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  • Save The Date for – WE CONNECT – 22nd May

    We are excited to share we will be hosting our very first We Connect conference. This event will be delivered in partnership with several central funders who will be sharing their knowledge and expertise throughout the day…

  • Portsmouth Artist – My Dog Sighs – Artwork Easter Treasure Hunt

    celebrating 20 years of creating work and is creating a huge three-day Free Art treasure hunt in Portsmouth this Easter…

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    19th April Networking Event

    Come and join us again for our second Networking Event on 19th April. Meet other like minded creatives and individual artists, make connections…

  • Award Nomination For Rewild

    We are excited to announce ‘Rewild’ brought to We Shine Portsmouth 2022 by Limbic Cinema has been shortlisted for a Digital Culture Award for their interactive artwork…

  • Join us at our first network event – 28th Feb

    This is our first informal networking event for creatives and individual artists.  Join us on Tuesday 28th February, 5pm - 7.30pm at Farm Kitchen Southsea...

  • New Leadership for Portsmouth Creates

    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.

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  • We Create Market

    We’re thrilled to announce the launch of ‘We Create Market’!

    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

    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.

  • Colouring book

    #CreateUpPompey

    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.

  • CEO recruitment postponed due to Covid-19

    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.

  • Pippa Bostock

    Pippa Bostock joins the kick-start non-exec directors

    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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