Wandsworth Creatives Networking
Are you a Wandsworth artist, dancer, designer or creative? Or do you work in heritage or at a creative organisation? Why not join Wandsworth Council's London Borough of Culture team this September at the Royal Academy of Dance for a free morning of networking over breakfast.
You'll get the chance to make new connections with a range of like-minded creatives and learn about opportunities for creatives to get involved in the London Borough of Culture year.
Plus! A fantastic selection of local arts leaders and freelancers will be taking part in a panel discussion, focused on wellbeing in the creative workplace. The panel includes:
• Ruth Essel, Founding Director of Pointe Black an award-winning ballet company for people of Black heritage. The company exists to dismantle ballet's Eurocentric and elitist traditions whilst campaigning for racial equity in the arts.
• Luca Bosani will be bringing their perspective as a multi- media artist. Luca's practice combines sculpture, fashion, and performance to question and challenge traditional gender roles. Throughout 2024, they were the Victoria & Museum x Adobe artist-in-residence, where their research culminating in a post-gender installation, currently on view in the V&A South Kensington Museum's main galleries.
• Emily Carewe, Executive Director and Co-CEO of Theatre503 the national theatre for debut playwrights, providing a platform and pipeline for writers and artists bringing their words to life, at the earliest entry point of the creative industry.
Tue 9 Sep, 9.30am - 11.30am.
