Pablo Bronstein, Beach Hut in the style of Nicholas Hawksmoor, 2014, photo by Stuart Wilson
theatre, dance and comedy has been built. The area has been animated by three internationally acclaimed visual art Triennials, a collection of significant and permanent contemporary public art, a full performance programme and an annual Book Festival. The area is populated by artists and home to creative industries and is home to higher education study and research; all this has created many hundreds of jobs.
How do you raise money?
The vast majority of our income comes from the rental of all our properties( shops, flats, studios, business and education spaces) by artists and other creative individuals and businesses. The rest of our funding is raised through sponsorship from trusts and foundations and we also receive funding by Arts Council England and local authorities.
How important are volunteers to the Creative Foundation, and what sort of things do they do? How can our readers get involved? governance of its board to ushers at the Book Festival. Due to the range of volunteering roles, we have a very wide spread of volunteers from retired volunteers; through active working age people, both employed and not employed; through to students looking for experience to improve their employment prospects. If you share the same love and enthusiasm for creativity, please do get in touch.
What does the future hold?
We are currently working towards to the fourth edition of Folkestone Triennial double edge( 2nd Sep – 5th Nov 2017), our annual Book Festival( 17th – 26th Nov) and this June all the Creative Quarter tenants will once again be opening their doors and offering behind the scenes access to everyone as part of Open Quarter 2017( 17th & 18th June).
www. creativefoundation. org. uk
Quarterhouse at night © centralphotography. com
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