Please see our What We Do page for a description of how we decide which artists to support and work with. If we are unable to help, you could check with the Arts Council who have some funding initiatives for international arts projects and Euclid who provide an international funding enquiry service.   

I am an overseas artist, how can I get help to show my work in the UK   

Visiting Arts offers advice and some financial support to artists from abroad who want to work in the UK   

I am a UK artist and would like funding to work in the UK   

Except for a couple of showcases aimed at overseas promoters, all of our work happens abroad. Please contact the Arts Council for your UK country for advice on how to get support - contact details for the Arts Council are here.   

I am a student from overseas and would like to study the arts in the UK   

We have some specialist information on Arts Education within the various art form sections which you can find here: www.britishcouncil.org/arts-education-and-training-artform-education.htm but the most complete resource about all types of study in the UK, including arts, is on the main British Council education site: www.educationuk.org.   

I want to take a group of under-18s on an arts related exchange.   

Please read details of our schemes at Connect Youth International    

I am an overseas promoter, and would like support/advice to bring UK artists to my country   

Please speak first to the Arts Officer in your country – there is a complete list of country sites here. Alternatively, contact the relevant artform department in the UK.    

My business is interested in the benefits of supporting a British Council arts event overseas   

Please either contact the arts officer in your country or contact our Business Relations Department in London on  0207 389 4875   

How do I get an arts job at the British Council, or work as an intern?   

See our jobs page for more information.   

I’m a student and I want to do research on the British Council. Can I send you a questionnaire/interview you?   

An increasing number of students are doing arts or company research as part of courses and there are now so many that we are no longer able to answer these sorts of enquiries. However, there is some information that can be found on our website, such as in the What We Do section which provides an overview of the aims of the British Council Arts group.   

I want to get in touch with a UK artist, can you give me their address?   

We can’t give out the addresses of our contacts.  If you want to get in touch with an artist, check first on a search engine to see if they have their own website, or write to their publisher or agent asking them to forward a message.  In a very few cases we may be able to forward a letter, but it is up to the artist whether they choose to reply.