Author: Rachel Rowntree Photo Credit: Pascal Victor & Mito Gegič “With or without Brexit, there is still a huge desire in the cultural sector to collaborate” – Lorna Fulton, ArtReach. The figures are staggering. Between 2014 and 2019, 609 projects involving UK organisations received 203 million euros from Creative Europe. 27 million euros went directly to the UK’s culture sector. Every art form has been included. Thousands of artists and performers have collaborated, not to mention the many audiences and communities that have benefited from these projects. There is no escaping the fact; international artistic collaborations require huge financial resources. However, those working in the arts, say the impact of Creative Europe reaches far beyond simply funding projects. It allows organisations to grow and develop, for jobs to be created, for individual artists to be nurtured, and for new networks and relationships to be formed. 2019 Women Opera Makers workshop © Pascal Victor/ArtComPress Close to the breathtaking Suffolk coast is Snape Maltings, one of Europe’s most stunning arts venues. It is here composer Benjamin Britten founded the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme (BPYAP). Since 2016, BPYAP has been a member of enoa (The European Network of Opera Academies) a Creative
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