With the UK seeming to opt for isolation by leaving the EU, the arts community must ask itself how it will continue to exchange ideas with people around the world, says Anne Bonnar.
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Where will the arts and culture find new platforms for the human spirit after the Brexit vote? (21st Century Culture: Anne Bonnar's Blog)
The arts, culture and creative sector in the UK are amongst the most devastated by the results of the vote to leave the EU on Thursday. Leaving Europe does not only have negative implications for trade, attracting talent and for EU funding, but, more insidiously, reverting to apparently splendid isolation strikes at the heart of the value to culture of international collaboration and exchange. Cultural exchange within Europe has become a defining element of how the arts in the UK operate and an industry in itself. The opportunities for European funding through collaboration have led to many productions on art house stages. Associations such as the Informal European Theatre Meeting (IETM) have become essential networking events for the sector. But this breakaway from Europe offers a pause to reflect on how the UK arts community should collaborate internationally. Freed from the obsession... Keep reading on Anne Bonnar's Blog