Projects
WOMEX 2013 Cardiff
Wales
Cardiff has been selected as the city to host WOMEX, the leading world music expo, in 2013. The bid to host WOMEX in 2013 was led by Cerdd Cymru : Music Wales, a partnership between Welsh Music Foundation, Wales Arts International and Arts Council of Wales
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Writers Chain
India
India-Wales Writers Chain aims to build cultural connections between Wales and India through literature.
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Theatre from Wales
Wales
Wales Arts International is working with partners in the theatre sector in Wales on various activities including focus groups, seminars, research visits, publication, networking events and showcases.
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Projects in the EU
Europe
Wales Arts International brings new opportunities to the arts in Wales through our engagement with Europe.
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Canada
NoFit State Circus
July 2010
The award winning critically acclaimed NoFit State Circus took tabú to North America for the first time in July 2010.
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Meduse Residency
Wales Arts International and Méduse collaborated on a series of residencies for Wales based practitioners. Méduse is a collective that brings together under one roof ten organisations involved in the cultural and community life of Québec City.
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China
In Search of the Red Dragon
01/03/2008
Eight emerging visual artists from China were selected from leading universities in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing to come to Wales in 2008 for a month-long residency at institutions and centres in Wales.
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Celebrating The Red Dragon
01/03/2009
Three leading artists from Wales visited China in March 2009 as part of the ‘Celebrating the Red Dragon’ initiative, supported by Wales Arts International (WAI) and British Council. The Welsh artists selected were Iwan Bala, Mary Lloyd Jones and Christine Mills.
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Musician in Residence in Chengdu
10/10/2011
Gareth Bonello is currently on a 6 week residency in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China.
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Denmark
Womex 2010 Copenhagen
From the 27-31 October 2010, Wales Arts International and Welsh Music Foundation worked together to present a showcase of music from Wales at Womex 2010.
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WOMEX 2009 Copenhagen
Wales Arts International and Welsh Music Foundation attended WOMEX in Copenhagen at the end of October 2009.
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Research Visit to ASSITEJ 2011
With the support of Wales Arts International a group of venue programmers and freelance directors undertook a research visit to ASSITEJ 2011 in Denmark, an international organisation dedicated to theatre for young people.
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England
Dance from Wales 2010
09/07/2010
The British Dance Edition, the biannual international showcase of new British dance, took place in February 2010, where Wales based dance practitioners Eddie Ladd and Tanja Raman performed, and a new Dance Directory was pulished by us.
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Europe
Projects in the EU
Wales Arts International brings new opportunities to the arts in Wales through our engagement with Europe.
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France
Festival Interceltique de Lorient
The culture and traditions of Wales were the feature of the Lorient Interceltic Festival in Brittany from the 1st to the 10th of August 2008.
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India
Writers Chain
India-Wales Writers Chain aims to build cultural connections between Wales and India through literature.
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Hay International Fellows
31/08/2011
Welsh writers Jon Gower and Tiffany Murray were announced as the inaugural Hay International Fellows during Hay Festival 2011. The fellowships will give Jon and Tiffany the opportunity to experience each of Hay’s growing international portfolio of festivals and to develop their own work and projects through their year long tenure.
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Publishing Next, Goa
30/09/2011
Elin Haf Gruffydd, Director of Mercator Institute at Aberystwyth University, played a key role as keynote speaker at Publishing Next, a major conference in India exploring the development of social media and technological innovations on the publishing industry.
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National Dance Company Wales tour to India
01/11/2011
National Dance Company Wales is working with STEM Dance based in Bangalore on a 3-city tour of India in November 2011.
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Italy
Wales at the Venice Biennale of Art
04/06/2011
Tim Davies was selected by Arts Council of Wales to represent Wales at the 54th International Art Exhibition, at a new location for Wales at the Biennale, Santa Maria Ausiliatrice: the Ludoteca in Castello.
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Scotland
Showcase Scotland 2010
26/01/2010
Alongside Sain Records, Wales Arts International hosted the Wales Reception at Showcase Scotland 2010, which included performances from Lleuwen Steffan and Gwenan Gibbard.
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USA
Clay Studio
In partnership with The Clay Studio, Wales Arts International is delighted to offer a residency opportunity for a Wales based ceramic artist at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia, for a period of eight weeks.
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Research visit to NCECA
31/03/2010
Philadelphia Clay Studio Residency and National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts conference report by David Cushway
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Wales
World Music from Wales
01/10/2009
As part of its series of art form directories, Wales Arts International has compiled a directory of World Music from Wales.
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Interceltic Celebration
01/05/2010
Wales Millennium Centre joined forces with the internationally renowned Festival Interceltique de Lorient for the first time this spring to present a whole day of live Celtic festivities. Established in 1969, the Festival is the world’s largest gathering of Celtic cultures and is the first time that it will be involved in an event outside of France.
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Music Encounters
01/07/2009
Wales Arts International and Llangollen International Eisteddfod launched the Music Encounters project on the Eisteddfod field in July 2009.
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Theatre from Wales
Wales Arts International is working with partners in the theatre sector in Wales on various activities including focus groups, seminars, research visits, publication, networking events and showcases.
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British Music Abroad Scheme
Wales Arts International is pleased to announce that it is working in partnership with the British Music Abroad scheme to fund Welsh artists to perform at international showcase events.
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WOMEX 2013 Cardiff
Cardiff has been selected as the city to host WOMEX, the leading world music expo, in 2013. The bid to host WOMEX in 2013 was led by Cerdd Cymru : Music Wales, a partnership between Welsh Music Foundation, Wales Arts International and Arts Council of Wales
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Curators Visit 2010
18/05/2010
In May 2010 saw a visit to Wales by a group of International Curators organised through Wales Arts International.
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Dance Encounters
Dance Encounters 2011 was held from the 31 April - 1 of May 2011 in Caernarfon and explored the risks involved in programming international dance, the barriers and ways to overcome them.
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Cerdd Cymru : Music Wales
Cerdd Cymru : Music Wales is a partnership between Welsh Music Foundation and Wales Arts International and Arts Council of Wales, that brings together the music industry and musicians in Wales to develop international opportunities that benefit Wales economically and culturally.
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Welsh Arts Critics’ Development Programme 2011
Wales Arts International is working in partnership with Visiting Arts to deliver a development programme for Welsh Arts Critics.
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