News
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We’re recruiting trustees!
- 6 July 2022
- Posted by: Kelly Jones
- Category: Uncategorized
No CommentsPortsmouth Creates, the CIC cultural catalyst company behind the hugely successful We Shine Portsmouth, is delighted to announce two new members joining its executive team – Louise Wilders and Claire Looney. Louise and Claire will be fulfilling the role of Chief Executive jointly, through a shared appointment, with both bringing a wealth of professional experience, to the position.
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New Leadership Executives for Portsmouth Creates
- 11 May 2022
- Posted by: Kelly Jones
- Category: Uncategorized
Portsmouth Creates, the CIC cultural catalyst company behind the hugely successful We Shine Portsmouth, is delighted to announce two new members joining its executive team – Louise Wilders and Claire Looney. Louise and Claire will be fulfilling the role of Chief Executive jointly, through a shared appointment, with both bringing a wealth of professional experience, to the position.
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Abri teams up with Portsmouth Creates
- 11 December 2020
- Posted by: Kelly Jones
- Category: Uncategorized
Abri, one of the south’s largest housing providers, has teamed up with Portsmouth Creates to provide business advice and support to local creative entrepreneurs.
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We’re thrilled to announce the launch of ‘We Create Market’!
- 18 August 2020
- Posted by: Kelly Jones
- Category: Uncategorized
Launching on the weekend of Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September, the market will take place in Southsea’s former Debenhams, now known as Handleys’ Corner.
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Evidence showing the impact of Covid-19 on Portsmouth’s Creative Industries
- 17 July 2020
- Posted by: Kelly Jones
- Category: Uncategorized
Portsmouth Creates, on behalf of all Creative Industries in Portsmouth asked representatives from across the sector to complete a survey to establish the effects of Covid-19 on their practices and livelihood’s.
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#CreateUpPompey
- 6 May 2020
- Posted by: Kelly Jones
- Category: Uncategorized
Our goal is to create a collaborative and accessible art project for the people of Portsmouth.
The #CreateUpPompey Community Artist Colouring Book enables you to discover some of Portsmouth’s brilliant artists, designers and illustrators, whils participating yourself by sharing your own colourful versions of the artists work.
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CEO recruitment postponed due to Covid-19
- 3 May 2020
- Posted by: Kelly Jones
- Category: Uncategorized
In December 2020 and early this year, we ran an extensive recruitment process to appoint a CEO “star!” for Portsmouth Creates CIC.
Throughout the recruitment process, we were generously supported by Arts Council England.
After considering some 45 excellent applications (!!), interviewed 9 wonderful candidates over the course of 2 days we settled on a collective decision, offered the job, got acceptance and were well underway co-ordinating stat dates, add an additional Kick Start-Non-Exec Directors, etc.
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Pippa Bostock joins the kick-start non-exec directors
- 1 May 2020
- Posted by: Kelly Jones
- Category: Uncategorized
When we launched our search for a Portsmouth Creates CEO “star!”, we also launched a search for additional Kick Start None-Exec Board Directors – seeking a range of talents and experiences to complement the existing, start-up team.
We had made the decision to wait for the new CEO to be fully on-board, so that we could appoint the Directors to complement their skill set, but in early March and with CEOs involvement (you’ll read more about that later), we felt that the momentum we were building required at least one extra Director on the board immediately.
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We Shine Portsmouth postponed until 2021
- 30 April 2020
- Posted by: Kelly Jones
- Category: Uncategorized
In view of the current global pandemic and the profoundly uncertain toll it is taking on all aspects of life, Portsmouth Creates has made the sad, but very necessary decision to postpone ‘We Shine -Portsmouth’ street art and light festival until 2021.
Collaboration is at the heart of our ethos and is key to producing a successful and impactful ‘We Shine – Portsmouth’ event for the city. To be the truly community centric festival we had planned we need to be able to engage meaningfully and effectively with local creatives and community groups, or to collaborate with schools through interpersonal workshops, that would be so vital in building this light festival together.
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Better Lives Through Culture – CEP Partnership Bid
- 28 April 2020
- Posted by: Kelly Jones
- Category: Uncategorized
In late December 2019 we supported the Portsmouth Culture Education Partnership (CEP) in a bid to the Better Lives Through Culture programme administered by Artswork.
Working with the Portsmouth CEP & PCC Libraries and Archives Services, a bid was devised to unlock the opportunity to collaboratively deliver a variety of activity programmes for children and young people, especially those in hard to reach areas across the city, that would then feed into ‘We Shine- Portsmouth’ light festival.
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