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CASE STUDIES Scotland Visiting Arts has worked with many arts organisations in Scotland to develop their programmes on an international level. Working across the other three UK nations, we have encouraged cross-border touring and information sharing to ensure a good distribution of international arts to Scottish audiences. We provide information and intelligence services to cultural professionals in Scotland through a range of online sources and network events including:
Visiting Arts delivers a range of programmes to expand the knowledge, horizons and opportunities for exchange for artists and cultural professionals to champion intercultural understanding. Artist to Artist provides the opportunity for an overseas artist to spend a week with an artist based in the UK enabling an exchange of ideas and information and the strengthening of relationships and networks. Since 2004, Scottish visual artists have participated in the scheme developing creative partnerships through intercultural dialogue. Pairings have included Lesley Young with Unnar Örn Jónasson (Iceland), Graham Ramsey with Dan Perjovschi (Romania) and Katri Walker with Maximo González Báez (Argentina / Mexico).
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Invasion, Occupation, Extension (poems on ‘papel picado’) In 2004, participating artists Lesley Young and Unnar Örn Jónasson travelled to Orkney to examine the complexities of art and identity beyond the city and the “cliché of the ‘centre’”. Lesley commented on the value of this approach, noting that Unnar “sought answers to questions” she had “never thought to ask of Scotland”. Creative Collaborations encourage and nurture connections between UK and international artists working with young people, local communities and audiences. The scheme provides artists with exploration and professional development time working within an intercultural context and participatory opportunities in international arts collaborations. The Balkan Exchange was a three-week residency and collaboration between Bosnian group The Jimmy Joyce Rolls Royce Band and Edinburgh-based musicians Mikel Krumins (The Abdominal Showmen), Daniel Gorman (aka Danseizure), and members of Orkestra del Sol with the aim of producing new music for performance and recording. The skills-sharing residencies included community workshops led by Lis Murphy for local young musicians.
Performance of Balkan Invasion at the Forest Arts Space, Edinburgh Mentored development visits enable cultural professions to experience and participate in unique arts and cultural platforms and showcases in key overseas markets. The programme focuses on expanding the knowledge and interests of UK-wide producers and curators and establishes dialogue with international artists and cultural professionals. Recent visits have included the Fadjr International Theatre Festival in Iran attended by Gregory Thompson (Tron, Glasgow) and Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh (Zendeh, Edinburgh). The producers were accompanied by Brian Logan, a features writer at the Guardian, who covered the theatre festival in Tehran. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/story/0,,2006116,00.html The 2007 visit was part of a long-standing programme of engagement with Iranian arts that has resulted in a number of presentations in the UK.
The Mute Who Was Dreamed Young Critics is a programme that connects young arts critics based in the UK with their overseas counterparts. In 2006, 12 writers from England, Northern Ireland Pakistan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories and Scotland completed an intensive series of workshops in the UK led by established critics and mentors covering a range of art forms, cultural platforms and issues. The group then travel to one of the partnered countries, offering them an opportunity to explore a different culture and to further exercise their critical skills. The programme empowers young people and develops their capacity for critical thought as well as encouraging an ongoing dialogue that explores the similarities and divergences of artistic practice in the context of the culture in which it is produced.
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