Festival Steering Group
Women’s Arts International Festival 2007 was led by an invited steering group, to whom we are extremely grateful for all their support. They are:
Pascale Moyse
The Commonwealth Film Association started life as the Commonwealth Film Festival in 2002. Its aim was to produce a 10-day international festival showcasing the film production of Commonwealth countries. Over the past five years, 1,167 films were showcased 550 filmmakers and industry representatives were welcomed to the city; 23,500 visitors enjoyed our 500 screenings and 2,700 children and young people benefited from our Learning and Community Outreach programme. Pascale (Executive Director) coordinated and ran the organisation from September 2003. She is now freelancing for various festivals. Past experiences include work as Cultural Attaché for the French Embassy in Austria as well as event production and teaching of arts administration for MBA students in France and Canada.
Bea Freeman
Bea is the Artistic Director of Pidgin Productions. Established in 1998, it is a Liverpool based non-profit making organisation serving the Northwest of England, providing a range of practical support services to individuals and groups interested in promoting cultural diversity within moving image media. Its main purpose is to provide the infrastructure necessary to produce, distribute, exhibit and archive media works originating from peoples of diverse cultural backgrounds. In September 1999 Pidgin initiated the "Black Screen" Film and Video Festival. Pidgin is a member of the European Audio Visual Entrepreneurs and regularly attends film festivals, media markets and national and international film events. Pidgin has been on the panel of several high profile conferences staged by Bafta, BBC and Channel 4 dealing with culturally diverse issues. Bea has extensive national and international links.
Sarah Jane Morris
Sarah Jane Morris first hit the music scene duetting on the Communards’ Number 1 smash Don’t Leave Me This Way. Then came Mrs Jones, the Radio 1 banned remake of the Billy Paul classic, followed by solo success with seven albums, sell-out international tours and award-winning acting stints. This year she is celebrating 25 years as a distinctive performer with an unorthodox music career and is on tour in the US and Europe promoting the double CD collection After All These Years. Sarah Jane has extensive links in and out of the music industry.
Alison Gagen
Alison is Theatre Officer at Arts Council England West Midlands. She has a wealth of experience in theatre and numerous contacts.
Dr. Jean Fisher
Jean Fisher studied Zoology and Fine Art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and became a freelance writer on issues of contemporary art practice and the multicultural debate for exhibition catalogues. She has written extensively on the work of Susan Hiller, James Coleman, Willie Doherty, Gabriel Orozco. She is the former editor of Third Text; editor of the selected writings of Jimmie Durham and Lee Ufan; and the editor of two anthologies, Global Visions: Towards a New Internationalism in the Visual Arts (1994), and Reverberations: Tactics of Resistance, Forms of Agency (in preparation.) She is also currently Research Fellow at the Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht.
Pascale Moyse
The Commonwealth Film Association started life as the Commonwealth Film Festival in 2002. Its aim was to produce a 10-day international festival showcasing the film production of Commonwealth countries. Over the past five years, 1,167 films were showcased 550 filmmakers and industry representatives were welcomed to the city; 23,500 visitors enjoyed our 500 screenings and 2,700 children and young people benefited from our Learning and Community Outreach programme. Pascale (Executive Director) coordinated and ran the organisation from September 2003. She is now freelancing for various festivals. Past experiences include work as Cultural Attaché for the French Embassy in Austria as well as event production and teaching of arts administration for MBA students in France and Canada.
Bea Freeman
Bea is the Artistic Director of Pidgin Productions. Established in 1998, it is a Liverpool based non-profit making organisation serving the Northwest of England, providing a range of practical support services to individuals and groups interested in promoting cultural diversity within moving image media. Its main purpose is to provide the infrastructure necessary to produce, distribute, exhibit and archive media works originating from peoples of diverse cultural backgrounds. In September 1999 Pidgin initiated the "Black Screen" Film and Video Festival. Pidgin is a member of the European Audio Visual Entrepreneurs and regularly attends film festivals, media markets and national and international film events. Pidgin has been on the panel of several high profile conferences staged by Bafta, BBC and Channel 4 dealing with culturally diverse issues. Bea has extensive national and international links.
Sarah Jane Morris
Sarah Jane Morris first hit the music scene duetting on the Communards’ Number 1 smash Don’t Leave Me This Way. Then came Mrs Jones, the Radio 1 banned remake of the Billy Paul classic, followed by solo success with seven albums, sell-out international tours and award-winning acting stints. This year she is celebrating 25 years as a distinctive performer with an unorthodox music career and is on tour in the US and Europe promoting the double CD collection After All These Years. Sarah Jane has extensive links in and out of the music industry.
Alison Gagen
Alison is Theatre Officer at Arts Council England West Midlands. She has a wealth of experience in theatre and numerous contacts.
Dr. Jean Fisher
Jean Fisher studied Zoology and Fine Art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and became a freelance writer on issues of contemporary art practice and the multicultural debate for exhibition catalogues. She has written extensively on the work of Susan Hiller, James Coleman, Willie Doherty, Gabriel Orozco. She is the former editor of Third Text; editor of the selected writings of Jimmie Durham and Lee Ufan; and the editor of two anthologies, Global Visions: Towards a New Internationalism in the Visual Arts (1994), and Reverberations: Tactics of Resistance, Forms of Agency (in preparation.) She is also currently Research Fellow at the Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht.
