Course Director:

Ian Chance, Creative Entrepreneur

Visiting speakers and corporate supporters

Visiting speakers on this course are drawn from key figures and commentators in leading positions across the UK creative industries including the Arts Council, Arts and Business, Charitable Trusts and Foundations, Corporate Sponsors, individual patrons, the National Lottery and Local Authorities. Leading professionals in the fields of business, financial management, communications, legal and marketing contribute a series of technical briefings. Seminars and talks will be given by publishers, collectors, curators, concert promoters and festival directors with important individual contributions by successful entrepreneurial artists, composers, writers and prominent cultural leaders. Links are maintained with the University of East Anglia through the School of Literature and Creative Writing, the School of Music, the School of World Art Studies and Museology and the Sainsbury Centre of Visual Arts.

Current corporate supporters include:

Barclays, Targetfollow, Flowers East Gallery, Allen & Overy, Hammerson, Larking Gowen and Keystone Law

Current visitors include:

Bill Thompson - IT specialist
James Morrison - freelance journalist The Times and The Independent
Isabel Vasseur - Director ArtOffice
Peter Purvis – BBC Broadcaster
Munira Mirza – Cultural Commentator
Andrew Brighton – writer and editor
Ian Welsh – visual artist
Eileen Quinn – TV Producer
Giles Foden – writer
Gavin Stride – artistic director
Hannah Griffiths - editor – Faber & Faber
David Case – art dealer
David Cargill – gallery owner
Antony Penrose – writer and curator
Louise de Winter - Director National Campaign for the Arts
Richard Lee - Director Jerwood Space
Harvey Brough - Musician