Commonwealth Arts and Crafts Awards
The Commonwealth Arts and Crafts Awards, sponsored and organised by the Commonwealth Foundation, aim to increase mutual understanding between people from different Commonwealth cultures through artistic exchange.
Every two years, around ten awards are made to craftspeople and artists from Commonwealth countries who show promise and initiative in their own country but who have had little opportunity of working in another country. The Awards are intended to help winning artists explore their art in another Commonwealth country by working alongside other artists or within an arts institution.
Through the Awards awareness and appreciation of different cultures is increased and artists and craftspeople acquire artistic, personal and organisational skills, while sharing their own skills and talents.
The Foundation established the Awards in 1987 to address the isolation in which many artists work and the difficulty of travelling professionally outside their own countries. More than 80 artists from over 30 countries have since received an award.
Aims
The specific aims of the Awards are:
- to increase awareness and appreciation of different cultures among Commonwealth artists and craftspeople;
- to enable artists and craftspeople to develop new artistic skills;
- to enable artists and craftspeople to develop personal and organisational skills;
- to enable artists and craftspeople to share their skills with others in their host country;
- to increase knowledge and understanding of art and culture in other Commonwealth countries amongst arts organisations and communities.
The Awards are part of the Culture and Diversity Programme of the Commonwealth Foundation.
2007 Award winners
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 | Commonwealth Arts and Crafts Awards 2007 - poster (PDF) 1063 KB) |
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| Commonwealth Arts and Crafts Awards 2007 - flyer (PDF) 507 KB) |
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