UK sources
This section lists international advice services for practitioners looking to work abroad.
For more official sources of information, see the Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice by country, or contact UK embassies overseas or foreign embassies in the UK.
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BUBL LINK
websitebubl.ac.uk/linkwebsitebubl.ac.uk/link/a/artmuseums.htm
Web links to arts resources as classified under the Dewey decimal system used in libraries. Also a link to their art museums page.
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EUCLID
websitewebsite
Information on EU and European funding and country guides.
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LabforCulture
website
LabforCulture provides the latest information on cultural cooperation in Europe. Features case studies of inspiring projects, a who's who of cultural cooperation organisations and networks, and information and advice on funding and sponsorship. There are links to the most popular online arts and culture newsletters, articles, events, bibliographies, library catalogues and information guides. Other sections on the site include Region in Focus, an in-depth look at particular geographic areas, and Research in Focus which covers the hot cultural issues facing Europe today. Users are encouraged to actively participate in the site by submitting their own views, news, opportunities, and by joining web blogs on cultural themes. The site is complemented by a whole range of offline activities including workshops, and conferences.
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CulturE-ASEF
websiteculture-asef.org/english/index.html
The Design Council, funded through a grant from the UK government's Department of Trade and Industry, tries to make sure people in business, education and government know how effective design can transform what they do - and it gives those people the knowledge and tools they need to turn design from an inspiring idea into something they can use. Working with other influential organisations to help the UK make the most of its innovation and creativity by using design to add value, they also build links with the rest of the world, which improve the UK's global standing. Check their site for international design contacts and ideas about how to market your work overseas.
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Passport to Export Success
Passport to Export is an innovative government initiative, delivered by UK Trade and Investment, providing fast-track support to help small & medium companies open the doors to international trade and become successful exporters.
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The Design Council
emailwebsite
Advice about VAT, regulations on importing and exporting of art/ design products.
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UK Fashion Exports
address3 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3ARtelephone020 7636 5577emailwebsite
UK Fashion Exports is an independent trade association supported by its members, offering practical help to British exporters and to overseas buyers, agents and press. Membership is open to UK based manufacturers and designers of clothing, knitwear, accessories and footwear. Members get export marketing services and information and buyers and agents get free sourcing of merchandise from the UK.
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Visiting Arts
addressInstitute of Contemporary Art, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AHtelephone020 7960 9631fax020 7960 9643emailwebsitewebsite
Visiting Arts' purpose is to strengthen intercultural understanding through the arts. From January 2011 they also look after the EU Funds: Culture Programme.
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Re-Title
addressBM Box 5163, London WC1N 3XXtelephone0870 922 0438emailwebsite
Information resource for emerging contemporary artists, curators, writers and galleries providing both an artist's directory and an up to date visual guide to exhibitions around the world.
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Crafts Council
address44a Pentonville Road, London, N1 9BYtelephone020 7278 7700fax020 7837 6891website
The Crafts Council's National Register of Makers provides the most comprehensive listing of contemporary craftspeople in Britain. Registration is free and open to practitioners living and working in Great Britain designing and making their own work. Registration is used by members of the public to contact individual makers, as well as shops, galleries, designers and businesses. The Crafts Council also manages a Development Award, business advice unit, reference library and Photostore, containing over 35,000 selected images of work for viewing by potential clients. Development Award deadlines are 1 March, 1 June, 1 September and 1 November and candidates must be about to, or have set up their first workshop within the last 3 years.
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Compendium: Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe
website
The Council of Europe/ERICarts "Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe, 10th edition", is a web-based and permanently updated information and monitoring system of national cultural policies in Europe. It contains overviews of the EU member state's cultural policies and funding of culture within their borders, as well as information on the legal and tax status of artists in those countries.
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Delfina Foundation
websitetelephone020 7233 5344contactaddress29 Catherine Place, London SW1E 6DY
The Delfina Foundation is an independent, non-political arts organisation with charitable status. The Delfina Foundation facilitates artistic exchanges and dialogue between the UK and the Middle East & North Africa via a programme of artistic residencies and related public events.
The article is for information only, and not for the purpose of providing legal advice.
Readers should consult a solicitor for legal advice on specific matters, and artists in London can get free online legal advice from Artquest