LabforCulture

Katherine Watson

I think of myself as a connector: connecting ideas and people, bringing dreams and schemes into reality. More often than not this means working across the boundaries between sectors and disciplines, forging unexpected partnerships and rising to the challenge to look at the world differently. My experience combines interdisciplinary production with advocacy, research, policy and program development for non-profit arts organizations and government. I designed and managed the Artist-in-Residence for Research program (AIRes), a collaboration between the Canada Council for the Arts and the National Research Council of Canada that supported collaborative research between established artists and leading scientists. My years as Associate Director of Le Groupe Dance Lab in Ottawa (1989-98) fed an inquisitive exploration of the convergence between art and technology. From 2002-05, I was Executive Producer of www.terminus1525.ca, an online and offline celebration of emerging artists and new artforms. I am deeply interested in the innovative use of technology to facilitate public engagement, in working with those on the fringe of the mainstream and in shaping a creative future.

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Politics or the Arts:
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A transnational multi-year research project that aims to explore the political articulation of the notion of cultural translation in artistic …
Gives independent support and advice and analyses trends in US financial support. Includes excellent and useful documentation and links giving …
Develops strong cultural and artistic bonds between Portugal and the Orient, particularly with China.
Regional framework programme of the European Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam) and the ECUMEST Association (Bucharest), formed in 2000.
An international women’s fund with a strategic grantmaking programme that invests in projects that change the world through art, culture and media …

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The Hungarian Multicultural Center (HMC) is currently accepting applications for the Budapest -International Artist/Writer Residencies. Great …

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Last week I spent a few days in Istanbul, in preparation of a media art project I am organising at Garaj Istanbul, September 20th and 21st. Istanbul …
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