Creative Island Ident (Teal)
The Cultural Development Agency for the Isle of Wight

Creative Island with Anneka Rice

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Tune into BBC’s Radio 4 ‘Open Country’ with Anneka Rice this January, as she discovers the Isle of Wight’s creative charm, interviewing our very own Creative Island Director – Gavin Stride! Anneka – a painter in her own right, speaks to creative individuals, all finding their muses and inspiration in the Island’s natural beauty and […]

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IW Creative’s Survey 2023 – what do you need to help your creative practice thrive?

IW Creative Network survey question- with paper and pens

As a creative community, it is vitally important that through our activity delivering the IW Creative Network, we can reassess the needs, challenges and opportunities Creative’s experience here on the Isle of Wight. The IW Creative Network is a membership programme designed to help support IW-based Creative’s thrive through business support, resources, profiling and networking. […]

Isle of Wight Theatre Network

Person sitting on the stage of Apollo Theatre, talking with two people in the audience seats

Early in October, perhaps for the first time, many of the Island’s theatre companies came together for a meeting at the Apollo Theatre in Newport to start a conversation about their work and ambitions. Twelve companies turned up and, over the course of two hours, what began to emerge was the idea of an Island […]