Connected. Collaborative. Creative. Cardiff.
Creative Cardiff aims to make Cardiff and the region a connected, collaborative and inclusive capital of creativity.
Creative Cardiff was established in 2015 – with founding partners Cardiff Council, Wales Millennium Centre and BBC Cymru Wales – to network and amplify the creative economy in the city and shape Cardiff’s narrative as a thriving and innovative creative capital.
In the last decade, the Creative Cardiff network has fostered better connection, collaboration and understanding of Cardiff’s creative economy through various of activities and interventions in the city and across the wider region.
Connected
In person events and an online hub
Creative Cardiff connects creatives from a range of sectors and disciplines, both online and in-person.
This work includes:
- Delivering an inclusive programme of events and engagement activities where creatives can make new connections and network with existing connections
- Ensuring that Creative Cardiff’s audiences have opportunities to build up these relationships with each other, particularly cross-sectorial and interdisciplinary
- Creating opportunities for freelancers, artists, businesses and emerging creative practitioners to engage with Creative Cardiff in a meaningful way
- Activities that build new connections, and help to convene new creative communities, including outside of the city
Explore our upcoming events and network directory.
Collaborative
Partnerships with industry, business, government and academia
A collaborative sector is a more innovative, resilient one and we strive to create opportunities for collaboration across the creative industries.
Additionally, we collaborate with industry, business, government and academia to encourage new ideas which could support and grow the sector.
This includes:
- Research activities to map and better understand the sector in our region
- Connecting, sharing and collaborating with other creative networks and clusters both within Wales, the UK and internationally
- Delivering projects in partnership with businesses, government, industry and academia to amplify and support the creative economy in our region
- Working in partnership with our further and higher education institutions in the city and region to provide enhanced opportunities for emerging and future creatives
View our Creative Economy Atlas Cymru and research projects.
Creative
Telling our city's creative story
At our core, we are a grassroots network – we are for, and with, the city’s creative community. We exist to bring creatives together for connection and collaboration and to tell Cardiff’s creative story.
This includes:
- Sharing the story of creativity in the city through campaigns, interviews and features across our channels
- Promoting the city and region’s creative might across Wales, the UK and internationally
- Promoting the creatives and creative businesses who work in the city, telling their story, promoting their events, opportunities and news
Read our latest news and spotlight interviews with creatives.
Cardiff
Celebrating the city, and wider region’s, places, spaces and cultural identity
As a place-based network, Cardiff – its people, its spaces, its language are deeply rooted into all that we do.
This includes:
- Advocating for the city’s places and spaces
- Working closely with key businesses and creative organisations based in Cardiff to inform an approach to benefit the city’s creative ecosystem and landscape
- Celebrating Cardiff’s history and future potential
- Celebrating Cardiff’s bilingualism and unique cultural assets
Find out more about the city's places and spaces.
Find out more and get in touch
Get in touch by emailing creativecardiff@cardiff.ac.uk.
View our latest campaigns and interviews by visiting our Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook.