The Island Collection is delighted to welcome Janet Owen and Rebecca Goozee to join the team. Until now the organisation has been entirely run by its volunteer trustees.
Janet and Rebecca will enable The Island Collection to not only support the sector, but work collaboratively with partner organisations to form a Cultural Strategy and action plan for the Isle of Wight.
The Island Collection – who we are
The Island Collection was set up in 2019 to provide a vehicle for more collaborative working within the arts, culture, and heritage sector on the Isle of Wight.
The charity also hosts the Cultural Education Partnership which links schools with hundreds of organisations with the ambition to ensure that all children and young people on the Isle of Wight have access to creative and cultural opportunities.
Janet Owen
Janet Owen (pictured below) is the new Executive Director. She is an innovative leader with excellent experience of growing opportunities for partnership and collaboration in the cultural sector.
Janet worked with Hampshire County Council to set up Hampshire Cultural Trust and make it a resilient and robust organisation, and with Southampton City Council to set up its early International City of Culture ambitions.
She has previously worked with Royal Museums Greenwich in London and is also founding director of The Earth Museum – a digital learning heritage initiative based on the Isle of Wight.
Rebecca Goozee
Rebecca (pictured below) comes on board as our new Cultural Education Partnership Programme Facilitator. She is an experienced educational researcher, curriculum designer, teacher and project manager with expertise in designing and managing projects for creative museum learning.
She is currently also Education Manager at the Crafts Council and has previously worked at the V&A Museum in London.
Harrison: It’s tremendous to have Janet and Rebecca on board
Announcing the two appointments, Chair of trustees, Simon Harrison
“These first-rate appointments will mean that The Island Collection will make a much bigger difference in bringing the benefits of arts, culture and heritage to everyone, and help make sure culture gains its rightful place at the centre of decisions affecting health and well-being. It’s tremendous to have Janet and Rebecca on board.
“We are all so grateful to Arts Council England, the Isle of Wight Council and Artswork for the confidence they have placed in us through their funding support, and look forward to delivering its benefits.”
The appointments have been very kindly supported by Arts Council England, awarding £30,000 with an additional £10,000 from the IW Council. Artwork funding amounts to £50,000.
News shared by Janet Owen, in her own words. Ed
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