Recently Dr Michael Hammond, Associate Professor and Director of Research, Students Centre for Education Studies at Warwick University, conducted an interview with John Yeadon about the Coventry/Dresden Arts Exchange. This was undertaken as part of a WU research project on Coventry and its twinned towns and cities. You can read the interview on the WU research site here.

Impact Engaging with other groups and organisations. Coventry/Dresden Art Exchange exhibitions and events have attracted broader audiences and interest due to its relevance to Coventry’s history and commitment to ‘peace and reconciliation’ and international friendship. Coventry/Dresden Arts Exchange has been working with peace organisations in the both cities to ‘reach out’, aid audience development and broaden our support. The ambition would be to turn our audience into stakeholders. This shift from spectator to developing a relationship has already begun to […]

CONDITION HUMAINE  With fellow Coventry artist Lisa Gunn and alongside Kerstin Franke-Gneuss and Monika Marten from Dresden, John is participating in the “Condition Humaine” exhibition, which is showing at Kreuzkirche in Dresden. This is another episode in the Coventry/Dresden Arts Exchange. The show finishes on 6th March. Full reports and photos to follow. [click on thumbnail to view full-size image]        

Coventry/Dresden Arts Exchange [First published March 2017. Last updated September 2018.]   “Dresden was a great pleasure for me, it has revived my desire to think of art. This beautiful place is a treasure trove beyond belief.”  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe   The Coventry/Dresden Arts Exchange is an artist-led initiative founded in 2012 by John Yeadon from Coventry and his Dresden counterpart Jean Kirsten. The exchange programme seeks to develop dialogue and communication between artists from the cities of Coventry […]

Display of banners, Coventry Peace Festival 2016 Die Ausstellung “British Traces in Dresden” in Coventry          

Why Dresden? Coventry was the world’s first twin city when it formed a twinning relationship with Stalingrad (Volgograd) in 1944. Dresden links were set up in 1956 and Coventry was formally twinned in 1959 as a gesture of peace and reconciliation. Coventry City Council states with reference to Dresden: “Nowadays, both cities seek to build on the twinning relationship to promote the economic prosperity of the two cities….“   Coventry/Dresden Arts Exchange believes more needs and can be done in […]

Coventry/Dresden Arts Exchange: Governing Documents   About Coventry/Dresden Arts Exchange is a personal initiative of John Yeadon and has been active since 01/06/2012. It was formed into an Unincorporated Artist Association on 01.04.2015. Need Coventry was the world’s first twin city when it formed a twinning relationship with Stalingrad (Volgograd) in 1944. Links with Dresden were set up in 1956 and Coventry and formal twinning took place in 1959 as a gesture of peace and reconciliation.Coventry Council states with reference to Dresden, […]

John Yeadon and Associates featured in Dresden Magazine celebrating the Coventry/Dresden Arts Exchange: http://www.dresden.de/de/leben/stadtportrait/europa/partner/coventry/arts-exchange.php          

As part of Coventry Dresden Arts Exchange activity, here is a video documenting a pair of complementary exhibitions that took place in Johannstadall in Dresden in 2013 .. Englandia  John Yeadon and Tanzt!  Jean Kirsten.   Vernissage John Yeadon Coventry & Jean Kirsten Dresden          

On Paper, exhibition of 5 Coventry artists and 5 Dresden artists at the Galerie 2 Stock, Rathaus in Dresden, 3rd June – 30th July 2014, curated by John Yeadon and Jean Kirsten.