Arts and Creative Industries

Boost your creative career by upgrading management skills

Creative Communities Learning Lab is also for up-and-coming creatives looking to generate revenue and start a professional career.

Lights, Camera, Computer – Action!

Join Connections Through Culture (CTC) 2021 grantee Jerome Dulin of the North Luzon Cinema Guild and the Scottish Documentary Institute for the LensesXCultures Film Lab. Guest filmmaker Jewel Maranan will talk about the process of making a documentary and share her experiences in producing films. The webinar is happening on 28 January, 9.00 a.m. (UK)/ 4.00 p.m. (PH)

Launching of ‘Sourcebook’ at LUX UK

British artists Mandy El-Sayegh and Helena Hunter and Filipino curator Renan Laru-an present ‘Sourcebook’, an exhibition of research impulses that reveals the collaboration in their attempt to create art during a crisis of reunion. This event opening on 27 January is supported by the British Council’s 2020 Connections Through Culture Digital Collaborations Grant.

Webinar series — Shakespeare as academic and artistic practice

From 26 to 28 January, the University of the Philippines’ Department of English and Comparative Literature and the University of Birmingham’s Shakespeare Institute explore the intersections between academic and artistic practices around William Shakespeare. This webinar series is supported by the British Council’s 2019 Connections Through Culture Grant.

Connecting the Philippine-UK creative economy

We learned great insights on Philippine-UK cultural relations from policymakers, cultural leaders, artists and academics at the Partner South East Asia: Arts and Culture Matters.

Restoration and reinvention in film archives

At the International Silent Film Festival Manila 2021, we explored how the convergence of cinema, archive and music can lead to innovative ways of interacting with new audiences together with experts from the UK, EU and the Philippines.

Selector’s 20th Birthday show

Host Jamz Supernova brings you a birthday show packed with UK music plus a mix from the archive and new sounds from Bicep. Connie Constance talks about new music and the black punk movement. Yard Act give us an exclusive track recorded live in lockdown. There's new music from Snowy and an Isolation Creation from the amazing Sans Soucis.

Scholarships for Women in STEM

Are you looking to advance your science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) career?

Our Women in STEM scholarship offers the opportunity to pursue a Master's degree or Early Academic Fellowship in the UK.

Photo credits: Woven Networks, ©Forest Foundation Philippines; Creative Communities Learning Lab ©Dana Coleen Pineda; Sourcebook at LUX UK ©Mandy El-Sayegh and Helena Hunter, courtesy of the artists; and Shakespeare webinar series poster ©Judy Ick.

Our work in the arts and creative industries

We bring together creative people from the UK, Philippines and over 100 countries we work in to form lasting connections, share peer-to-peer learning and inspire transformational experiences.

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