About

Mr Holly FaviconHello!

I am a freelance creative producer & arts management professional, with 30 years experience in the sector, including 10 years as Director of Lincoln Drill Hall, which for many years was an independent Arts Council funded multi-use arts venue.

I am based in Lincolnshire and work predominantly within the East Midlands on a range of arts festivals and creative initiatives. Recent projects have included Spilsby Light Night, Bright Winter Nights with Junction Arts, Frequency Festival of Digital Arts in Lincoln with Threshold Studios, A Perfect Day disability festival near Grimsby and Peterborough Celebrates, a family friendly community engagement festival held at Ferry Meadows in the city during May and organised by Nene Park Trust.

I regularly work as part of the SessionsArts creative team led by Bruce Knight, the Director of Spilsby Sessions House CIC, which is part of the Sessions House building project which is currently undergoing a £5m refurbishment.

SessionsArts is funded by UKSPF and ACE and includes projects undertaken by the Different Light Collective, a group of local artists, producers and technicians, dedicated to using digital technology & creative arts to engage communities and bring people together.

Working as part of SessionsArts, the Collective  has delivered four editions of Spilsby Light Night as well as three editions of Festive Fabuloso a creative community roadshow that has toured market towns in East Lincolnshire in the run up to Christmas.

With my colleague Georgina Weller I own and manage the AntiGravity Box, a family-friendly installation that is available to hire for events and festivals. 

I have considerable experience in arts management, specifically arts education and festival, venue & project management and I would describe myself as energetic, empathetic and diplomatic. I am passionate about collaborative and partnership working and engaging young people and communities in the arts and try at all times to be a nice bloke. I am also currently on the Advisory Board of MBD in Leicester.

If you want to find out more about my past (well, my career anyway) click here

Big thanks to Phil Crow for designing this site and for being a good mate and to Dave Smith for the brilliant cartoons.