About us
Welcome to Rotherham Open Arts Renaissance (ROAR)
Rotherham Open Arts Renaissance (ROAR) was set up in 2003 by a group of professional artists with three clear aims:
- to provide support for artists living and/or working in Rotherham.
- to provide a 'one stop shop' for schools statutory bodies, community groups and businesses wanting to access and employ artists.
- to establish a sustainable independent working arts centre in Rotherham. The vision is to provide rehearsal space, visual art studios, film making and recording facilities as well as office space.
The organisation was established primarily to work towards establishing a strong, healthy and vibrant artistic community in and for Rotherham.
As the recently appointed chief executive it is now my job to move this vision forward. We would like to invite you to join ROAR and help build capacity, enthusiasm and profile for this exciting work.
The current directors of ROAR are as follows:
Steve Rogers - Chair - Artistic Director of Open Minds Theatre Company
Naveen Judah - Business Consultant & Property Developer
Zahir Rafiq - Visual Artist & Director of Crescent Arts
Sandria Gilling - Visual Artist
Nick Harder - Basic Arts
Karen Mulcahey -Singer Songwriter & director of On the Road Again Productions
Taiba Yasseen - Director of REMA (Rotherham Ethnic Minority Alliance)
John Armstrong - PR & Media Consultant
"On behalf of myself and the directors of ROAR, we would like to thank you for your interest and look forward to working with you and for you towards positioning Rotherham as a significant player in the 'arts'."
Karen Sherwood, Chief Executive
