Creative Café (Basingstoke)

Welcome to:

The Creative CaféBasingstoke

Professor Anthony DeanDean of Faculty of ArtsUniversity of Winchester

Symon Easton

Cultural Investment Manager Strategy and Innovation Business UnitBasingstoke and Deane Borough Council

Eliza (Eli) Berry

BA (Hons) Creative Industries (Graduate)

University of Winchester

Special Thanks to:

Cllr Keith Chapman

Cabinet Member for Sport and Leisure Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council

Café Culture (Winchester)

Café Culture (History)

• established in 2004

• 55 events (to date)

• database of over 300 participants

• approximately 40 – 60 participants at each event

• website

Slug & Lettuce Café/Bar, Winchester

Café Culture (website)

The Creative Industries (?)

AdvertisingArchitectureArt & Antiques MarketsComputer GamesCraftsDesignDesigner Fashion

Video, Film & PhotographyMusicPerforming ArtsPublishingSoftwareTelevision & Radio

Source: Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), 2009

Café Culture (guest speakers)

55 local, regional, national & international presentations

Including:

David Panton (Co-director of ACME Studios)

Jo Nolan (Director of Screen South)

Catarina Loriggio (Creative Programmer for London 2012)

Charles Landry (Founder of COMEDIA)

Siobhan Davies (Choreographer, Siobhan Davies Dance Company)

Helen Marriage (Director of Artichoke Productions)

Peter Florence (Artistic Director, Hay-on-Wye Literature Festival)

David Jubb (Artistic Director, Battersea Arts Centre)

Café Culture (the concept)

“…is a networking opportunity for arts and creative professionals”

• acts as a focus or consultative group for the sector• investigates ‘good’ practices (elsewhere)• provides a platform for advocacy and lobbying• facilitates co-operation between creative practices• sharing of information, skills and resources• provides opportunity for informal mentoring

…that:

Winchester Discovery Centre & Silver Hill Square

Creative Industries Business Advisory Service

Richard RyanCreative Business Advisor

(Richard.Ryan@port.ac.uk)

Creative Café (Basingstoke)

Future events:

• Setting up a Creative Business Steve Fisher (Cibas)6.30pm, Thursday 29th October

• What is Culture John Holden (Demos Associate)6.30pm, Thursday 26th November

Creative Café (Basingstoke)