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Arts and Creative Industries

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Launch Event: Creative Communities Learning Lab

Calling all hub leaders, artists, creative entrepreneurs and cultural professionals!

Join us on 28 April as we launch our new series of free, dynamic and accessible online learning courses by creatives, for creatives worldwide. Discover exciting topics and learn how experts from Southeast Asia and the UK transformed their work amid the challenging times.

 
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What would you say to a policymaker?

At Drivers of Change, we asked creative community leaders to share recommendations for a more inclusive creative economy in the Philippines.

 
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Are you a festival organiser?

Help us understand and build festival capacity towards growing a robust creative economy across Southeast Asia.

 
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Can comics save the world?

Congratulations to Komiket (PH) and Lakes International Comic Art Festival (UK) on being selected for '10 Years to Save the World'. This COP26 Creative Commission uses comics to stimulate climate change action in young people.

 
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Connecting Circles: Circular economy workshop

On 1 May, Altum is holding a talk on why the Philippines should transition towards circular economy. They will also launch the Chapter Leader’s Toolkit as supported by our Creative Hubs for Good programme in Southeast Asia.

 
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Mapping creative communities of England

In this report, we provide a record of creative hubs across England, along with an overview of their role, challenges and motivations to deliver social and economic impact.

 
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Creativity, culture and capital

Our long-time partner Nesta along with Fundación Compromiso and Upstart Co-Lab presents a report on the opportunities for impact investment in the global creative economy.

 
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Photo credits (clockwise from top): Mat Wright; Mat Wright; Poyraz Tütüncü; Nesta; Duke Studios; An excerpt from Strange Natives: The Forgotten Memories of a Forgetful Old Woman by Paolo Herras (Goodreads Author), Jerico Marte (Illustrator); Pushpin Visuals


 

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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Contact us

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British Council in the Philippines
7th Floor The Curve
32nd Street corner 3rd Avenue
Bonifacio Global City
Taguig City
1634
Philippines

 
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