WELCOME.

EMPAF (the East Midlands Participatory Arts Forum) exists to support, develop and advocate for participatory and community arts in the East Midlands. This website forms the hub of the EMPAF Network, which is free to join and open to anyone working or interested in working in the sector.

To join simply register and you will receive a fortnightly email newsletter summarising all the latest news, events, forum posts and new profiles added to the site. You can also create profiles to promote your work as an individual or organisation and projects.

Members can join specific geographic and interest groups, add events to their profiles which will automatically be added to the diary, post questions, opportunities and get involved in discussions in the forum.

So whether you’re an artist, organisation, community group, volunteer, local authority officer, youth justice worker, student or in any other way involved in participatory arts, join now and become part of a growing, vibrant online community.

About EMPAF

As an organisation EMPAF works regionally, nationally and internationally with the aim of providing a platform for communication and the development of the participatory arts sector in the East Midlands, also working in partnership in the support of similar work around the UK. It is currently funded by Arts Council England to deliver on a three year programme of work. For more information on this, the EMPAF structure and contact details please go to the About section of this site.