We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the Henry Moore Foundation to support the creation of a publication to accompany our forthcoming exhibition Steph Huang: 'There Is Nothing Old Under The Sun.'
The exhibition opens on 28 September and the publication will be launched shortly after in November 2024. Sign up to our newsletter to receive updates about this and our wider artistic programme.
We are seeking new trustees to oversee the strategic direction and governance of the UK’s only non-profit art centre specialising in presenting and platforming artists and art practices that identify with and are informed by East and Southeast Asian cultural backgrounds. We are particularly keen to recruit individuals with expertise in fundraising, legal, cultural strategy, marketing, public relations, or HR.
If your background is in any of these fields, and you have a passion for culture and an interest in contemporary visual art, we would love to hear from you — whether you have prior experience as a trustee, or are looking for your first trustee role. Applications are open until 30 June 2024.
We are delighted to share the news that Xiaowen Zhu, Director of esea contemporary, has been appointed to the British Council's Arts and Creative Economy Advisory group. In this role, Xiaowen will contribute to shaping the organisation's global arts strategy alongside other leading figures in arts and culture.
The Arts and Creative Economy Advisory Group's role is to support the British Council's mission of fostering understanding between the UK and the wider world, advocate for its work, advise on strategy development, keep the Arts leadership team informed of sector developments, provide professional advice, identify opportunities and trends, and establish connections with relevant communities within the arts and creative economy sectors.
We are pleased to share that we have recently been granted funding from The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global. This funding will support our new project 'Voicing the Archive', which, by commissioning a group of British Sinophone artists to closely engage with archives and oral histories of early Chinese immigrants in the UK, aims to capture and broadcast a relatively under-reported yet significant period of cultural history. Stay tuned for more updates.