Meet the Team
Family Arts Campaign is delivered by a small but mighty core team plus six Ambassadors who help to run regional networks in their respective communities.
The Family Arts Campaign’s board members help to strategically support the Campaign and help to find opportunities to further develop our work with families.
Family Arts Campaign Team
Anna Dever
Head of Campaign
My most memorable creative experience as a child was…
going to Withington
Library with my mum
and being amazed I
could choose a big stack
of books to take home!
Arts for families is important because…
it’s open and accessible
to everyone.
Talk to Anna about
building partnerships
& strategic opportunities.
Rukhsana Jahangir
Campaign Manager
My most memorable creative experience as a child was…
inhabiting magical worlds of
inner imagination through
being a total bookworm!
Arts for families is important because…
shared arts experiences
can be deeply
transformative.
Talk to Rukhsana
about learning, awards,
partnerships and regional
networks.
Sophie Erin Evans
Digital Marketing Manager
My most memorable creative experience as a child was…
creating my own worlds through painting, drawing and filling notebooks full of stories and poems!
Arts for families is important because…
it celebrates that everyone sees the world in different ways.
Talk to Sophie about your
inspiring stories and
marketing collaborations.
Daniela Gerstmann
Freelance Marketing Officer
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
Der Käsemond, a musical!
At age 10, I plagiarized it
for a puppet show about
nan’s neighbours.
Arts for families is important because…
“the arts” can be off-putting.
Family events can open
doors.
Talk to Daniela about
family listings, emojis
and how to write inviting
marketing copy.
Local Family Arts Network Ambassadors
Yemi Bolatiwa
Manchester Ambassador
Z-arts
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
using foil, highlighters and sugar to win SmashHitsUK mag’s envelope design competition, aged 11.
Arts for families is important because…
it helps them communicate with creativity!
Sarah Bulmer
Derby Ambassador
QUAD
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
taking part in the local theatre groups’ annual pantomime. I got such a buzz from being on stage!
Arts for families is important because…
it introduces life skills and quality time to help us bond.
Holli Graham
Cumbria Ambassador
Florence Arts Centre
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
completing a project in art class. It gave me such a sense of achievement and a boost in confidence.
Arts for families is important because…
it encompasses education, equality and accessibility to all.
Sallyanne Flemons
North East Ambassador
Family Explorers
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
visiting the Titchfield Carnival every year – a proper spectacle created for and by the community.
Arts for families is important because…
it enhances wellbeing, raises ambition and makes memories.
Amy Ward
Bristol Ambassador
The Children’s Scrapstore
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
learning to paint and
draw with my Poppa,
inspiring a life-time
of creativity.
Arts for families is important because…
you can change lives with art.
Rachel Hamer
Sunderland Ambassador
Sunderland Culture
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
folk festivals with my family being able to explore the range of art activities!
Arts for families is important because…
it brings them together in creative moments of joy.
Project Board
Cath Hume
CEO
Arts Marketing Association
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
winning second place in a Bible reading competition because I was too smiley to win first place.
Arts for families is important because…
it’s a chance to have memorable, magical experiences together.
Alison Bowyer
Executive Director
Kids in Museums
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
hearing the CBSO play Mahler’s epic third symphony in the old Town Hall in Birmingham.
Arts for families is important because…
creativity matters for everyone.
Mark Pemberton
Chief Executive
Association of British Orchestras
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
attending Carols at Kings. To hear boys of my age making such a beautiful sound inspired my love of music.
Arts for families is important because…
it brings generations together.
Gavin Barlow
CEO and Artistic Director
The Albany
Sarah Mears
Programme Manager
Libraries Connected
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
being given a neighbour’s easter egg box, which I converted into a theatre and produced many a play!
Arts for families is important because…
art connects generations and creates lifelong memories.
Robert O’Dowd
Chief Executive
Rose Theatre Kingston
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
setting fire to my parents garage when refilling my toy train’s traction engine.
Arts for families is important because…
young people are the next generation of creatives.
