About us
We inspire people and communities to come together and get active through high-quality, inclusive and co-created arts and cultural projects.
Artful is a social enterprise using the arts as an inspirational tool for community-led projects
Our aims are:
to create opportunities where people realise the power they have and work together to become active members of their communities and collaborate to make positive contributions to the places that matter to them.
to move power into communities, increase social justice and contribute towards creating a diverse and non-judgemental society.
to create a stronger and more cohesive creative, cultural, arts and heritage sector in South Yorkshire.
Our values
Creativity is at the heart of everything we do
We disrupt to give power to communities
We grow communities from the ground up
We seek out and appreciate individual and community strengths
We champion diversity and challenge perceptions
Meet the team
Victoria Hilton
Creative Director
Victoria Hilton (Creative Director) is a community artist and event organiser, and the founder of Artful. She has curated over fifty exhibitions and events, including the nationally recognised ‘People’s Parade’ carnival. She is a passionate believer that art can be a powerful tool to engage and empower communities.
Mark Lee
Director
Mark Lee (Director) is an editorial designer and art director, and has worked internationally in book publishing for twenty years. He is also an illustrator, printmaker and occasional writer who works in digital and traditional media.
Sarah Bingham
Director
Sarah Bingham (Director) is a painter with experience in grassroots community organising. She is a firm believer in the power of art to enact meaningful change personally, socially and politically.
Our Partners
Growing Circles
Our business growth partner
Artful partnered with Growing Circles in 2022. Specialising in social enterprise support, they offer ambitious businesses doing good in the world the strategic and hands on support they need to grow and reach their potential.
Growing Circles and Artful are looking at ways to grow and expand Artful’s unique offer to bring the joy of creativity to more people in Rotherham.
FLUX Rotherham
FLUX Rotherham is one of 39 programmes being developed across England that focus on parts of the country where involvement in creativity and culture is significantly below the national average. Each project is completely unique to its area and communities, testing how to grow arts provision in ways that are relevant and lasting.
Artful is grateful to FLUX Rotherham for their funding and support in developing the Rotherham Creative Network.