#CreativeNetwork - London is a peer support network open to anyone involved in participatory arts across London, to support each other now and build foundations for the future. 

Meetings are informal - a space to check in with peers in the sector, as well as share successes and challenges. Alongside this, each meeting features a Creative Network - London guest speaker, to share learning around a recent participatory arts project they have been involved in shaping. There is always plenty of room for questions and discussion to surface on the day! 

Meetings

#CreativeNetwork - London meets monthly, on the last Thursday of every month, usually between 9.30 - 10.30 am.

We will also host our usual network meeting on Thursday 29th April, 9.30 - 10.30 am.

#CreativeNetwork - London: networking meeting

This month's #CreativeNetwork London will take place on Thursday 29th April, 9.30 - 10.30am. This month we will be running a joint session with LEAN's Freelancer Breakfast Club.

 The theme of this session will be: Looking ahead with LEAN: Fostering connections and sharing resources as we move into a 'blended' normal. Come along to meet other creatives, find collaborators and share tips or resources. 

Register your free place now via Eventbrite!

Let's keep in touch

You can attend as often as it suits you, and any suggestions for features are most welcome! Please contact Natanya with ideas, suggestions or questions: [email protected]

Hope to see you virtually soon! 

Slack

Join #CreativeNetwork - London online community over on Slack. This is an online space where we can share opportunities, resources and carry on discussion in between meetings. Join here — you will be most welcome! 

 

Past Events

#CreativeNetwork - London has been meeting monthly online since April 2020, prior to which meetings were held in a different London borough each month. 

March 2021

Theme: Self-care session for creative practitioners

Guest speaker: Merlin Evans, Medical Artist, Writer, Educator and Director of ‘Drawn to Medicine’ and founder of the online illustration school ‘Inktuition’.

February 2021   

Theme:  Running Online Workshops: the 'new normal' business model?

Guest speaker: Anne Noble-Partridge, London Drawing co-founder

Featured Project: Online Life Drawing, London Drawing 

January 2021 

Theme: Keeping positive during Lockdown

Featured Project: #CreativeNetwork - London, Collaborative  Inspiration Resource         

December 2020 - reflecting on 2020

November 2020   

Theme: Partnership Innovation

Guest speaker: Sandra Evans, Community Bridges founder

Featured Project:  Podcast, Community Bridges           

October 2020

Theme: Connecting Communities

Guest Speakers: Jahmar Ngozi,  Founder, Poetry House London  ; Pragya Kumar,  Eltham Arts   

Featured Projects: The Lost Generation, Jahmar Ngozi; Creating Connections, Eltham Arts     

September 2020   - Six Months Online, Review

August 2020   

Theme: Empowering through photography 

Guest Speaker:   Bella Okuya

Featured Project:  Eye to Eye, Red Rolled and Seen 

July 2020           

Theme: Intergenerational Outreach         

Guest Speaker: Emma Nutland

Featured project:  Art by Post, The Southbank Centre 

June 2020   

Theme: Online Community Building         

Guest Speaker:   Rachel Sale, F.A.T. Studio Founder and Co-director 

Featured Project: Southwark Rooms, F.A.T. Studio 

May 2020 

Theme: Get Creative Festival                   

Guest Speaker: Fran Forcolinii, Artist

Featured project: Make a Wish Dish, Art4Space

April 2020           

Theme: Creativity and Inclusion 

Guest Speaker: Peter Moreton,  Applecart Arts, Artist Director

Featured Project: Applecart Arts