The Stove Network
Katharine Wheeler is a Development Director at The Stove Network, where since June 2015, Katharine has led the creative placemaking network What We Do Now and managed partnerships and project development. Additionally, Katharine is a socially-engaged artist and Creative Producer, focusing on community, place, and activism through freelance work. With a background in community and visual art, Katharine creates collaborative spaces and initiatives for long-term social change. Past roles include Trustee for DG Unlimited, Creative Industries Lecturer at Dumfries and Galloway College, and Peer Advisor at Creative Arts and Business Network. Katharine holds an MA in Arts and Social Practice and a BA in Fine Art, Drawing and Painting.
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The Stove Network
The Stove Network is Scotland's only arts-led development trust. With an arts venue and cafe in the centre of Dumfries, Southwest Scotland's largest town, we offer a diverse programme stretching across music and literature, visual and public art, film and theatre, to town planning, architecture and design. We use arts and creativity to encourage, to gather, learn and view the arts not as something solely for an ‘arts audience’ but rather as a vital contribution to society on all fronts. At the heart of everything we do is a love for our town and wider region. We work alongside our local authority, community organisations, local businesses and charities to create a vision for the future of Dumfries & Galloway. We’re aiming to create a place where culture, community and enterprise work hand-in-hand to support a new vision of Dumfries & Galloway. We work hard to raise the profile of our creative community and our town through regular opportunities, workshops, events and projects. We’re also a hub for the creative community of Dumfries. We’re a space for you to use. So if you have an idea, need some space or even advice on starting a project or want to partner with us – we’re here!