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.
Core National Team
Anna Dever
Executive Director
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.
Sophie Erin Evans
Marketing & Communications 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.
Regional Coordinators and Ambassadors
Judith Crompton
Family Arts Coordinator
ARC – Stockton Arts Centre
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
the pure joy of my first A2 sketchbook. To draw on something that was almost the same size as me!
Arts for families is important because…
It can shape a lifelong interest in Arts & Culture.
Talk to Judith about arts for families in Stockton on Tees and across the Tees Valley.
Maya Cross Odemudia
(she/her)
Manchester Ambassador
Z-arts
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
writing a poem about my neighbour. I won an award, illustrated book & read my poem out to the Mayor
Arts for families is important because…
it’s time to explore, come together & learn through play.
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.
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.
Cara Hayman
Bristol Ambassador
The Children’s Scrapstore
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
making a tea set for my
dolls from polymer clay,
their best China! I still
create with polymer clay.
Arts for families is important because…
it’s so rewarding to be able
to create something and
express yourself.
Sarah Lenehan
(she/her)
Cumbria Ambassador
Florence Arts Centre
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
participating in our local drama group and gaining confidence in performance after a very shy beginning!
Arts for families is important because…
it gives families the opportunity to play and learn together.
Board of Directors
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.
Elaine Grant
(she/her)
Freelance creative consultant
Elaine Grant Creative Consulting
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
performing an original dance and drama piece at Sadlers Wells with my performing arts youth company, Fusion.
Arts for families is important because…
everyone deserves access to high quality live experiences!
Zoe Dennington
(she/her)
Head of Learning and Participation
Crafts Council
My most memorable arts experience as a child was…
visiting the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre automata collection with my mum—it seemed really magical!
Arts for families is important because…
it opens up new possibilities.
Sarah Mears
Interim CEO
ASCEL
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.
Karla Barnacle-Best
Lecturer,
Goldsmiths College, University of London
Gavin Barlow
CEO and Artistic Director
The Albany