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“We believe passionately that those with the most potential are often the least able to pay for education, the least able to pull favours or access helpful networks, to work for free, or find shortcuts into paid creative and cultural work.”
Josie Long, Co-Founder
Arts Emergency helps young people flourish in higher education and the cultural industries.
creative and cultural opportunities shared in 2022
mentoring sessions in 2022
of mentees said they understood more about the world of work by the end of their mentoring year (2022)
In October Arts Emergency Network members and visitors to the Affordable Art Fair raised over £5000 through artwork donations, sales, and ticket purchases.
We asked Rachell Smith about her career, what challenges there are for aspiring photographers and what the most (and least), enjoyable part of her job is.
We asked Lizzy Stewart; what made her want to be an author and illustrator, about her career, and what advice she'd give to any budding illustrators out there.