 CONTACT:
Creative Stoke welcomes:
site feedback; offers of help; details of opportunities;
invites to your open-studio / launch / careers day;
and - of course - being told about your new web-site!
The short history of Creative Stoke: The website is edited by Dave Haden [Facebook], a local creative who lives in Stoke-on-Trent and who is an artist, writer, researcher & photo-journalist and a university lecturer at Birmingham City University's BIAD.
The website was soft-launched in Christmas 2001. In late Summer 2002 the Directory was hugely expanded through active searching for links, helped by first-class graduate and Millenium Volunteer
Simon Knight [Facebook | LinkedIn] and free facilities offered by The Burslem School of Art.
Simon continued to be active as a co-editor for several years after this. By December 2003 the Directory was around its current size, and the current look and navigational
design was established. Regular link-checking measures were instituted to keep the Directory fresh. Meanwhile, the site increased its supply of a regular stream of hand-picked opportunities and
events notices. In 2004-6 Creative Stoke was a partner in delivering Mayor Mike Wolfe's innovative £100k community-arts project in Stoke, Creative Approaches to Local Issues;
and had a £900 Arts Council grant to attend the Creative Clusters international creative industries conference in Brighton.
More photo features and interviews were added. During 2006-2009 the site added: an RSS news-feed; Facebook groups; an RSS-powered events listings page; a 'Buy' page featuring local products;
as well as around 2,000 timely listings of opportunities for local creatives. During 2010 the site had several thorough link-checks (including one done by hand), and
added over 800 opportunities on the What's New? page.
Offers of help are welcomed: Especially useful are: volunteer reviewers & talented event-photographers who can supply photos;
free tickets to your event; offers of funding to produce print publicity materials (posters, flyers etc).
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