Vision

Art alters our perspective and opens our eyes. It broadens our horizons and our view of the world, and encourages us to engage. 

‘Every work of art is a child of its time, often it is the mother of our emotions’ Wassily Kandinsky

I am passionately committed to the advancement of art and culture. They express a fundamental human instinct, do no harm, bring people together, shape democratic discourse, further education and development, provide a stimulus for economic revitalization, and influence how we think and feel about our own lives. Art informs, art enriches, art purifies.

‘I cannot claim to grasp the pure essence of creativity, but I would like to catch a glimpse of it whenever I can’ Paul Klee

First and foremost, art and performance are about creativity. Nobody can dispute the benefit to society of people with the gift of creative expression. The formation of creativity was the most important stage in human development. Without creative people, society stagnates. At times of great social upheaval, the importance of theatre and other art forms in encapsulating history and the mindset of a nation becomes crystal clear.

Needless to say, art is not there simply to entertain, but also to stir, move, challenge, and disrupt. It touches our hearts, and can change how we view the world or ourselves. 

‘Art has the ability to enable us to share in our sorrow, to make us aware that we are all in this together, that what we have in common is our frailties, the traits we cannot control and that make us human’ Peter Sellars