Friday, 13 December 2013
Grove Garden
The Directors of Creative Reach were delighted to become trustees of Grove Garden in Haywards Heath during the latter part of 2013. More to follow.
Friday, 26 April 2013
New Writing South Publishing Industry Day
New Writing South recently hosted its extremely popular annual publishing industry day at the Jubilee Library in Brighton.
The event was kicked off by a panel debate discussing 'The End of Traditional Print'.
Creative Reach co-director Clare Christian was on the panel along with Michael Bhaskar from Profile Books,
Diana Horner from eBook Partnership and the debate was chaired by playwright, therapist and author Andrew G Marshall.
The starting point of the discussion was that the publishing industry has been shaken up by the advances in digital publishing in recent years. The explosion of ebooks, apps, social media and self‐publishing has given writers new ways to find a market and reach wider audiences for their work, however digital developments have also made it harder for writers to stand out from the crowd. This panel discussion explores the alternatives to traditional print publishing and asks questions such as: What are the ways in which digital technology can help find read readers and develop your career? How do you choose the best media for your work? And what are the creative opportunities for writers?
It was a fascinating and well-supported debate that concluded that while print publishing might be changing it is a process of evolution rather than extinction.
L-R Clare Christian, Diana Horner, Andrew Marshall, Michael Bhaskar |
Monday, 22 April 2013
Arts Funding seminar is a hit at Central Sussex College Sixth Form
The first of a
series of Creative Seminars to take place at the new Central Sussex College
Sixth Form in Haywards Heath was a resounding success. The seminars form part
of a bid to develop Haywards Heath and Mid Sussex as a Creative Hub for the
region and raise the town and college’s profile and with creative practitioners
and young emerging artists coming from the local area and as far afield as
Milton Keynes and Birmingham, the event was one positive step closer in that
process.
The seminar covered
Funding for the Arts, an area well-known to be highly competitive. It involved
a panel of professional artists talking about funding and sharing their knowledge
and experience. The panel was comprised of Paul Bonham, Arts Council England (South
East), Belinda Holden, co-director of the Creative Reach Consultancy and public
art specialist and Robin Belfield, freelance theatre director, producer, writer
and past creative director of the Lindfield Arts Festival.
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Creative Reach Director Nigel Ryan introduces the panel |
Nigel Ryan who is
on the Local Community Board for Central Sussex College Sixth Form and the
principal at Creative Reach, said, “Our strategy is
to try and change the general perception of Haywards Heath by focusing on the
positive things that are happening locally, like the college’s fantastic new
£30m facility, the planning approval for a new multimillion pound Waitrose
development and the recent Haywards Heath station redesign and refurbishment.
So bringing high profile national organisations like Arts Council England to
the town to discuss funding arts and culture is all part of the strategic process.”
Paul Bonham, Arts
Council England said, “We were very
happy with the seminar. Mid Sussex is not served as well as Brighton or London
and we are actively looking to facilitate more events of a similar nature in
partnership with Creative Reach”
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Creative Reach Director Belinda Holden kicks off the panel debate |
Artists and
creative practitioners wanting to know more about Funding for the Arts can
visit www.creative-reach.co.uk or www.artscouncil.org.uk
Monday, 8 April 2013
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Interested in Publishing?
Creative Reach co-founder Clare Christian will be running a number of free drop in sessions at the Lindfield Arts Festival on 11th May.
The 20-minute sessions start at 10.30 and you can find more details here:
http://www.lindfieldartsfestival.com/buy-tickets/festival-activities/story-trail/book-publishing-sessions/
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Creative Reach Announce First Creative Seminar
Creative Reach presents:
Funding for the Arts
a Creative Seminar in partnership with Arts Council England and Central Sussex College Sixth Form Haywards Heath
Thursday April 4th 2013 - 1.30pm until 6.00pm
- Do you have a creative business?
- Are you considering funding options?
In this informative, valuable and completely free event
you can find out:
- How to apply for funding
- Who to speak to
- How the application process works
- What your options are
and
- Talk to successful applicants
Schedule for the afternoon:
1.30pm Arrive and sign in
2.00pm
Arts Council England Presentation/Q & A
2.45pm
Panel
Q & A including:
Paul Bonham, Arts Council England
Piers Gielgud, Gielgud Academy
Belinda
Holden, Creative Reach.
4.00pm Networking event with complimentary refreshments
.
or email clare@creative-reach.co.uk
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Mid Sussex Times article about Creative Hub
We are delighted that the Creative Hub is already receiving such positive coverage from the local press.
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