pop_up Creative Network


The South West has a growing creative industries sector, producing world-class work. However, industry workshops earlier last year identified a number of issues for the sector in the region, including effective collaboration and a lack of connection with local businesses (in many cases, local creative businesses are being contracted to local clients through London agencies).

pop_up was created in December 2010 as an experiment in building a community around creative practice and social media.The resulting project, pop_up, is a live prototype based around online/offline networking and showcase events, contributing to new supply chains, cluster activity and increased cross-sector collaborations.

Since its inception pop_up has run monthly events in Totnes and more recently established itself in Taunton. Collaborations have already developed between people attending pop_up and the project is fast becoming recognised across the region as an innovative supporter and promoter of creative talent.

pop_up is currently diversifying, focusing events on specific themes in response to industry, and running co-branded satellite events with other organisations, in a range of locations. The creation of an online portal, mobile app and toolkit are also in development to increase the reach of the service.

To find out more about pop_up contact Phillippa Rose: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)