Last year’s Expat
Explorer revealed that one in ten expats (10%) worked in the marketing,
advertising and creative sectors, compared to nearly one in three (29%) in
financial services.
Whilst working in the arts may not be the immediate choice
for people moving abroad, we came across some inspiring stories from expats on
their experiences of working in the creative sector.
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Source: Terence
J Sullivan
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Claire Pamment, a theatre practitioner from England, for
example shares a fascinating story of how she ended up working in a thriving
grassroots theatre industry in Pakistan. In October of 2003, Claire was taken
on by Beaconhouse National University to teach in their newly inaugurated
theatre, film and television department. It was here
where she fell in love with the flourishing theatre scene and decided to stay
for long term.
Other avenues where expats have immersed themselves
in the arts include those who go into writing or publishing. Serial expat, Jo Parfitt and writer, Chris
Pavone are great examples of this. Chris recently completed his novel, The
Expats during his time abroad and Jo is the author of nearly 30
books already, drawing from her life experiences in more than five
countries.
In another example, Davina Garrido De Miguel from Russia turned her
passion into her job having transformed her house into an artistic workplace.
In the video below, from RT.com, Davina talks
about her life as an expat in Russia and her love of Russian art and culture.
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That's really great to hear. Would love to hear from you on your experiences. Email expatexplorer(at)gmail(dot)com if you fancy guest blogging for us.
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