The Connections Through Culture grants programme is designed to nurture fresh cultural partnerships between East Asia and the UK. These grants are instrumental in supporting new ideas and collaborations from artists and cultural organisations at any stage of development.

The grants supported in this round of Connections Through Culture programme have focused on two distinct areas: diversity and inclusion and, addressing climate change. The collaborative efforts across borders and artistic disciplines will lead to new thoughts and ideas created to address global challenges.

The grants support new connections, exchanges and collaborations. These grants help build long-term relationships and collaborations between artists, cultural professionals, creative practitioners and art and cultural organisations, hubs, networks, and collectives.

Connections Through Culture grantees 2023

A photo of Ben Eaton

Ben Eaton

Artist, Invisible Flock

Boni Pudjianto

Director for International Business Development, Indonesian Creative Economy Agency

 

Boni is the Director for International Business Development at BEKRAF (Badan Ekonomi Kreatif) or the Indonesian Creative Economy Agency. The Indonesian Creative Economy Agency is a non-ministerial governmental institution with a mandate below the Indonesian President. Prior to Bekraf, Boni was the Deputy Director at the Ministry of Communication and Informatics.  

caglar kimyoncu

Caglar Kimyoncu Caglar Kimyoncu

Digital and Video Artist, Residency at Padepokan Seni Bagong Kussudiarjo

Caglar Kimyoncu is a digital and video artist. His interest is in representations of excluded voices and voices perceived as “other”. His method involves extensive research and interviews. He is also intensely collaborative.

Caglar’s currently working on: Conscience, a multimedia installation. As the 2015 recipient of the Shape Arts Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary, he was Artist in Residence at the New Art Gallery, Walsall, where he completed the first stage of research for Conscience.

Camelia Harahap

Arts Programme Manager, British Council

Danielle Carragher

DANI

Singer Songwriter , Residency at KUNOKINI

DANI is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. Her sound is inspired by the Irish traditional melodies she was raised with, her vocals blend bluesy coarseness with lullaby softness.

DANI spent 2016 delivering music workshops and performing in Europe and the Middle East, working in the field of global peace education. She has been researching and capturing new sounds to create a new piece of work that will be released in 2017.

Diane Wiltshire

Artist, Birmingham Open Media

Fellow at Birmingham Open Media and artist-in-residence at Nottingham University

Digital Nativ

In 2014, Miebi Sikoki and other colleagues founded Digital Nativ—a digital fabrication studio founded out of passion for creating compelling, disruptive, iconic brand building tools and experiences that connect with end-users, regardless of category or industry. Their projects center around the adoption of technology as part of their creative process.

Miebi Sikoki, is a graduate from the Pelita Harapan University’s School of Visual Communication Design in 2007. As a trained professional in computer graphics and software programming, Miebi aims to explore new possibilities in product designs and creative processes.  

Ed Riman

Musician, Hilang Child

Elsya Patresia

Indonesia
Imperial College London
Elsya Patresia's interest in Environmental Engineering began in 2019 when she worked as an engineer for a coal mining company in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Witnessing the environmental impact on local communities, she aims to research urban flooding and develop flood control systems using remote sensing data. After her studies, Elsya plans to contribute to sustainable development in Indonesia, leveraging the knowledge gained at Imperial College London.

Emily Gray Emily Gray

Curator, Residency at Platform3

Graduating with a master in Curatorial Practice from Glasgow School of Art in 2016, Emily has previously worked for a number of arts organisations including Associate Director of Salem Art Works and Curator at Scottish Sculpture Workshop. Recent projects include Grab a Chair, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, Platform:2015, Edinburgh Art Festival, William Hunter to Damian Hirst: The Dead Teach the Living at the Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow and the weight of things, Glasgow School of Art.