creative coast blog

woodend creative workspace officially opens tomorrow. all creative coast members are invited (rsvp) to the evening event with red-or-dead founder wayne hemingway from 6.30pm.

creative coast member richard cowling has launched MESOMOCO - a social enterprise using digital content to help mental distress sufferers get back to work.

read the evening news article here.

visit MESOMOC here.

richard is going to be speaking at a future creative coast about social networking on the net, so stay tuned for details.

it’s swapping time! and planning time.

part 1 of the evening is the tried-and-tested creative coast swapshop. the ideais simple - bring a product or service you’d like to offer and an idea (and open minded) of what you’d like to swap it for.  everyone gets opportunity to explain their offer and then you start chatting.

part 2 of the evening is planning what creative coast whitby does next. so come with your thinking heads on too.

everyone welcome - from whitby and further afield. 6pm at the shambles bar, marketplace, whitby.

This Wednesday 18th June is Creative Coast night - the last of the current season, and it’s a cracker…

Shirley came to Scarborough from being Deputy Director of Collections at the Imperial War Museum to oversee the formation of the Museums Trust and the multi-million pound redevelopment of The Rotunda museum. With a wealth of experience working in the cultural sector including The Tate Gallery and the British Film Institute, Shirley will be offering advice on how to network effectively and get your work into the hands of the people most likely to commission more from you…

Please note that the evening will begin at 6pm prompt as our guests will be leaving at 7.15pm. Arrive early to get your drinks in!

scarborough has been announced as yorkshire and humberside winner of ‘enterprsing britain’ making it one of the 11 most enterprising places in the UK and the no.1 place for enterprise in the region.

the winning presentation was given in leeds by a team comprised of creative coast chair adrian riley, director of woodend creative workspace andrew clay and the council’s head of strategic operations david archer. the presentation emphasised the role that the creative industries is playing in the regeneration of scarborough and examples included the grassroots formation of creative coast and the opening of woodend.

a national judging team will be visiting scarborough on 19th june with the national winner expected to be announced in october.

yorkshire post article here.
details of all the regional winners here.

scarborough rapper and creative coast member james koppert aka ‘the edger’ has received a us record deal from the producer who’s worked with snoop dogg and busta ryhmes. read the story  here.

friday 6th june, from 6.30pm at yorkshire coast college westwood building (behind tesco’s). will include presentation of the creative coast - science city york student award. and you get chance to vote for who should receive it!

come and see the work of scarborough’s newest breed of creatives.

they say it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. but if you usually quake with fear at the thought of a ‘networking’ event here’s creative coast to the rescue. it’s like a game of bingo, but with people. and it’s fun. and nothing like one of those horrible ice-breaker games.

6pm at the shambles bar, marketplace whitby.

come share the things that bug you, that threaten to sabotage your creative efforts or that you just want to get off your chest. with woodend director andrew clay we’ll look at the issues and see if there are some solutions. plus we’ll be looking for the big problems faced by many local creatives and seeing if creative coast can take them up as campaigning issues. power to the people.

and creative coast BLOGGERS - if you’re wanting a refresher session on using your blog we’ll be offering 1-2-1’s after the main event.
and there are tours of woodend creative workspace. goodness me, it’s a fun packed evening.
how dare you miss it?

6pm wednesday 21st may at woodend creative workspace, the crescent.

creative coast moves out of scarborough for the whitby launch this wednesday. there are already members in and around whitby but this is opportunity for local creatives to get together and see if there’s the desire and momentum to run whitby’s own creative coast events.

so expect some chat, some idea-forming and some good ole networking. all at the shambles bar, marketplace, whitby at 6pm. will probably last about an a hour and a half.