Sheffield Creative Assembly: City of Artists
About this Event
In association with SIVA network, Sheffield's Festivals and Events Network and the Grassroots Music Network.
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About:
Sheffield has been longlisted to become UK City of Culture 2029. As part of the city's bid development process, we're inviting people from across Sheffield's creative and cultural communities to help shape ideas, ambitions and opportunities that could form part of our vision for 2029.
This assembly connects to the vision set out in the Sheffield Culture Strategy and City Goals of a creative and entrepreneurial city where people have opportunities to invent, make, create, learn and build together, and where creatives of all kinds can thrive as part of a vibrant cultural and creative economy.
Through a series of Creative Assemblies, we'll bring together artists, freelancers, community organisations, cultural institutions, educators, businesses and public sector partners to explore how culture can help shape Sheffield's future.
Creative Assemblies are spaces for shared thinking, learning and action, bringing together people from different sectors, communities and disciplines to imagine what Sheffield could become.
They are directly linked to areas of focus for our bid, which will need to set out clear methodologies and approaches for delivering ‘culture-led social transformation’ as well as include a small number of projects and programmes that are indicative of what these approaches might look like.
This Creative Assembly will focus on the City of Artists. Sheffield has a long history of grassroots creativity, independent culture and people making things happen for themselves. Together, we'll explore how artists, makers, producers, collectives and creative organisations can contribute to an ambitious and inclusive vision for 2029.
We'll discuss creative production, DIY culture, participation, collaboration and the conditions needed for creativity to thrive across the city. If you're interested in making, creating, producing or supporting culture in Sheffield, we'd love you to be part of the conversation.
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Hosts:
These events have been coordinated by Opus Independents and funded by the DCMS through Culture Sheffield, which is the arts and culture team at Sheffield City Council.
For more info from Culture Sheffield and about the bid more generally, please visit this webpage: UK City of Culture bid | Culture Sheffield
Please also sign up to the Culture Bulletin to keep up to date with City of Culture announcements: Culture Bulletin Submissions
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Admin:
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*We might be taking some snaps at the event, so feel free to reach out if you don’t want to be recorded.*
Alt text: City of Culture logo next to a Chinese dragon puppet/animated artwork.
Image: Sheffield Lunar New Year 2026, photographed by Rachel Ren.
Where is it happening?
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