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sioned hughes

Sioned Hughes

Arts Manager (Professional Development)

As Professional Development Manager at Visiting Arts since June 2005, Sioned has extensive experience in conceiving and organising international programmes designed to advance the careers of arts professionals in a range of occupations. Her current role involves the management of international projects that strengthen intercultural understanding through the arts.

Professional development programmes Sioned has managed and delivered include a six week placement programme for 14 Chinese arts managers; 3 month artist residency programmes in Taiwan and Colombia; theatre capacity building workshops in Iran; in-country workshops in China; a young critics programme with participants and activity in the UK, Palestinian Territories, Pakistan and Lebanon; an arts critics exchange programme in Northern Ireland and Washington, DC and Wales and Washington, DC; and three Russian Federation museum curator study visits to the UK; and an International Exchange Placement Programme with support from the Cultural Leadership Programme. She also manages a regular programme of events for the cultural diplomatic community of London.

sioned.hughes@visitingarts.org.uk

+44 (0) 20 7960 9641

Activity

cultural leadership

27.08.10

Atelier Interaction Residency Programme JAPAN-UK

Atelier Interaction Residency Programme UK-Japan

 

Fountain (London) and P3 Art and Environment (Tokyo) with Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design are pleased to present a residency and exhibition project by young emerging artist Sarah Tse.

 

Located at P3/BEP. lab, in the magical and historic ‘Hot Spring Capital' of Japan, (別府市, Beppu-shi), Sarah's residency is a pilot for the wider Atelier project designed to attract some of the UK’s leading contemporary artists, curators and creative practitioners to Japan. The Atelier Interaction Residency Programme Japan-UK will encompass residencies in unique sites such as Fukuoka, Kobe, Kyoto, Nagasaki and Tokyo.

 

The residency programme is one of a number of exciting outcomes from last years Visiting Arts' Cultural Leadership Exchange Placement Programme. This saw Keith Whittle, International Projects, Central Saint Martins undertake a 3-month placement in Beppu, Japan.

 

Working closely with the key academic partner being Central Saint Martins as well as other key cultural partner institutions in both countries, the Atelier Interaction Residency Programme UK-Japan will provide a network of collaborative, crossover and cultural exchange opportunities in addition to links between both countries that extend international prospects to established art and design professionals, emerging practitioners, and the network of Central Saint Martin's past and recent alumni, facilitating the exchange of ideas through practice.

 

The residency will culminate in an exhibition in Beppu from 27 August, followed by a tour of the work to the acclaimed Konya 2023 Gallery, Fukuoka and Nakaochiai Gallery, Tokyo.

 

You can find out more about the pilot residency at http://www.fountainprojects.co.uk

cultural attache network

28.07.10

Newsgathering: the inside story

On June 8, 15 cultural attachés joined Visiting Arts and the European Commission Representation in the UK at a visit to the ITN news studios.