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curators visits

29.07.10

Russian Federation Museum Curators’ UK Study Visit

In June Visiting Arts, in partnership with British Council and the Vladimir Potanin Foundation Moscow, delivered a 10-day study visit for a group of museum curators from across the Russian Federation. The visit was a prize for the winners of the best submission to the Vladimir Potanin Foundation’s Changing Museums in a Changing World competition.

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.

networking events

27.07.10

Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art networking event

Visiting Arts was pleased to be able to co-host a networking lunch at Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art.

This event aimed to bring the art of local and international artists to Glasgow for a two-week burst of exhibitions across the city; the festival ran from 16 April until 3rd May 2010.

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26.07.10

Visiting Arts' Producers' breakfast is nearly sold out. Register here http://producersbreakfast.eventbrite.com

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26.07.10

Fabio Santos, Robert Palmer and Lemi Ponifasio confirmed to speak at Edinburgh Producers' Breakfast Monday 16 August.

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26.07.10

RT @unxposed: Finally launched the new (Drupal based) http://www.visitingarts.org.uk site - Lots of nice personalised content!

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23.07.10

Welcome to our new website - www.visitingarts.org.uk

red tape

21.07.10

Red Tape - Working in the UK - Certificates of Sponsorship

Getting international artists to the UK can be a complex, difficult process and is one of the main enquiries Visiting Arts gets. This article offers guidance to how to go about the process and what you need to know as a prospective employer, and also gives you direct links to relevant web sites, to try and help you through the routes you have available.

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25.06.10

BBC Trust approves Project Canvas http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jun/25/project-canvas-bbc-trust

contemporary myths

23.06.10

Contemporary Myths 2009 short documentary on screen

Contemporary Myths 2009 from Visiting Arts on Vimeo.

A film by Dakus Films about the first Contemporary Myths workshop which took place from 17-20 August 2009 at Theatre Workshop Scotland, Edinburgh.

Three Iranian directors, Nasim Ahmadpour-Samani, Kumars Moradi and Mohammad Aghebati, work with three UK directors Tim Supple, Graham McLaren and Ninaz Khodaiji, for four days on the theme of adapting myths for contemporary performance.

A group of five actors also took part: Lucy Rasheed, Steven Rae, Yuki Ellias, Miguel Pinheiro and Soraya Nabipour.