People
Staff team
Board of Directors
Artists and Associates
Staff team
Eventus operates with a small core team and brings together experienced freelance artists and associates to meet the demands of each project. We also train, engage and employ local people wherever possible and thereby sustain activity in an area beyond the period of our direct involvement.
Clare McManus | Director
Clare led the company’s long term development projects including Full Circle and Creative Futures – Sheffield’s LGA / DCMS Cultural Pathfinder.
She is experienced at partnership working with organisations outside the cultural sector and at embedding culture into mainstream agendas.
Clare specialises in evaluation, research and strategy. She is author of "Fewer than six..." - a study of creativity in regeneration in Yorkshire and the Humber.
She is a member of the Chartered Management Institute (MCMI) and is a Board Member of Yorkshire Artspace Society.
Contact Clare McManus on: clare@eventus.org.uk
Cath Brown | Company Manager
Cath is an experienced Administrator, having worked within the Health Service and at The University of Sheffield. She provides a comprehensive support service to the company and our projects.
Contact Cath Brown on: cath@eventus.org.uk
Dean Biddell | Admin & Marketing Assistant
Dean joined us in November 2007 and provides admin support to the whole team. He is looking forward to developing his career in the cultural sector.
Contact Dean Biddell on: dean@eventus.org.uk
Craig Williamson | Finance Officer
Craig is an experienced financial officer who has a wealth of experience working in the Voluntary Sector. He is responsible for the financial management and monitoring of all the company's work.
Contact Craig Williamson on: craig@eventus.org.uk
Board of Directors
In 2006/7, we appointed a new Board of Directors:
Rick Brand
Ian Hemingway
Clare McManus
Liz Owen
Louise Page
Councillor Michael Pye
Jamie Veitch
Rick Brand (Chair)
Rick is Market Intelligence Manager at Sheffield Hallam University. He previously spent most of his working life in the retail industry. His experience includes the areas of operational management, buying, merchandising, catalogue production, business development, marketing and market research.
Ian Hemingway
Ian is an Associate Solicitor at Irwin Mitchell, a top 10 national law firm, having previously been a barrister. He is an experienced commercial litigator dealing with high value commercial disputes between companies and directors, and is also national head of defamation at Irwin Mitchell. Previous to embarking on a legal career, Ian had management experience in the retail and distribution industry.
Clare McManus (Company Secretary)
As part of the organisational review process and recruitment of the new Board of Directors, Clare was appointed as Company Secretary in December 2006.
Liz Owen
Liz is Subject Team Leader of the Events Management Team in the Faculty of Organisation and Management at Sheffield Hallam University, where she has taught and undertaken consultancy and research since 1994. Prior to working in higher education Liz worked as a manager in the subsidised arts with Pentabus Theatre; Dudley MBC; Hackney MBC; and West Midlands Arts.
Louise Mary Page
Louise is a writer and playwright, who has previously worked for The Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal Court, and on The Archers, Bad Girls, and Doctors. She now runs her own company, Words4Work, which helps businesses improve their written and spoken communication skills, and she is involved in a number of community and educational projects.
Councillor Michael Pye
Councillor Mike Pye has been a member of Sheffield City Council for over 20 years and is currently Cabinet Advisor for Culture. He is also currently a City Council nominated Director on the Boards of, amongst others, The Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust, The Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust and the Sheffield Media and Exhibition Centre; in addition, he is an independent Director of a number of other arts/museum-related organisations including the Yorkshire Regional Cultural Consortium and the Lyceum Theatres Trust.
Jamie Veitch
Jamie is a founding Director of New Start Publishing, producing the weekly community regeneration magazine ‘New Start’, and Make A Difference Publishing, producing the monthly ‘Social Enterprise’ magazine. Jamie is also a trustee of the social firm Sheffield Reclaim. His expertise includes revenue generation, business development, marketing, event organisation, and consultancy.
Artists and Associates
We work with a wide variety of artists and creative organisations.
Dance
Mark Anderson
Jon Beany
Catherine Hunter
Mark Pearce
Natasha Stott
Design
221 Creative www.221creative.com
the cafeteria www.thecafeteria.co.uk
Prue Chiles (Bureau of Design Research, The University of Sheffield)
Film/digital media
Quentin Budworth
Robin Close
C-Media
Creative Forum
Keith Lauchlan www.utter.co.uk
Jon Robson
SIF (Sheffield Independent Film)
Lucy Stevens
Music
Jennie Beasty
Performing arts
Ruth Ben-Tovim
Oliver Bray
Dead Earnest Theatre
Paul Goldsmith
Stewart Lodge
Ciaran Milligan
Robin Sidwell
Mark Worth
Photography
Rose Butler
Richard Hanson www.hansonphoto.co.uk
Gavin Joynt
Wendy Tate
Ali White www.aliwhite.com
Project management
Pamela Butler
Amy Horton
Penny Rea
Public art
Les Biggs
Lesley Fallais www.lesleyfallais.co.uk
Dan Jones
David Mayne
Lewis Morgan
Visual art
Sara Adams
Helena Bryant
Iona Calvert
Stephen Carley
Wenna Catt
Rebecca Catteral
Sarah Coleman
Madeleine Conn
Jo Coupe
Amy Creech
Chris Curtis
Katy Doncaster
Monika Goldschmidt
Sarah Hoyle
Kate Jacob
Richard Janes
Liz Osborne (PaperSpace Arts)
Trish O'Shea
Lisa Meaney
Jacqui Moore
Fiona Richardson (PaperSpace Arts)
Vivien Mousdell
Claire Parr
Steve Pool
Sarah Skidmore
Kate Woodfield
Amanda Wray
Written & spoken word
Matt Black www.matt-black.co.uk
Sally Goldsmith
Anne Hamblen
Louise Page www.words4work.co.uk
Marcus Rowlands
Bob Wilson