Creative directory
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The Culture Connects directory is a free creative resource open to anyone involved in the creative industries across Hampshire, designed to help you showcase your skills, connect meaningfully, and discover opportunities.
The Culture Connects directory is a free creative resource open to anyone involved in the creative industries across Hampshire, designed to help you showcase your skills, connect meaningfully, and discover opportunities.
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Eleanor Hawkridge
- National
I’m an artist and creative producer with a wealth of experience of founding arts ventures and running arts venues, programmes, events, exhibitions and festivals – with a focus on fun and innovative approaches to animating underused spaces.
Most recently I’ve had the privilege of setting up Saint John’s Arts’ Programme, collaborating with a large Education Trust to provide new exciting opportunities for young people to get involved in the arts in Gosport.
I’ve also worked as Producer for Journeys Festival International, and held previous roles at ArtSpace Portsmouth, Liverpool Biennial and founded The Royal Standard (gallery, studios and social workspace), and Mighty Oak Creative Agency.
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Barbara Touati-Evans
- Aldershot |
- Farnborough |
- Hampshire
I am a visual artist who works across a range of media, originally crochet and textile but more recently in sculpture, installation and performance. I have a sensory approach to connecting to materials, most of them domestic recycled waste.
I am very interested in experimentation and cross collaborations with artists from other disciplines and also outside of the field of the arts.
Across the years, my practice has delved into the visual and metaphorical links between neuroscience and crochet, the cracking and transformations of womanhood after the menopause and more recently the opening and reconnecting to nature.
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Kelly Weston
- Aldershot |
- Farnborough |
- Hampshire
Hi I’m Kelly, a resin crafter (Resin Expectations), author (Beyond the Ordinary, Crafting in a Crisis, and Selling at Craft Events – A beginners Guide) and director of The Crafters Collective – Princes Mead Farnborough.
As a female, neurodivergent, creative business owner, my mission is to help people be their authentic selves. Whether that’s with my creations – inspired by goth, fantasy and steampunk genres – or giving other crafters a space to sell their work, and express themselves through their creations, I want to make the benefits of creativity accessible to all.
Crafting has been a focus throughout my life, whenever things have been difficult, and I want to share its mental health benefits with everyone.
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Jobs and commissions
The Crafters Collective Seller
- Aldershot |
- Farnborough |
- Hampshire
The Crafters Collective CIC
31.05.2025
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31.12.2025
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Organisation
The Crafters Collective CIC
- Aldershot |
- Farnborough |
- Hampshire
We believe in breaking the mould. We’re here to challenge the mass-produced, the impersonal, and the disposable by championing independent makers, fostering creativity, and creating a real, local alternative to online and high-street retail.
Our mission is to provide crafters with a space to sell their work without the barriers of traditional retail while ensuring customers can discover authentic, locally made goods and explore their own creativity through hands-on workshops. We curate a space where people can shop with confidence, knowing they are supporting real artisans and small businesses.
We empower people of all ages and backgrounds to explore their creative potential, and offer a relaxed pressure-free shopping experience.
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Maggie Rose
- Hampshire |
- National |
- Winchester
RADA and Lee Strasberg trained actor living in Hampshire and London.
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Rebecca Godden
- Hampshire |
- National |
- Winchester
Rebecca Godden is a dynamic actor, director, and facilitator with over a decade of experience nationally and internationally. Rebecca holds a First Class BA Honours in Contemporary Performance from the University of Winchester, and is a regular actor and director at Hat Fair, Winchester. She currently collaborates with companies such as Blue Apple Theatre (Associate Director) Ubisoft/Hampshire Cultural Trust (878AD Actor), MN Academy (Filmmaking Facilitator) and Birmingham Stage (Show Facilitator). Passionate about storytelling, she’s at home performing, writing and directing. Her work blends live theatre, performing arts, and immersive/ site-specific performance. Rebecca produces and hosts the podcast, Part of The Arts.
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Helen Wallbridge
- Hampshire |
- New Forest
I am a professional archaeologist with a passion for community engagement and heritage for wellbeing.
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Emma Paxton
- Fareham |
- Gosport |
- Hampshire
Hello I’m Emma and I’m a Graphic Recorder and Illustrator.
I create hand drawn visuals to capture content and tell stories – it’s my job to visualise your content so people love it, remember it, and keep coming back to it.
As a Graphic Recorder I draw live at events and meetings to capture the key ideas and outcomes.
