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Tuesday 7 June 2022

Networks for Essex creatives

Bas-Arts-Index is a home for Basildon’s creatives to connect and collaborate. I've just recently joined - see my profile at https://bas-arts-index.com/Jonathan-Evens.

Here's how they describe themselves:

Our mission

We are Basildon's first interdisciplinary, artist-led directory/network. Our mission is to provide an online space for Basildons creative individuals, groups and organisations, born, living, working in or making work about the Basildon Borough. We hope to connect local creatives which in turn will generate activity, collaboration and to help support a cohesive local arts ecology.

Basildon as the borough currently includes: Basildon, Laindon, Langdon Hills, Pitsea, Vange, Billericay and Wickford.

Our values are:
  • Collaborative: we believe in building a connected creative community across the borough, which starts with knowing who is out there, how to view their work and how to make contact. We hope to facilitate peer to peer support which is built on mutual aid and care.
  • Interdisciplinary: we believe in the value of bringing together creatives working in all disciplines together at different points of their career.
  • Artist-led: Bas-Arts-Index is run by its members, for its members, with a no pressure ethos. You can be listed on the website and receive the newsletter, or if you want to attend events, that's cool, or if you wish to be more actively involved in the running of the Index in a core group, thats great, but no pressure. Each level of engagement is valid and it is about what works best for you.
What we do

Our activities aim to offer creative development, discussion and to facilitate collaboration. Ongoing projects we currently run or aim to start running again include, Socials, Crits, Film Club and Playlist Project. For more info on the projects please click here.

Join Us!Bas-Arts-Index is open to creative individuals, groups, orgs, born, living, working in or making work about the Basildon Borough. We are interested in creatives working in all disciplines and levels of professional experience.

To become a member click here.

I've also joined Christian Creative Network Essex. The Thurrock branch launched in January 2020 and has a thriving community of Christian creatives in and around the South Essex area, run by branch leader Wendi Lee. This branch is part of Christian Creative Network UK, a national network of local branches with the mission to ‘Champion creativity in the body of Christ’.

This network gives Christian creative professionals and skilled amateurs, who are looking for like-minded Christian creatives, a local community, support and resources, so they grow in their creative pursuits, find local collaboration opportunities and grow their creative businesses.

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