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Have Your Say on UK-EU Artist Mobility and Collaboration

Arts Infopoint UK's new survey on UK-EU artist mobility aims to help the arts have a voice and stronger representation in future EU-UK discussions. If you've participated in EU funding programmes, or are working or planning to work on a UK/EU project, we encourage you to take part.

Published: 08 January 2026 | 12:08 PM Updated: 08 January 2026 | 2:07 PM
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Your responses to the survey will help us ensure the arts have a voice and stronger representation in future EU-UK discussions. Image credit: Shutterstock.

Arts Infopoint UK, an initiative supporting international artist mobility, is conducting a survey to understand the impact of Brexit on EU funding programmes, changes to artist mobility, and the relationship between UK and EU artists and arts organisations.

Help ensure the arts have a voice in future UK-EU discussions

Five years have passed since the UK left the EU, and associated programmes such as Creative Europe and Erasmus Plus. 

Research on the impacts of UK–EU relations on the arts was carried out around the time of departure, and Arts Infopoint UK are now looking for up-to-date evidence to ensure voices from the arts sector across the UK and Europe are still being heard, especially on issues such as EU programmes, artist mobility, and the challenges and opportunities for UK–European collaboration.

The inaugural UK-EU Summit met in May 2025, and will now meet annually to review the UK-EU relationship and identify areas of collaboration. Your responses to the survey will help us ensure the arts have a voice and stronger representation in future discussions. 

Take the survey

We encourage all artists and arts organisations to respond to tell us if you have participated in Creative Europe or other EU funding programmes in the past; if you are currently working on an UK/EU project or collaboration – or if you are looking to do so in the future. 

The survey should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete and closes on Thursday 15 January 2026.

Please visit the survey page for data and privacy information.

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