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Mission

The Lighthouse mission is to provide high quality professional development opportunities for aspiring and practising filmmakers and artists working with digital and moving image media, whilst also developing creative opportunities for all members of the community.

Working with a wide range of partners from across the region and beyond, we have established a strong reputation for identifying promising new talent and providing high quality training and production initiatives, enabling participants to enhance their skills with tuition, guidance and mentor support from more experienced artists and filmmakers.

Our vision for the future is to be recognised as a centre of excellence where new, emerging and experienced artists and filmmakers can access a comprehensive range of services and resources capable of supporting them at every stage of the development of their work and their career. At the same time, we will provide participatory opportunities for people from all sections of the community to explore their creativity and gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of contemporary digital and moving image artistic practice.

Our aims and objectives are to:

- Nurture artistic innovation and experimentation

- Contribute to the development of a vibrant and sustainable art and media production culture – locally, regionally and nationally

- Develop opportunities for cross-fertilisation of ideas between practitioners from different creative backgrounds

- Create new audiences by driving the development of a wider understanding and appreciation of contemporary digital and moving image artistic practice

- Provide a resource base and advice network in an expert and supportive environment

- Deliver new opportunities for site-based and online exhibition of digital and moving image work

- Encourage and facilitate a professional approach to career development in artists and filmmakers

- Foster strategic partnerships between industry, education and the artistic communities to provide pathways through learning into employment in the Creative Industries

- Ensure equality of opportunities for creative practitioners from diverse backgrounds

- Develop and host opportunities for all sections of the community to explore their creativity and participate in innovative arts projects

- Provide and facilitate access to high-quality media production facilities

- Manage platforms for informed critical debate and networking (on-site and online)

- Be recognised for the quality of our work - locally, regionally, nationally and internationally

- Be a model of good practice and sustainability in the not-for-profit sector

Through a core strategy of supported portfolio building and a programme of work incorporating productions, commissions, residencies, mentoring, training schemes, bursaries, project development initiatives and networking events, we aim to create ladders of opportunity for artists and filmmakers trying to establish and further their professional practice and their careers.


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