BOHO ARTS is a charitable company formed in 2021 in response to the pandemic, the demolition of ‘meanwhile’ arts spaces in Newcastle, and the growing need and demand for a permanent space where grassroots artists, performers, and creative practitioners can work from, encourage and engage people and communities to participate in the arts, in fun, sociable and meaningful ways.
OUR VISION
A world of creative opportunities where everyone has access to the arts in a more integrated society where they are seen, valued and heard.
OUR MISSION
To create accessible spaces and activities where communities, artists and audiences can come together to connect, collaborate, and be creative.
By putting access at the heart of what we do, we will encourage participation in the arts to instil confidence, wellbeing and creative fulfilment.
By being representative of and responsive to the community we serve, we will be dynamic and relevant.
We will be ambitious, bold and take creative risks. Make space to play, experiment, fail, learn and build on ideas to be unconventional, progressive and innovative.
We want to inspire positive change by using creativity to help break down social barriers and release the collective imagination.
OUR VALUES
Accessibility, Equality, Inclusivity, Diversity, Community, Integrity, Accountability
FOUNDERS & ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Bev Fox and Ian McLaughlin have worked together in the arts for 34 years combining their skills as actors, teachers, writers, musicians, directors, and producers. Specialising in improvisation, they are founder-members of Newcastle's improv comedy group, The Suggestibles, and School of Improv where they have taught publicly accessible classes for 17 years. They are passionate about social arts, nurturing talent, enabling people to be creative and finding wellbeing through the arts. They love to help strengthen communities and bring peope and communities together.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Jon Farthing - Lawyer (Chair), Helen Burton (Treasurer) Financial Administrator, Dr. Julian Kilburn - Medical Practioner, Ben Dickenson - CEO, Dami Fawehinmi - Cultural Curator, Hazel Burton - Marketing Manager, John Seager - Director, Stephanie Henderson - Senior Project Manager
Website: https://www.bohoarts.co.uk/
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