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From research to Venice recommendations, read our Fellows blog to find out more about their experiences at the British Pavilion and their accompanying projects.
In August the Group 1 Venice Fellows hosted a joint exhibition Public Reflections in East London.
The August bank holiday weekend marked the end of group 3’s time in Venice, many of us returning home to visit family or friends before the start of a new year.
Exploring inner-city London culture through poetry and sound.
Group 2 of our Fellows have an encounter which makes them evaluate their ideas about Venice.
The first group of 12 Fellows travelled to Venice in May for their month at the Biennale.
Venice Fellowship 2018 starts here
At Dorich House Museum, the former home and studio of the sculptor Dora Gordine and her husband Richard Hare, attendees gathered on 5 December to hear about the research of six Fellows who took part in the British Council’s Venice Fellowship programme.
Manuela Zammit and Chris Bailkoski, both students on the MA/MFA Contemporary Curating course at Manchester School of Art, co-curated an exhibition of Fellows’ work at the International 3 gallery in Salford. For one week, eight students exhibited works inspired by their Venice Fellowship. Prints, sculptures, digital works and drawings were on display. Read an interview with Manuela about the show.
Ruth Houlsby, a Fellow from Birkbeck University of London, reflects on her time at the British Pavilion in Venice for the final month of the 57th Art Biennale.
As part of Madinah Thompson's research, she's been trying to see as many sites in the city as possible. Here are her top five recommended spaces and places in Venice.