Research Task: Developing Artists

Developing Artists

Developing Artists is an international charity project that focuses on sustaining theater and other arts in Mexico, Cape Verde, and a few countries in Africa.  It was founded in the year 2002 by Giles Ramsay. He studied in Durham University, and formerly worked as an independent theater director and producer in the UK. Their influences for creating this project were not specifically mentioned anywhere on their site or on any other site. The purpose of Developing Artists is to connect people in some of the world’s poorest countries by giving them the opportunity to embrace creativity and to professionally develop in this field. They create interactive productions in different parts of the world to select able individuals that will gain an advantage from being a part of their charity’s apprentice program.  Developing Artists, as in their name, focus on theater for development of communities, as their main motive is to unite people in local communities by means of self-expressionism and theatrical practice. This is a great initiative as people in developing (or undeveloped) countries do not get the opportunity to just be free from all the stress of their general lives. They also focus on theater to educate; as many of the communities that they have visited are unfamiliar with the arts.