Anna Kindness is a film maker at the Moving Image Luton collective with Vicky Hayward, also one of the first talented Creative Pioneers to enter the Hat District. Anna has previously worked in education and in Mental Health. Anna’s main love is Japanese and Korean cinema. Other hobbies include painting, learning languages, reading, travel and creating garments/bags through upcycling. She’s worked on short films filmed locally as the Production Manager and is currently the Producer of a short film.
About the Hat District #CreativePioneers
The Culture Trust Luton is delighted to announce the arrival of Anna as one of the town’s most talented entrepreneurs to the Hat Factory Arts Centre. The first Hat District Creative Pioneers will have rent free space in the arts centre to develop their business ideas, collaborate and network in the Hat District 'creative ecosystem'.
The Creative Pioneers will help the Culture Trust shape ways to reach young people from diverse backgrounds across Luton who may also have an interest in working in the creative industry sector in future. This is considered to be the fastest growing sector of UK’s economy, worth over £100bn per year and employing over two million people (Tim Davie, DCMS Blog 26 April 2019).
The first Creative Pioneers will be based at the Hat Factory Arts Centre until the restoration of Hat Works is completed. Future entrepreneurs will then start their journey in Luton’s oldest remaining hat factory (built in the 1840s) in the heart of the creative cluster.
The Pioneers have already shared their ideas in workshops relating to how Hat Works should be designed, used and marketed to meet the needs of the town’s budding entrepreneurs.
On becoming a Hat District #CreativePioneer Anna says:
“Being selected as a Creative Pioneer gives me the opportunity to express my love for film making in my home town. It is also a platform to engage and work with likeminded professionals in the industry.”
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