{"id":149270,"date":"2025-02-17T18:09:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T18:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=149270"},"modified":"2025-02-17T18:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T18:10:20","slug":"british-council-announces-support-for-three-sri-lanka-uk-collaborations-through-the-connections-through-culture-grant-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/british-council-announces-support-for-three-sri-lanka-uk-collaborations-through-the-connections-through-culture-grant-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"British Council announces support for three Sri Lanka-UK collaborations through the Connections Through Culture Grant Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>British Council announces support for three Sri Lanka-UK collaborations through the Connections Through Culture Grant Programme<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149271\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LK-Empowering-Handloom-Artistry-e1739815389558.png\" alt=\"LK - Empowering Handloom Artistry\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.lk\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The British Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"> has announced the recipients of the 2024 Connections Through Culture (CTC) Grant Programme, with three Sri Lankan projects awarded grants for the first time since the programme\u2019s inception.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Initially founded as a platform for fostering vibrant collaborations between artists in the United Kingdom and the East Asia-Pacific, this year&#8217;s grant cycle, however, marked an exciting milestone as the programme expanded to include South Asia, welcoming grantees from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh alongside those from Australia, New Zealand, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The British Council&#8217;s CTC Grant Programme stands as a testament to the organisation&#8217;s commitment to cultivating international artistic connections and promoting the exchange of ideas and creativity. The programme supports 84 innovative projects this year, three of which are collaborations between participants from the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka, cultivating stronger cultural partnerships in the Asia-Pacific that transcend borders; fostering dialogue, innovation, and mutual understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The CTC grant programme will provide over GBP 741,000 in funding across the region, enabling both artists and cultural organisations to bring their creative visions to life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The 2024 grantees represent a dynamic mix of projects across diverse disciplines, including film, creative technology, literature, visual arts, theatre, dance, design, fashion, craft, and music. The array of collaborative efforts across borders and artistic disciplines will lead to new thoughts and ideas created to address global challenges such as diversity and inclusion and climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;<em>We are thrilled to announce our 2024 grantees, which demonstrate the strength of the Sri Lankan arts scene. These projects, which celebrate diversity, heritage and inclusivity, showcase the incredible potential of cross-cultural collaboration,&#8221;<\/em> said Orlando Edwards, Country Director &#8211; British Council Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;We are excited to be contributing to the growth and development of Sri Lanka\u2019s cultural sector, which we think can play a vital role in the economic growth of the country, together with tourism, for example. <em>These partnerships celebrate some of the richness of UK-Sri Lankan artistic exchange, while tackling some of the most pressing issues of our time. I\u2019m proud to see that artists from Northern Ireland and Wales are among the successful UK partners for this round. We look forward to seeing the transformative impact of these projects as they come to life, and to welcoming more partnership proposals when we announce the next round later in the year\u201d<\/em> Edwards said further.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">List of Project grantees from Sri Lanka:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong> Empowering Handloom Artistry: A Digital Approach to globalise the Heritage Handloom Industry in Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">UK (Wales): Cardiff Metropolitan University (Prof. Chaminda Hewage) supported by Dr Tharindu Liyanagunawardena (University of Reading)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka: Dr Sumith Gopura (Department of Textile and Apparel Engineering, University of Moratuwa) supported by Dr Ayesha Wickramasinghe (University of Moratuwa)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong> Roots and Routes: A Journey Through Memory and Migration<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">UK (Northern Ireland): Anushiya Sundaralingam (Visual Artist)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka: University of Jaffna (Ahilan Packiyanathan)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong> Unified Stages: Inclusive Theatre Exchange<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">UK (England): Michael Jenn (Actor, director, and movement teacher)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka: Sunera Foundation (Chandrika Subasinghe)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>About Connections Through Culture Grants\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Connections Through Culture grants programme is designed to nurture fresh cultural partnerships between the Asia-Pacific region and the UK. These grants are instrumental in supporting new ideas and collaborations from artists and cultural organisations at any stage of development.\u00a0 The grants support new connections, exchanges, and collaborations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>About the British Council <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The British Council is the UK\u2019s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. We do this through our work in arts and culture, education and the English language. 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