Our June event is all about CREATING WITH THE COMMUNITY Hear from creative and cultural guest speakers, who are having a local impact and doing creative business, by creating with and for the community. The event is an opportunity to chat with other creatives and includes a chance to shout-out about your own work and needs. Informal and open to all. Booking is essential. Places limited to 30. Guest speakers: Ellen Waghorn Rebecca Arkolina Coppard Paul Pibworth If you work in the arts, run a creative business, are a freelance artist, actor, producer, maker or musician (or commission them), or are just curious, this network is for you. Creative Bedfordshire monthly events take place across Bedfordshire. Creative Bedfordshire is delivered by Bedford Creative Arts and is free of charge to attend thanks to the support of Central Bedfordshire Council and Bedford Borough Council.

1. 15th June 2017 7 - 9pm Houghton Regis
Supported by
WELCOME TO
CREATIVE
NETWORKING JUNE
Creative Networking is delivered by Bedford Creative Arts and is free of charge
to attend thanks to the support of Central Bedfordshire Council and Bedford
Borough Council.

2. WHAT IS CREATIVE
NETWORKING?
Creative Bedfordshire monthly networking events take place across Bedfordshire and
bring together creative people to network and develop their businesses. Who is new?

3. If you work (or aspire to work) in the arts, run a creative business, are a freelance artist,
actor, producer, maker or musician (or commission them), this network is for you.
WHO IS CREATIVE
NETWORKING FOR?

4. WAYS TO
KEEP IN TOUCH
Register for updates: www.bedfordcreativearts.org.uk
Creativebedfordshire CreativeBeds CreativeBeds Creative Bedfordshire

5. CREATING WITH THE
COMMUNITY
We have inspiration from three creative and cultural guest speakers, who are having a
local impact and doing creative business, by creating with and for the community.

6. Ellen Waghorn
A helping hand to
develop plans and
generate great art
for communities,
venues and people.
www.ellenwaghorn.com
Rebecca Coppard
Arkolina is an
Illustrator and
Maker working
from Bedfordshire
in the UK.
Paul Pibworth
Artist Sculptor
Journeyman
Paul creates to
complete
connections.
www.arkolina.com www.paulpibworth.co.uk

7. We are a very friendly network. We are chatting about what we are in to and what we are
up to. It’s all about understanding each others skills, collaborating and voicing our
needs. We are not pitching at each other. Relax and enjoy the evening.
SAY HELLO

8. Your chance to tell us about your work and needs.
SHOUT OUT

9. OUR HOST
Sandra Dartnell
Associate Producer for Bedford
Creative Arts
Self employed Customer
Experience Consultant
at ThinkingCX
Sandra has been self employed
for 3 years, and works on how the
key point of value can be
communicated to customers.
Sandra lives in Leighton Buzzard
@SandraDartnell

10. SPEAKERS
Give it up for tonight’s speakers

11. OUR SPEAKERS
Ellen Waghorn
A helping hand to develop
plans and generate great
art for communities,
venues and people.
Artist Development |
Programming | Producing
Ellen lives in Luton

12. OUR SPEAKERS
Ellen Waghorn
Ellen will speak about
creating with the
community – focusing on
finding common goals,
building trust and buy-in.
Followed with her
perspective on creating for
the community covering
rural touring, building your
‘tribe’ in different
locations, and tailoring
your message to varied
locations and audiences.

13. Museum Maker Abroad www.museummakers.co.uk

14. Community Piano Project in Luton Mall www.facebook.com/LutonPianoPlayers

15. Carn to Cove show www.carntocove.co.uk

16. Script Lab www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/script-lab

17. Straw Boater Guinness World Record www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-28849768

19. We are a very friendly network. We are chatting about what we are in to and what we are
up to. It’s all about understanding each others skills, collaborating and voicing our
needs. We are not pitching at each other. Relax and enjoy the evening.
SAY HELLO

20. OUR SPEAKERS
Rebecca Coppard
Arkolina is an Illustrator and
Maker working from
Bedfordshire.
She splits her time between
working on her illustration
and running art related
workshops (mostly for
young people) and is looking
to branch out soon into
online tutorials as well.
Rebecca lives in Dunstable

21. OUR SPEAKERS
Rebecca Coppard
Rebecca’s 5-minute talk
“Be the person you needed
when you were younger.”

22. Artwork by Arkolina www.arkolina.com

23. Young people creating stories at a workshop in Houghton Regis.

24. Work on arts award at Houghton Regis Art Town www.artsaward.org.uk

25. In progress work on Carnival Props at Houghton Regis Art Town
www.fullhouse.org.uk/what-we-do/art-town

27. OUR SPEAKERS
Paul Pibworth
Artist Sculptor
Journeyman
Paul creates to complete
connections.
Paul lives in Potton.

28. OUR SPEAKERS
Paul Pibworth
Paul’s 5-minute talk
“The circular and
connected nature of doing
work with your
community”

34. Your chance to tell us about your work and needs.
SHOUT OUT

35. • LET’S TALK BUSINESS
Business advice and information from Central Bedfordshire Council including a one
page summary of business advice sources with links to each
http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/business/timebank/news-events.aspx
• BUSINESS TIME BANK
• BUSINESS TOOLKIT

36. • BUSINESS NEWSLETTER
Business advice and information from Bedford Borough Council
http://www.bedford.gov.uk/business/business_support_and_advice.aspx
• ACCESS TO FINANCE
• START UP SUPPORT

37. BUSINESS
GROWTH SUPPORT
Velocity provides networking with other businesses and cutting edge information /
guidance on a range of growth themes. They hold a number of free workshops across the
South East Midlands area.
www.velocitybusinesssupport.com/

38. CULTURE
CHALLENGE
The Culture Challenge is a project devised and led by Bedford Creative Arts to enable more young
people to experience and make arts and culture. Designed for and with teachers it provides a directory
of creative and cultural providers that are experienced at working with schools. Artists, cultural
organisations, and schools can become Culture Challenge members.
Become a member http://bedfordcreativearts.org.uk/culture-challenge/

39. SIGN-IN AND
DEMOGRAPHICS
Please complete them before you leave tonight

40. CREATIVE
NETWORKING
JULY
Register at www.bedfordcreativearts.org.uk
6th July 2017 7 - 9pm Bedford
Supported by

41. THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS?
LIKE TO BE A SPEAKER?
WANT TO FEEDBACK?
samt@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk
Sam Turton – Associate Producer, Creative Bedfordshire
Tell us how we have helped you…

42. samt@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk
Sam Turton – Associate Producer, Creative Bedfordshire