Medway Arts Forum (MAF)
Started in January 2020, Sun Pier House is the founding member of the Medway Arts Forum – a new network for arts & cultural organisations and artists in Medway and North Kent, who regularly work with the community via the arts and/or manage arts spaces.
The Forum’s initial ambition is to arrange regular proactive and positive meet up’s for Medway’s cultural organisations. Creating a professional network and opportunity for us all to meet, share information, learn about each other, update on funding applications, encourage collaborations and open up new dialogue.
The Forum’s purpose is not necessarily suited to independent artists developing their own practice, it is designed for those working in the broader sense of arts engagement, delivering arts for the public and running creative venues.
MAF is a co-managed forum, led by Sun Pier House and Intra Arts, working together with a shared ambition to create a better dialogue between the local arts organisations, and create a stronger profile of Medway’s arts community. More partners are welcome to join the running of the Forum, and organisations within all arts and culture disciplines are encouraged to attend. A governance structure and terms of reference will be developed with Forum members.
2024 Meetings
Friday 8th March
10am – 12pm
Sun Pier House, cafe space, 2nd floor
Future ambitions for MAF
As well as the regular meetings, MAF intends to create several shared services for organisations to opt in to. Such as;
- The creation of a ‘Medway Art Guide’, a printed leaflet to promote public arts spaces in Medway.
- A shared website to promote each partner and the arts news across Medway.
- Members to host the MAF logo on their websites, with a link to a shared website.
- To create an internal shared calendar of events, festivals, workshops, exhibitions, private views, etc. – As a means of avoiding clashes, understanding what we are each doing, and creating a structured programme of arts opportunities for audiences to attend across each month.
- To form stronger partnerships and work together on joint funding bids, to establish new arts opportunities in Medway.
- Members to attend wider strategic and cultural meetings and represent all MAF members.