Selected Highlights
As part of the international residency programme, creative individuals were placed in a different cultural environment, sharing their skills, opening minds and creating work within host communities.

HSBC UK Design Residency
The first residency saw Jianhua Lao, a Shanghai-based product designer, spend six months at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London as th more
HSBC Canadian Poetry Residency
The second international residency was in partnership with Poet in the City, a UK poetry charity, and saw Akerke Mussabekova, a promising young more
HSBC Brazilian Music Residency
The third residency that took place in 2009 saw Robert Farkas, a musician from Budapest, travel from Hungary to Brazil in February for a three more


