A week after the conference we reflect on BEYOND 2024 and review some of the positive feedback we’ve received so far. This year, in Salford, BEYOND 2024 felt special. This was the conference’s first visit to the North West, and Greater Manchester...
Artist, Producer and BEYOND poet-in-residence, Keisha Thompson, weaved her observations of Day 01 into verse, to provide this wonderful closing poem. Beyond, Beyond, Beyond… How many of us feel that pre-conference anxiety? Queuing up for your lanyard wondering,...
As BEYOND heads to MediaCity in Greater Manchester, Professor Andy Miah asks what made a ‘media city’ such a compelling idea. The concept of the “Media City” has enjoyed a varied history, born out of a set of specialised intellectual discourses that are found across a...
Guest post by Becki Cohen, Programme Manager – Digital Creative and Tech Sector, GM Business Growth Hub. “Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle. To some a blessing, to others a curse”, or so American graphic designer Lou...
As part of our new blog series, Community Case Studies, BEYOND chats to Ami Aubrey, Programme Producer for Bedford Creative Arts. Ami tells us about her two previous experiences at BEYOND, and how the conference has helped her and her organisation to grow,...
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