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About Katie

Katie is a Midlands based Artist and Creative Producer. She is passionate about providing opportunity to emerging artists and supporting children and young people to access the arts and cultural sector.

She embeds a co-created strategy in her work, particularly across community settings to deepen engagement, access and opportunity.

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ABOUT

After a number of years training and performing in contemporary dance, Katie made the decision that her passion lay in supporting others to perform and achieve their own ambitions, working behind the scenes rather than in the spotlight.

She trained in Performing Arts at De Montfort University, Leicester, specialising in Arts Management, Contemporary Practices and Emerging Technologies. Graduating with a First class BA (Hons), she emerged at the same moment the pandemic hit, putting a pause on the vast majority of the sector. Instead of surrendering, Katie grabbed this moment by the horns and sought out digital opportunities that were the first of their kind.

The role she considers as her first 'professional' position came at this moment, working as a leader on the production team of #DanceConnect; a digital enquiry that discovered what collaboration was possible in a digital context across styles, lead by DanceXchange and Arts Connect.

Following this, Katies work escalated extremely quickly. She moved from Operations Assistant at Big Difference Company to Assistant Producer for ArtLincs Festival of Creativity, and then Producer at Creative Academies Network, leading on the HomeGrown31 programme. During this period Katie also secured several of her own commissions from China Plate Theatre, Warwick Arts Centre and Creative Black Country, working with various communities for artistic projects.

During her work with Creative Academies Network, Katie made the decision to go freelance in order to pursue her own passions and drive change in the sector. Since then, she has worked with numerous high profile organisations such as Imagineer Productions, Arts Connect, and The National Trust, and continues to strive to create opportunities for emerging artists and support children and young people to access arts and culture.

 

Katie is currently working for Solihull MBC, producing their cultural programme 2024-25, Development Coordinator for Solihull CEP, Producer for Mercurial Dance's New VR game, Embody XR, and Marketing and Communications Officer for the Dance Leaders Group.

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Katie is an astute, committed, organised and creative person, excelling at 'making things happen', and passionate about supporting others to create amazing work, on our streets and stages. Give Katie a call if you need a job well done - whatever your project or idea - she can help you bring it to life.

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- Amy Dalton-Hardy

 Freelance Creative Consultant

Katie also works as a creative artists across various art forms. She enjoys bringing an interdisciplinary approach, combining physical theatre, creative writing, spoken word, and dance as her specialisms.

Katies creative work has seen her gain several artistic commissions through her professional career. This began at China Plate Theatres First Bite and Bitesize Festivals in 2019, where she performed 'On This Day' with theatre company Turkey and Cranberry Sauce Collective.

In 2020, Katie was commissioned by Warwick Arts Centre to create a digital piece of work, 'Patchworks', as part of the national initiative 'It Gets Lighter From Here'. 

This was followed by several commissions from Creative Black Country; 'Pop-Up Lives' featured as part of the Offsite9 programme 2021-22 and 'This is Our Home' was produced as part of Dudley Creates in 2022. The home series was followed with a commission from Solihull MBCs Small is Beautiful festival, which produced 'Home in Solihull' in 2023, and offered the opportunity to experiment with cyanotype printing for 2024.

Katie is also the Artistic Director for DeMontfort Universities Physical Theatre School, which takes place each summer.

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