Jaswinder Singh - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (original) (raw)
Director of Asian Arts Agency
Jaswinder Singh is the Director of the Asian Arts Agency, a dynamic arts and music development agency based in Bristol that develops, promotes and supports international contemporary and traditional South Asian music and arts. Jas is the driving force, creative brain and strategic thinker behind the agency’s programme of work and ongoing development.
He has worked extensively in arts within the UK and internationally. From artistic programming, commissioning, festival development, national touring, international showcasing and touring, cultural conferences, and managing complex partnerships and consortiums, he has a wealth of experience and dynamic skills to help achieve outstanding results in the creative arts sector.
Since becoming Asian Arts Agency’s first Director in 2006, the Agency has grown rapidly, delivering more than 500 high quality artistic events internationally at 100+ venues, reaching an audience in excess of 2 million.
Jaswinder is on the regional Board of Arts Council England and has worked with many other strategic bodies, LEPs and creative agencies like BPI, DIT.
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