The East Midlands Participatory Arts Forum (EMPAF) exists to support, develop and advocate for participatory arts in the East Midlands. By working collectively, members of the Forum create a stronger voice for an arts movement that, over the last thirty years, has consistently demonstrated it has the power to transform lives and generate success.

With the aim of providing a platform for communication and the development of the participatory arts sector in the East Midlands, EMPAF currently has three distinct, mutually supportive elements (more details of which can be found from thier project profiles):

  • The EMPAF Partnership
  • The EMPAF Federation
  • The EMPAF Network

EMPAF has been grant funded by the Arts Council England to deliver a three year development programme. For more details on this and the EMPAF Terms of Reference please go to the Further Information section of the EMPAF Organisation profile.

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JOIN THE EMPAF ONLINE COMMUNITY!

This website forms the hub for the EMPAF Network and online community. Membership is free and open to any organisation, group or person who works in or is interested in community and participatory arts. To join, simply register by clicking at the top right of the home page and filling in your email address and a chosen password. You can then create profiles for yourself, organisation, group and projects, as well as access resources, promote your work, your events and opportunities and use the forum to post and respond to topics for debate, consultation questions and share information or ask advice. For more information on how to get the most from your profiles and membership go to the EMPAF Online Community project profile.

EMPAF Symposium report now available

Thu 18th June, 2009

The report of the EMPAF National Symposium, which took place on 31st March 2009, is now available to read or download from the Resources section of this site.

Passion, Partnerships, Empowering People - The EMPAF National Conference 16th October 2009

Fri 16th October, 2009

A one day conference taking place on 16th October 2009 at Derby QUAD to which aims to exploring and celebrate partnership working by bringing together those from the community / participatory arts and other sectors who work in partnership in the support, development and delivery of participatory and community arts in the UK. Involving a combination of inspirational speakers, workshops and activities, please contact jane@empaf.com for more information and booking details.