Welcome to the home for Chelmsford’s creative community. A place to connect with fellow creative people, and collaborate with others that can enrich your work. A place to seek support and inspiration from one another. A place that can ignite a passion for Chelmsford’s creative identity and future.
Ignite Chelmsford has been connecting people from all backgrounds, sectors, and organisations since 2017. Our mission is to give our city a shared voice and a strong creative community. We have launched this website to bring together this collaborative work and to grow it.
Events
Our events are hosted in the city as well as online. Attend our monthly socials and regular creative events to enjoy a relaxed, place to meet and share ideas, helping ideas to grow and take hold. Our online, monthly Hub events are an ideal platform to promote what you are doing and call out for collaboration.
The Hub is a collaborative, multi-sector group that focuses on delivering creative activities and events throughout Chelmsford.
Ignite: Online Hub Meeting
Online
Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
Member Directory
Our growing Member Directory contains a wealth of amazing people connecting, creating, collaborating, seeking support and inspiration. All with the same goal of igniting a passion for Chelmsford’s creative ambitions.
If you work, aspire to work, volunteer, or study in the creative industries in Chelmsford, sign up now.
The Hub
The Hub is a collaborative, multi-sector group that focuses on delivering creative activities and events throughout Chelmsford. It’s where our creative community can touch base, compare notes, share skills and resources, and support each-other’s work.
The Hub meets online every third Thursday and is an open event to everyone.
Member Directory.
Our growing Member Directory contains a wealth of amazing people connecting, creating, collaborating, seeking support and inspiration. All with the same goal of igniting a passion for Chelmsford’s creative ambitions.
If you work, aspire to work, volunteer, or study in the creative industries in Chelmsford, sign up now.
The Hub.
The hub is a collaborative, multi-sector group that focuses on delivering creative activities and events throughout Chelmsford.
Blog
Stay updated on what’s new with Ignite and our members. From breaking news to case studies, sharing best practice to lessons learned. The Blog is open to submissions.
Blog.
Stay updated on what’s new with Ignite.
January Ignite Social
This month we heard from two exciting Chelmsford based creatives. First up was Vignesh Vyas, Filmmaker, Occupational Therapist and operational lead for Mid-Essex Recovery College. Vignesh described how he uses the power of filmmaking to help people ‘preview’ what they...
Bringing Creativity Back to the Community.
On the outskirts of the bustling city of Chelmsford in the town of South Woodham Ferrers, there is a small community of creatives who are gathering together and finding their voice. We are the South Woodham Ferrers Creatives. We came together as the profile of art in...
Nat Guinamard: An Untamed Line
Ignite member Nat Guinamard reflects on her practice, and current Gallery Wall exhibition in Chelmsford Museum. The Gallery Wall is a joint initiaitve between Ignite and Chelmsford Museum to provide permanent, high quality, visual art exhibition space in Chelmsford....