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.
