Welcome one and all to Creative North West!
I have specially created this blog to raise the profile of the arts, culture and heritage scene across the north west, but specifically along the Fylde Coast and Lancashire. However, as an exponent of all things creative I may in time feature exhibits, museums or craft fairs etc from across the county, or the world!
To give you a brief overview of where I'm coming from: I am 25 years old, I currently live in Blackpool, Lancashire, and I write, make things and generally try to appreciate arts wonders. I have a 'colourful' career history to date. Having graduated witha BA Hons in English Literature from Cardiff University in 2008, I then went on to complete an internship with The Wordsworth Trust during 2009, working for them again in 2010. I have also worked in admin on a magazine and currently work in a library. In that time I have also been volunteering as a Blackpool Heritage Champion and as a contributor to the arts website Artsphere and the Blackpool-based website Blackpool Aloud. Both of these enabled me to develop my skills as a writer and have led me to want to establish my own network for others to contribute news, reviews, features and the like to.
It is early days but I hope this will lead somewhere very exciting, and above all be a forum for all those interested in the great and varied arts scene of the north west.
