressive possibilities presented by the revival, development and promotion of these sectors. These issues, many of which will be discussed in Cebu, include: the changing nature of both craft and industry, developments in digital technologies, sustainability in the context of the global climate crisis, material innovations, social and community-based regeneration, and craft leadership.

For the latest updates and information, please check our web page.