Grow: Exploring Creative Achievements and Challenges in the UK

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Guy Armitage
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Explore creative achievements and challenges in the UK, public funding opportunities, future plans and more! In the next couple of weeks, we will be sharing 30 inspirational podcasts of the talks, panel discussions and keynotes, from the Zealous X Festival. Expect great discussions on Creativity, Technology, Education and Entertainment, including policymaking, cultural integration, marketing, design, the…

Explore creative achievements and challenges in the UK, public funding opportunities, future plans and more!

In the next couple of weeks, we will be sharing 30 inspirational podcasts of the talks, panel discussions and keynotes, from the Zealous X Festival. Expect great discussions on Creativity, Technology, Education and Entertainment, including policymaking, cultural integration, marketing, design, the arts, business and much more. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for stimulating talks, advice and inspiration!

As promised, today we release the first video from our talks at Zealous X, a festival bringing together the UK’s leading thinkers, artists, policy makers, marketers, technologists and arts organisations to explore, challenge and debate the current state of our creative industries.

Our first talk explores the biggest challenges creativity face including cuts in funding, cost of living in London and shrinking of the Arts curriculum in schools are explored by John Kampfner (CEO, Creative Industries Federation) Sir Peter Bazalgette (Chair, Arts Council England), Caroline Norbury MBE (CEO, Creative England) and Paul Owens (CEO, BOP Consulting).

Zealous X Talks Day 1: The Road to Empowermen

We want you to be inspired, and that’s why we’re asking you to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more stimulating talks and a weekly dose of creativity!

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