Who

Artist (studio www.ingepanneels.com) and Lecturer in Service Design, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Inge, taught for many years at the Artist Designer Maker course at National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland and latterly taught Interaction Design at Edinburgh Napier University.

She was part of Creative Informatics for five years, a project that sought to support creative tech in the creative sector in Edinburgh and the South East of Scotland. She has worked with leading architects on many public arts projects across the UK (Lloyds TSB, BT, NHS, Museum of Liverpool, local authorities…) and has exhibited internationally from her studio in the Scottish Borders.

Inge is very involved in the creative sector: e.g. former Creative Artist Business Network (CABN) Advocate for Craft, chair Applied Art Scotland, Specialist Advisor Craft Scottish Arts Council and Secretary Scottish Artist Union

Susan has enjoyed a varied working life and interests. She graduated with a BA Hons in Medieval Studies from the University of Manchester and then worked in the Netherlands for 7 years in publishing for Time Life and Elsevier Science publishers before moving to Scotland in 1990.

She worked as Export Manager for T C Farries in Dumfries and developed new markets in Japan and the Far East before moving into Economic Development with Dumfries & Galloway Council. She was the creator of Gaelforce in 1997, a cross art form festival across Dumfries & Galloway, which grew to be the largest community arts festival in Scotland. She was the creative producer for Burns Light in 2009, the Creative Mackintosh Festival 2012 – 2014, the first YES ( Yarrow Ettrick Selkirk) Festival and the 2017 Borders Heritage Festival.

She served on the Dumfries & Galloway Local Action Group for the Leader programme 2007 – 2011 and was a trustee of the Booth Scotland, an early pioneer of online and digital ticketing. She is enthusiastic about the potential for cultural tourism in the South of Scotland and has been actively involved in strategic development and fundraising to support such initiatives.

She has been a volunteer trustee for Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival 1997 – 2004 and 2008-11 and Alchemy Film and Arts 2014 -2019 and is currently a trustee of the Saltire Trust and an elected member of the Saltire Society Council and Executive Board.

Joe is an established photographer, videographer and editor working across the Scottish Borders to champion local businesses, creative outlets and culture. Having changed careers from working in health and social care for several years,

Joe understands the importance of having diverse and sustainable routes into a creative career. It is this experience combined with his previous career, that fuels Joe’s main passion of championing young talent and creating opportunities for young people to access the creative industries