You are here: About

About

International Progress

urbanflo's founding Director, Jenni Lewin-Turner was part of the Sustained Theatre UK delegation to the Grahamstown Festival in South Africa last July, and will be returning this year as a producer for Nanzikambe Art's South African and UK theatre tour in 2010/11. She was also  invited to participate as the sole UK representative at the Diaspora Vibe Gallery's 3rd International Biennale - "As Far As The Eye Can See".  This dynamic cultural exchange programme was a huge success and took place in Puerto Rico from 11 -15 March in conjunction with Universidad del Sagrado Corazón.
Category: General
Posted by: jenni

International Cultural Exchange - Puerto Rico
International Cultural Exchange of exhibitions, workshops, and performance.

Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator presents "As Far as the Eyes Can See", March 11 - 15, 2010 at the University of Sacred Heart, Santurce, Puerto Rico. Artists from St. Maarten, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Aruba, Jamaica, Trinidad, Venezuela, Gambia, Curacao and the U.S. along with art historians, critics, art lawyers and curators explore contemporary Caribbean art practice. The ICE involves artist talks, workshops, studio visits, and culminates in an exhibition at the University of Sacred Heart with Professor Nitza Luna. Artists will talk with artists about hyphenated existence, art production while living in the Diaspora, border communities, professional development opportunities, and document the process in Puerto Rico side by side Puerto Rican artists.

This program is a part of Diaspora Vibe's ongoing International Cultural Exchange Series, funded by the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs. Previous International Exchange Series have taken place in The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Aruba, France, St. Kitts, St. Maarten, and Santo Domingo.

Please see www.diasporavibe.net for further details

in the old days...

Background

urbanflo started life as an innovative project set up for a team of associates who recognised the benefits of collaborative working and wanted to get together to make films, learn from each other and trade time or experience for the benefit of the whole group. With a strong and diverse talent base of writers, producers, directors, actors, artists and musicians, levels of expertise ranged from novices to highly experienced industry professionals, and the team contributed to a range of short films made throughout 2003 and 2004.

The project has since diversified and the faces on the team have changed over the years, however, the collaborative ethos remains intact and urbanflo now incorporates arts administration, marketing, business development, project and event management in its portfolio, with the collective exploring their creative synergy to develop a new narrative space for representing the experiences of ordinary people with an interest in the arts.

Other UK arts-based projects we've been involved in include the Brighton Children's Book Festival, plus the Redemption Song Programme - a major year-long campaign produced on behalf of Brighton & Hove City Council to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, featuring over 50 different creative events and projects.  We have also continued to provide an advisory service for a range of artists, offering support, funding information, networking opportunities and mentorship.

^Top


Next page: What we do