Who We've Funded

For Richard Gwyn to participate in the Poetry Festival of Medellin in Colombia and to work with Colombian poets in Bogata.

www.richardgwyn.com

Literature,

Support for Cardiff based author and translator Richard Gwyn to travel to Argentina to participate in the International Literature Festival Buenos Aires, the International Poetry Festival Rosario and to present his work at the Translators Club of Buenos Aires.

www.richardgwyn.com

Nancie Gynn's piece, Dark River, has been selected to be played at Encuentro de Arte Sonoro Tsonami, an international contemporary music festival held annually in Buenos Aires.

For designer and architect, Jenny Hall, to undertake a residency at the Fiskars Cultural Villlage and in collaboration with the Wood Program at Alva Aalton University Helsinki, Finland.

This application leads on from last years' IOF award: A Play for Japan which was a play used for National Theatre Wales' first international commission.

Theatre and Drama,

Sean will return to Washington DC and North Dakota to develop his relationship both with the Smithsonian Centre for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and the Spotted Bear tribe.

Sean Harris has been awarded funding through the International Opportunites Fund to travel to North Dakota to undertake specific research and meet with key individuals and organisations with the view of creating a collaborative animated diptych in 2010, involving artists and a variety of institutional collections and communities on either side of the Atlantic.

Support for dancer and choreographer, Angharad Harrop, to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to present her work 'Cynefin' at the Danca em Foco Film Festival, and to develop her collaborative dance piece, Perguntas Atebion, with Brasilian musician Ruan de Vargas.

www.angharadharrop.com

Welsh language writer, Fflur Dafydd was supporeted by the International Opportunities Fund to participate in Hay Festival Segovia and Cartagena and storyteller Daniel Morden, travelled to deliver readings and a workshop at Hay Festival Nairobi.

www.hayfestival.co.uk

With the support of the Interanational Opportunites Fund, Maria Hayes travelled to Sweden to view the Aurora Borealis and meet relevant leading artists and scientists to research and develop her own work involving drawing with digital projection and the manipulation of light.

A 2 month residency in China comprising the following: Research, Residency and Exhibition of new site specific ceramics at the Fu-Le International Museum of Ceramic Art.

Support for Hijinx Theatre to attend the Escena Mobile International festival, in Seville, Spain.

www.hijinx.org.uk

4 staff members to travel to Berlin for No Limits Inclusive Theatre Festival and 1 member of staff to travel to two theatres in Demark/Sweden to discuss future collaborations.

http://www.hijinx.org.uk

For Ainsley Hillard to participate in the International Fibrearts Exhibition and Symposium in Pittsburgh, USA.

www.ainsleyhillard.com

Secrecy - Okumura.

For Mererid Hopewood to participate in the Wales- Latin America Writers Chain across Patagonia.

For Mary Husted and Sue Hunt to accompany the exhibition, Open Books Plus, during its presentation at The Sanshung Musuem of Contemporary Art in Hungzhou and to further relationships with a number of galleries, critics and artists.

For Sioned Huws to continue the development of the Aomori Project.

Sioned Huws to travel to Japan for 3 months to develop new performance work, participate in residencies, make a film and perform previously developed work from Aomori Project (ongoing project since 2009/10)

This will be an initial research and development trip for Sue Williams director of Hyperaction.

www.hyperaction.org.uk