Non Charity Employer
About us
Who we are
Grand Arts CIC presents an emerging and ambitious cultural programme at The Grand in Folkestone, spanning concerts, performances, film screenings, talks, residencies and wider events. Highlights have included recitals by the internationally acclaimed composer Thomas Adès and internationally celebrated operatic bass, Matthew Rose.
To reimagine The Grand as a home for arts, culture, community and hospitality to promote creativity, connection and wellbeing,
We seek will restore one of the UK’s most iconic seaside venues, improve its accessibility and safeguard the heritage asset to enable its continued community and cultural use.
Our culture and values
We are committed to a culture of community, collaboration and creativity. Our programme seeks to be ambitious and surprising to engage and inspire the communities we serve. Critical to this is a people-centred commitment to inclusion and accessibility and an understanding that sustainability, in its myriad forms, will underpin the long-term success of the CIC’s work. The Grand is a warm and inviting community facing, artist embracing venue. Quality and artistic integrity are central tenets of the CIC’s cultural programme, which ultimately seeks to create opportunities for artists – emerging and established – to present their work.
