Rose Kigwana (she/her)
Chief Executive Officer
Rose has a wealth of experience in placemaking, creative producing, fundraising, and artistic programming. She has been a practising artist and designer throughout her career. In recent years she has been focusing on making the cultural sector more inclusive and representative through supporting under-represented artists and communities to thrive and influencing and implementing positive change. Rose is part of the Anti-Racism Creative Collective, a working group of the Brighton & Hove Culture Alliance. She recently completed the Clore Leadership Inclusive Cultures Programme and prior to that became a Clore Leader in 2022.
Rose is also a designer/ maker and in her spare time can be found making creations using African textiles or enjoying her new found passion, Artistic Swimming.
Matt Freidson (he/him)
Deputy Director
Matt has worked to support underrepresented people for twenty years, working with refugees and asylum seekers, on housing estates and in community development, as well as supporting over 100 community organisations. He has published over twenty short stories in literary journals and anthologies, and his book is available here.
Chris Gaisie (he/him)
Communications & Projects Manager
Chris has over a decade of experience in communications and project management within the non-profit sector, working extensively with underrepresented communities. While completing his MA in Development Education, he was also a youth worker and led multiple performing arts and mentoring workshops for under-resourced young people in the London area.
Where possible Chris combines his passion for the arts and activism, particularly in his music and spoken word where he explores themes of queerness, race and intersectionality.
Louise Evans (she/her)
Administrator
While studying for a BA in Printmaking Louise developed an interest in participatory art practices. Louise has previously facilitated art-based workshops with Brighton Aldrich Community Academy, Artyfacts Art Academy.
Louise achieved a Merit in her MA in Inclusive Arts Practice, for her work with the Rocket Artists to conducted arts-based research surrounding facilitation and running inclusive workshops.
Our Founders
Dominique De-Light
After running Creative Future for 11 years, and establishing the Creative Future Writers’ Awards, Dominique is now a creativity and wellbeing coach at www.wellbalancedcoaching.co.uk, an arts and health consultant, and founder and director of another charity, Well Balanced Kids, providing yoga and mindfulness sessions to children and young people across Sussex.
Simon Powell
Simon co-directed Creative Future from 2007 – 2015, focusing on the visual arts side of things, including Tight Modern and The Impact Art Fair. In 2017 he established a programme of arts at St. Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney, London, serving patients, nurses and the local community. More recently he has been busy with personal projects - filmmaking, game design and writing.
