Barclays Creative Business Workshop

May 28, 2015

Creative Wick and Stour Space organised the first Barclays Bank creative business workshop in Hackney Wick on 28th May, 2015 at Stour Space. Two sessions of one-to-one surgeries were held with a range of business advisers in the morning followed by an afternoon group session of general financial and business advice. Barclays brought an accountant, two lawyers, a business banking manager and a UKTI representative to answer questions.

The free one-to-one surgeries were offered to local creative businesses to discuss and receive feedback on a range of business issues from tax, company structures, money planning, finance and, international markets.

Jason Warren, Teddy Baden, Xenz, Andre Hopley and Lee Walker – An Unconventional Canvas for Zippo

Creative Wick facilitated Zippo in commissioning five local artists – Jason Warren, Teddy Baden, Xenz, Andre Hopley and Lee Walker – to the project ‘An Unconventional Canvas’ with well-known street artist Ben Eine.

Your Work Here

Creative Wick was commissioned by Peabody Housing Association to curate Your Work Here, a series of fine art paintings along the hoardings of Neptune Wharf construction site in Fish Island. In collaboration with The Wick Art Store, Creative Wick, selected thirteen local fine artists, not used to working outdoors, to create a series of paintings alongside…

Barclays Creative Business Workshop