As an Illustrator I create hand drawn digital images to tell stories and explain complex information.
My work is, colourful, fun and creative. It starts conversations and helps connect ideas and people. It’s mind-catching and memorable. It’s eye-catching, printable and easily shareable.
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Space
The Great Hall
- Winchester
Hampshire Cultural Trust
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Individual
Alia
- Fareham |
- Gosport
Fareham based photographer and videographer specialising in music and branding, helping musicians and brands with bringing their visions and brand to life.
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Space
Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery
- Basingstoke
Hampshire Cultural trust
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Andover Museum
- Andover
Hampshire Cultural Trust
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Space
Allen Gallery
- Alton
Hampshire Cultural Trust
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Space
The Arc
- Winchester
Hampshire Cultural Trust
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Training
How to be an Effective Trustee
- Aldershot |
- Alton |
- Andover |
- Basingstoke |
- Eastleigh |
- Fareham |
- Farnborough |
- Gosport |
- Hampshire |
- National |
- Petersfield |
- Winchester
Action Together
10.06.2025
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10.06.2025
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Training
Build a website for your Social Enterprise
- Aldershot |
- Alton |
- Andover |
- Basingstoke |
- Eastleigh |
- Fareham |
- Farnborough |
- Gosport |
- Hampshire |
- National |
- Petersfield |
- Winchester
Action Together
19.06.2025
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19.06.2025
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Funding
Creative Enterprise Business Builder
- Aldershot |
- Alton |
- Andover |
- Basingstoke |
- Eastleigh |
- Fareham |
- Farnborough |
- Gosport |
- Hampshire |
- Petersfield |
- Winchester
Creative UK
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Jobs and commissions
Casual Technicians
- Hampshire
The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre
11.04.2025
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31.12.2025
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Funding
Trailblazer Fund
- Aldershot |
- Alton |
- Andover |
- Basingstoke |
- Eastleigh |
- Fareham |
- Farnborough |
- Gosport |
- Hampshire |
- National |
- Petersfield |
- Winchester
Youth Music
01.08.2025
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29.08.2025
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Event
Rebuild Creative Confidence
- Aldershot |
- Alton |
- Andover |
- Basingstoke |
- Eastleigh |
- Fareham |
- Farnborough |
- Gosport |
- Hampshire |
- Petersfield |
- Winchester
allthedays – Creative Workshops by Dave Norton
26.04.2025
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27.09.2025
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Space
Hampshire Record Office
- Winchester
Hampshire Archives
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Funding
Dayas Music Scholarship Fund
- Hampshire
HiWCF
13.01.2025
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26.10.2025
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Training
Setting up your first Google Ads Campaign to drive website traffic
- Aldershot |
- Alton |
- Andover |
- Basingstoke |
- Eastleigh |
- Fareham |
- Farnborough |
- Gosport |
- National |
- Petersfield |
- Winchester
Digital Culture Network
10.06.2025
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10.06.2025
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Training
Artswork Priority Place Training
- Aldershot |
- Farnborough |
- Gosport
Artswork
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Space
Makers’ Yard at Union Yard
- Aldershot |
- Farnborough
Makers' Yard
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Space
Rooms to hire at Gosport Discovery Centre
- Gosport
Gosport Discovery Centre
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Space
Bridgemary Library office space
- Gosport
Bridgemary Library
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Space
Farnborough Library Learning rooms
- Aldershot |
- Farnborough
Farnborough Library
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Space
Aldershot Library Learning Zones
- Aldershot |
- Farnborough
Aldershot Library
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Space
Karuna Coffee House
- Aldershot
Karuna Coffee House - Karuna Action
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Funding
GBC Community Fund
- Gosport
Gosport Borough Council
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Funding
Gosport Heritage Fund
- Gosport
Gosport Borough Council
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Funding
National Lottery Heritage Grants
- Aldershot |
- Alton |
- Andover |
- Basingstoke |
- Eastleigh |
- Fareham |
- Farnborough |
- Gosport |
- Hampshire |
- National |
- Petersfield |
- Winchester
National Lottery Heritage Fund
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Space
Aldershot Military Museum – Boyce Building
- Aldershot |
- Farnborough
Aldershot Military Museum
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Funding
Arts Council England – National Lottery Project Grants
- Aldershot |
- Alton |
- Andover |
- Basingstoke |
- Eastleigh |
- Fareham |
- Farnborough |
- Gosport |
- Hampshire |
- National |
- Petersfield |
- Winchester
Arts Council England
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