Connections Through Culture
Deadline: 08 Nov 2020
Guidance notes
Application site
From the orgnaizer:
About the Programme
For the 2020-2021 part of the programme, we will be supporting online collaboration projects between Southeast Asia and the UK. Available grants in 2020 in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Connections Through Culture (CTC) is an arts grants programme run by the British Council in the UK and East Asia. It was established in August 2019 in Southeast Asia to provide grants to residents of the UK, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam from the following groups:
– Artists
– Cultural and arts professionals
– Representatives of art collectives, networks or organisations
It was created to further international face-to-face discussions needed to develop projects beyond initial expressions of interest. It built on the wider CTC programme that has been running in China since 2006.
In October 2020 we will be accepting applications for Connections Through Culture Online Grants. Projects will be needed to be completed between January to June 2021.
The primary objective is to support exchanges and collaborations between the UK and Southeast Asia. Prior to Covid-19, this would have most likely involved international travel. However, with travel restricted and uncertain, the CTC grant should be used to develop and strengthen new and existing relationships between the UK and Southeast Asia, by providing funding to allow conversations to happen, and for the possibilities of online collaboration to be explored.
Celebrating the diverse cultural expression in both regions, the programme offers support, information, advice and networking opportunities for professional development. Grantees both from the UK and the East Asian countries benefit from the inspiration gained from exchanging ideas and sharing their cultural history.
What is the value of each grant?
For individual artists or professionals or, for cultural originations or collectives living in the UK or in any of the five (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) Southeast Asian countries featured in this programme: £2,500 to £7,500.
What is the grant for?
Time for those from the UK and Southeast Asia to initiate connections together for new digital/online networking and new art and cultural projects through conversations or platforms
– Online or digital art residencies
– Online or digital exhibitions or showcases
– Online or digital conferences or webinars
– Art and cultural online or digital archives and research
– Online or digital toolkits
Face to face, public versions of the activities mentioned above in your home country (subject to any local health restrictions that may be in place).
70% of the grant is an artistic fee, and must be split equally between the Southeast Asia applicant(s), organisation or collective, and the UK applicant(s), organisation or collective. In your application, list 70% of the grant requested for this purpose.
The remaining 30% can be used as a per diem for those who will be supporting you with the project (e.g. if you need a graphic designer as you don’t have those skills), software (e.g. zoom account), or local travel and accommodation costs that may be required. With regards to local air travel, we are encouraging digital/online collaboration, so if you do plan local air travel, please explain why this is essential in your application. In your application form it is important you make it clear how this 30% will be spent.
What is the grant NOT for?
International travel and accommodation.
Not for academic institutions
Not for funding bodies
Not for Southeast Asian nationals living outside of the five countries mentioned in this call.
Not for UK individuals based (living) outside of the United Kingdom, unless temporarily living outside of the United Kingdom but retaining a home address in the United Kingdom and defined by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs as ‘resident the in the UK’ for tax – see here .
Join the Information Session with the British Council in Vietnam Arts and Creative Industries Team at 15.00 (Vietnam time) 09.00 (UK time) on 23 October 2020 to learn more about the grant. Sign up here (you will receive a Teams Meeting link to join 24 hours before the start of the session).
Downloads Connections Through Culture – Notes for applicants here
