Director Arts, Wider Europe @BritishCouncil. Currently Edinburgh, formerly Istanbul, Cairo, Moscow and Peckham.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined September 2010
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🔊 Call for Papers: SSEES Postgraduate Conference 2024
Theme: Visions of Hope and Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus
🗓️ Deadline for submissions: 03 July 2024
ucl.ac.uk/ssees/news/2024/ma…
That's got to be the match of the tournament so far... All the passion, intensity, energy and style that Wider Europe is all about theguardian.com/football/liv…
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I'm really looking forward to this UK-Ukraine collab showcasing the best of Ukraine's underground in a new podcast series with 20ft Radio, @Neformatcomua , & our friends @UA_Institute @theQuietus : Альтернативи: tQ Launches New Voices Ukraine. More here:
thequietus.com/news/%d0%b0%d…
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Wonderful & somewhat emotional day welcoming our Cultural delegation from #Ukraine to #Wales today!
With thanks to @MickAntoniw1 @walesintheworld @theCentre @WelshNatOpera @LitWales @ShermanTheatre @ndcwales & our partner @WAICymruWales for giving the warmest Welsh welcome 🇺🇦🏴
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"Art will not save us from bombs and bullets. But it will save our conscience, our humanity, and our values" Bravo Ukraine's first lady @ZelenskaUA @uaBritish is a proud supporter of the Ukraine Pavaillion in Venice this year @la_Biennale theartnewspaper.com/2024/04/… @UKinUkraine
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At #139DocumentaryCentre #Tashkent tonight for their film festival supported by @BritishCouncil as one of our Creative Collaboration grants. With 🇬🇧🇳🇬artist #OnyekaIgwe - here straight from the #VeniceBiennale where she’s part of the 🇳🇬 pavilion! A nice 🇬🇧🇳🇬🇺🇿 connection for me!
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It was wonderful to welcome creative entrepreneurs from 🇰🇿🇰🇬🇺🇿 to #Tashkent this week to explore interdisciplinary creative cities as part of the lead up to @wcceid. Superbly facilitated by @amanaliev @mc_nastia with experts from 🇬🇧 and 🇬🇪, part of our @BritishCouncil arts work.
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This June, the @royalacademy is hosting 'In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900–1930s,' the most comprehensive UK exhibition to date about modern art in Ukraine.
The exhibition will bring together around 70 paintings and drawings including work by Alexander Archipenko, Sonia Delaunay, Alexandra Exter and Kazymyr Malevych.
The exhibition opens on 29 June and ends on 13 October. This painting from the 1920s is by Kostiantyn Yeleva.
WOW Istanbul is officially open! Thanks to @esraaysun @gillcaldicott @KenanPoleo @WOWisGlobal for the warmest welcomes to an inspiring weekend ahead #wowistnbl #birlikteyiz
Claire de Braekeleer retweeted
We are shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Benjamin Zephaniah, whose words meant so much to people around the world.
We're gathering some stories about his global resonance, which we'll share soon. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
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Thank you @UA_Institute for the invite and @sarahsands100 for chairing. Serious panel faces from @TetyanaFilevska and I, but always a joy to share the stage with you and proud to share the results of our UK/Ukraine Season
For @BritishCouncil @sarahsands100 Chairs a fascinating panel on #Ukraine @UA_Institute major forum on #CulturalDiplomacy - highlighting the importance of large-scale events in promoting dialogue and intercultural understanding @britishlibrary with @c_de_b
Great to be at @BeyondCnf and hear Daniyar Amanaliev sharing the success story of @ololo_city and incredible insight into opportunities for the creative industries in Central Asia
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@BritishCouncil in #Uzbekistan and #Kazakhstan have launched creative collaboration grants. Funding of up to £10k for winning projects across art forms to work with 🇬🇧bit.ly/3Pn1nc3 Deadline for applications 8 October 2023. – at Uzbekistan
What an honour to hear this conversation between @MelSimmonsFCDO and @BlackerUilleam about her time as British Ambassador to Ukraine. Such depth, honesty and purpose. Thank you @Ukr_Institute @JW3London
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We are devastated to hear the news about Victoria Amelina. She was a remarkable writer and activist and will be terribly missed. Sending our condolences to her family and friends.
theguardian.com/world/2023/j…
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Happy to attend the Closing of the @BritishCouncil and @UA_Institute joint project – UK/UA Season of #Culture, aimed at dissemination of 🇺🇦 culture in the #UK🇬🇧 @VPrystaiko @molfarek – at London, England
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📰Announced today! A new arts residency programme is underway. Six Ukrainian arts professionals will journey to Scotland this year for a chance to rest, reflect, create, and think to the future.
Read more👉🏻 buff.ly/43eMrBp
#AFutureReimagined
#UK/UkraineSeason
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Calling creative professionals and policy makers in Central Asia - you can apply to take our free @BritishCouncil online professional development programme on the cultural and creative industries now! bit.ly/45jFG2v 🇬🇧🇺🇿🇬🇧🇰🇿🇬🇧🇰🇬🇬🇧🇹🇯🇬🇧🇹🇲🇬🇧
Arrived in Liverpool and the city is really delivering on hosting Eurovision on behalf of Ukraine. Here are just a few of the 19 #EuroFest commissions featuring Ukraine-UK artistic collaborations. Full programme here: visitliverpool.com/eurovisio…
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🎶The stunning media opera Chornobyldorf by Roman Gryhoriv & Illia Razumeiko (Opera aperta) will open the #EuroFestival programme today. Last Nov, as part of the #UKUASeason, this work wowed the British audience at the @hcmfuk. Now it’s Liverpool’s turn! 📌ukuaseason.org/event/eurofes…