Festival d’Avignon, Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries Programme and the British Council announce a new partnership to encourage more opportunities in the arts for young people from low-income backgrounds.
Forty talented graduates from across the UK, beneficiaries of Weston Jerwood's Creative Bursaries Programme, attended a 3 day conference curated by the Festival and the British Council, designed to offer insights into the workings of an international festival, the chance to see new artistic creations and exchange with artists in a European context.
Creating links with tomorrow's creative professionals and addressing the socio-economic barriers that skilled graduates entering the arts workplace are facing are objectives shared by all three partners.
An opportunity for mutual exchange in dialogue with a next generation of cultural professionals from different backgrounds, bringing new experiences and perspectives, helps to build to a cultural sector in both countries that is more representative of the societies in which we live, contributing to its relevance and resilience in the future.
