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13.08.10

MAU Tempest Without a Body; Birds With Skymirrors preview in the Guardian

MAU, a dance troup hailing from New Zealand, led by Samoan choreographer Lemi Ponifasio, will perform two works as part of the Edinburgh International Festival: Tempest – Without a Body, and Birds with Skymirrors, both supported by Visiting Arts. They are previewed in todays' Guardian.

whats on

10.08.10

Artist to Artist participants continue their working with PAVES

A number of Artist to Artist participants from previous years continue their conversation at PAVES

producers visits

10.08.10

Korea-UK Connection 2010: Producers’ Research Visit

Visiting Arts is working in partnership with the Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS) to encourage and support collaborative exchange in the performing arts between the two countries.

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.

news

05.07.10

VA international working survey results

VA recently put out a survey to the cultural sector to find out more about how international work is being carried out in the UK and what could be done to further support it.

See the images for quick snapshot of the results and read below for more indepth analysis.

We would like to know:

  1. Do  these results match your experience (yes/no)?
  2. What would you add to the questions and/or answers?
  3. Could you take a few minutes to fill in our quick online survey.

news

23.06.10

How to use the new VA website

Welcome to VA's new website!

Here's a short note to introduce you to the site's main features.

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18.06.10

Arts Council England implements cuts to 2010/11 budget

Arts Council England has announced a 0.5% funding cut for each of the 880 frontline arts organisations it regularly gives money to. This is to address a combined £23million budget reduction for the year 2010/11. 

For more information, click here to read the Arts Council's statement. 

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10.06.10

Changes at the DCMS

Jeremy Hunt MP has been appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, as part of the UK’s new Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition Government.

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