Art Reach has announced Paul Steele as their new CEO/ Creative Director.
Paul Steele, formerly Director of Partnerships and Community at Sheffield DocFest and Managing Director of Junction Arts brings over 20 years’ experience of strategic development in arts, heritage and digital sectors. During his time at Junction Arts, Paul developed the festivals and events programme comprising two annual outdoor arts festivals and significantly increased the community engagement programme which included launching the flagship projects ‘This Girl Codes’ and ‘Our Place’.
Paul says, “Historically, Art Reach has delivered nationally within the UK with a particular focus on Leicester, Manchester and Portsmouth and delivered several pan-European projects with partners across the continent. It’s a very exciting time to be joining the team in Leicester as there is such fabulous historical work to build upon.”
Paul joins Art Reach at the end of the summer during which they delivered the 13th annual edition of Journeys Festival International, the UK’s first Festival of Sanctuary, and a brand new environmentally themed festival, Re/action Festival. Both festivals deliver a range of outdoor arts performances, live music, exhibitions and installations that address two of the most pertinent issues of our time, the migration crisis and climate crisis.
