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Promoting excellent South Asian arts in a changing world

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Sampad is a dynamic development agency

for South Asian arts based in Birmingham, UK.

We promote the practice and appreciation of

the diverse art forms originating from India,

Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, as well

as British Asian and cross-cultural work.

From classical to contemporary forms, spanning

dance, music, theatre, literature and visual arts,

Sampad brings world class artists to the

West Midlands and beyond and provides an

international platform for local, emerging talent.

Above all, we strive to ensure high quality South

Asian arts remain accessible in theatres, concert

halls, schools and community centres across the

region and reach communities who otherwise

would not engage with the arts.

Sampad is magnificent, it’s doing a very good job for the community, promoting our art among the local people.

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Education and Outreach Participants9,000

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Audience Members32,000

“Our vision is to learn from the past to inform the future and we believe in the power of the arts to challenge, provoke, inform, entertain and educate.

Piali Ray, OBE Director, sampad ”

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Promoting excellence in South Asian arts is at the

heart of all our work, helping to place Birmingham

firmly on the cultural map and make it an attractive,

vibrant city to live and work in.

We do this by:

Promoting learning through creativity

Providing a high quality, accessible performance programm

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Creating new work of national significance

Left to right: Anoushka Shankar, photo by Sai Smith/Ballistic; DanceDub, photo: Dee Patel/Outroslide; Mandala by Dave Walsh Creative; Radiu5; In the Further Soil by Vipul Sangoi

Producing innovative intercultural collaborations

Promoting learning through creativity

Creating new work of national significance

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“DanceIntense achieves the very commendable feat of bringing together dancers, teachers and choreographers who share common concerns despite their international spread and the diversity of their current locations.

Shobana Jeyasingh, DanceIntense Toronto 2009 participant ”

Sampad acts as a cultural broker and catalyst to bring

together the right people to make memorable events happen.

We bring new South Asian audiences into established arts

venues, connect artists from different artforms and cultural

backgrounds and make links from Birmingham to

South Asia and the South Asian

diaspora around the world.

Our services

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We provide

n Performances, concerts and exhibitions

for public, private and corporate events

n Education and Lifelong Learning projects

in schools, nurseries, community,

youth and health settings

n Professional Development for artists

and cultural leaders

n Audience Development initiatives for arts

and cultural organisations and venues

n Opportunities for international collaboration

n Advice and support to bring artists from South

Asia to the UK e.g. Certificates of Sponsorship

n Corporate sponsorship and profile raising

opportunities

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Alongside our core activities, Sampad

has an array of innovative and ambitious

projects lined-up over the next few years.

Some of our key planned activities for

2012-2015 include:

Mandala a collaboration with Seeper

combining South Asian music and dance

with 3D architectural mapping projection

for the London 2012 Olympics Festival

ArtsLabs and Exchange Lab artist

development across creative disciplines

such as music, dance, visual arts and

digital technology

Yuva performing arts groups for young

people in South Asian dance, music,

theatre and digital arts

My Route a major public art initiative

exploring movement and migration along

the Number 6 bus route on the Stratford

Road in Birmingham

Flagship Projects

Get involved

Yaadien (Memories) an intergenerational

reminiscence project with elderly people,

digitally capturing stories, music and images

Talking Hands an exhibition exploring

British Sign Language and Mudra hand

gestures from Indian Classical dance.

Moving On an international dance

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Flagship Projects

n Sponsoring a Sampad event or

project to raise your corporate

profile amongst our audiences

n Individual Giving – donating any

amount, small or large, can use

to develop an artist’s career or for

education/community projects

n Becoming a Sampad ambassador

to assist us in areas of audience

development

n Attending Sampad events and

letting us know what you think

about any aspect of our work

n Registering to join our Mailing

List at www.sampad.org.uk

Sampad is a registered charity and is generously supported by our

core funders Arts Council England and Birmingham City Council.

However there is always more that we could do to support the

development of artists, extend learning opportunities to people of

all generations, and create new experiences for audiences.

There are many ways you can support Sampad to help South Asian

arts flourish, including:

Get involved

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The word sampad means wealthin Sanskrit and we translate thisas cultural wealth to be sharedas widely as possible

Contact us to find out how we could work with you

Sampad is a registered charity no. 1088995. Company Ltd by Guarantee No. 4146042. design www.davewalshcreative.co.uk

+44 (0) 121 446 3260 info@sampad.org.uk www.sampad.org.uk

Sampad South Asian Arts c/o mac, Cannon Hill Park Birmingham B12 9QH United Kingdom

Sampad gratefully acknowledges the support of

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