Hertfordshire is home to a diverse range of communities from all around the world. There are significant, established  Bangladeshi, Caribbean, Jewish, Pakistani, Turkish and West African communities. More recently substantial Balkan and Eastern European communities have grown.

World Arts Platform is an arts development programme for artists from a linguistic, cultural or ethnic minority living, working or studying in Hertfordshire. Its mission is to promote knowledge sharing, networking and financial independence for individual artists and arts companies by providing business training, fundraising support, mentoring and incubating innovative projects that celebrates and promotes the arts of diverse communities and artists to a wider audience.

World Arts Platform:
• promotes the arts of diverse communities & artists to a wider audience
• provides new opportunities & support for professional multicultural artists across the county
• is building sustainable networks & an exciting legacy
• will generate greater access & participation in the arts for everyone

Opportunities for you to get involved

World Arts Platform is keen to work with the whole range of diverse communities in the county – people of all ages, backgrounds and working in all art forms, and at any stage in their artistic career.

You need to live, work or study in Hertfordshire and be actively involved in the arts.

We are keen to work with as many artists and groups as we can. You might be from a black or ethnic minority background. You might be from a community of people that have settled in Hertfordshire (whether well-established or recently arrived) that continues to celebrate the cultural heritage of another place. Perhaps English is your second language?

If you have a story to tell or a cultural heritage to share and celebrate please get in touch.

You can:
• register on the website to promote yourself to site visitors & raise your profile in the county & further afield
• get involved in the local projects we are developing in each district & borough, or in the county-wide projects
• get involved as a member of the Artist Advisory Group to help direct the project & build the legacy of the programme.