Who We've Funded

Support for visual artist, Tete de Alencar, to present a solo exhibition at Sao Paulo's Afro Museum in Brazil as part of the Biennale and to undertake research to develop the 'Cinderella Flash' project.

www.wix.com/tetedealencar/tete

'Wanderer' performance & response, with writing reidency component.

www.ivyalvarez.com

In November 2008 David Ambrose will visit Aachen to research the German Storytelling network and also visit Zwolle in The Netherlands to research a Storytelling School for primary school age group, exploring the potential for a similar school in Barry as a joint German, Dutch and Welsh partnership.

With the support of the International Opportunities Fund, David Ambrose travelled to Iran to participate in the storytelling festival run by Kanoon institute in order to explore the potential for furture collaboration with AItak Sorahitalab of Kanoon.

Visual artist Jonathan Anderson was supported by the International Opportunities Fund to participate in an international residency at Birch Creek Ranch in Utah, USA to develop work using coal to be exhibited at Mission Gallery.

http://coalodoniaprojects.blogspot.com/

Support for poet Myrddin ap Dafydd to present his work at the Festa del Fruili having had his poetry translated into Italian as part of a literature series run by the publishing company, Mobydick.

Support for Welsh writer, Desmond Barry to undertake a research and development visit to Finland and Sweden as part of the initial stages of a collaborative literature and visual arts project.

For Jay to travel with Dr Simon Guntner to Lampedusa Island and create a series of images on the subject of asylum and immigration.

Blaengar, a Visual and Performance Arts organisation in Mid Wales was able to develop a collaborative cross border project in Venice, Rijeka and Aberystwyth, creating site specific work and exploring notions of actual and perceived space and location with the support of Wales Arts International's IOF fund.

Dance artist and choreographer Jessie Brett travelled to Tenerife with support of the International Opportunities Fund to build on her relationship with choreographer Carlota Mantecon.

Invited by Alejandra Barrera who is organizing a congress of Arts and Peace in Venezuela.

www.cynefin.org.uk / www.iwanbrioc.com

With the support of the International Opportunities Fund, Michael Brookes travelled to Singapore to collaborate with Spanish artist Rosa Casado on the large scale context specific performance and exhibition work 'The Perfect Human Being'.

Support for performance artist Mike Brookes to undertake a month long residency in New York, USA working with Spanish artist, Rosa Casado, and Perishable Theatre in collaboration with Brown University, New York.

Initiate future collaborations and research, establish potential partnerships with relevant groups, individuals and insitutions.

www.simply-solar.co.uk

Tina Carr and Annemarie Schone travelled to Hungary to work in collaboration with the Roma Parliament, "Amaro Drom" the Roma magazine and other Roma artists and photographers.

www.simply-solar.co.uk

Following from Interventions 08, Ruth continued the collaboration and cross cultural dialogue between the rural areas of west Jutland, Denmark and Powys, Wales.

Developing the collaborative relationship between CPR and the Grotowski Institute in Wroclaw.

www.thecpr.org.uk

To transport Welsh performers and set design to New York to enable the New York premiere of a dance production commissioned by Chapter, with support of Arts Council of Wales 2007-08.

www.chapter.org.

For Matt Beere, Rebecca Woodford-Smtih and James Tyson from Chapter Arts Centre to participate in the Dream Regime project, an international co-production run by the Gekidan Kaitaisha theatre group, Tokyo, Japan.

www.chapter.org.

In Jan - Feb 2009 to visit India to research sites of cultural and religious significance in Delhi, Agra, and Kolkata, also undertaking workshops with The National Institute of Fashion Technology