ACG is run by a Board of Directors consisting of Christian men and women who are well established in their artistic professions.
Chair
Gordon Adams was the chair of ACG, but has since been replaced by Susanne Scott in 2022. Watch this space for more details.
Tony Jasper has worked extensively in radio, television and theatre. He has written for major newspapers and magazines on the contemporary music and folk worlds. As an author he has over 70 titles published in music and religious fields. In 1982 ITV screened a docu on his life and Christian witness. He founded the much travelled and applauded Jasperian Theatre Company. He preaches on a Sunday across a wide range of Christian communions from Salvation Army to House, to the mainstream.
Tony runs the ACG Awards and he believes Christian insight to be most vital in the Arts and Media world and that the role of Arts Centre Group should be one of growing influence.
Patricia Harvey is a water colourist, writer and television producer. She regularly exhibits for the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour; has devised and produced numerous television programmes including The South Bank Show, Hear My Chanson, and writes for various magasines and her own Blog on the influence of immigration on French Song.
She says, ‘One of my greatest joys has been membership of the Arts Centre Group, the mantra of one of whose founders, Nigel Goodwin, I endorse to the hilt: “thoroughly Christian; thoroughly professional”.
Christopher Norris – media, publishing and social entrepreneur who joins the dots between book publishing, digital media, television, music, theatre, fashion and film by being passionate about making things happen, publicising excellence and helping others achieve their creative goals.
He is Founder and Director, Smart Crowd Productions Ltd;
Head of Crowdfunding, CrowdPatch CIC; Founder and Director, Jolabokaflod CIC; Editor and Development Executive, Insight Film Festival CIC; Corporate Sponsorship Director, SMGlobal Catwalk, Inc; and Founder, CopyGhosting Publishing Services.
Jason Blackwood is trained in journalism, photojournalism, photography, art & design, advertising & P.R. He is the former chair of the Harvey Gallery in Guildford. Whilst there he had a number of successful exhibitions & helped run several high-profile events. Jason is the unofficial photographer (& assistant caterer!!) at most ACG bashes. He also runs the Visual Arts Fridays for the organisation.
Bill Shaw has been involved in radio since University days, when he produced a discussion programme, getting Christians and non-Christians to talk to each other, on Sussex University’s station, Radio Falmer. Bill has a Postgraduate Diploma in Radio Journalism, and has worked as a reporter and newsreader for BBC local radio. Bill now makes podcasts, and aims to make a podcast a month, reaching non-Christians, communicating the wide range of ways in which Christians make a difference to their local communities.
Alastair Cutting has been a member of ACG since 1983, and has a broadranging interest in the arts. He ran regional ACG Groups in Nottingham and Sheffield in the 1980/90s, and for 5 years ran The Nave, an innovative church-based arts centre in Uxbridge. Alastair served on the ACG Board in the 1990s, and again since 2013. Through his day-job as Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich, recently promoted to Bishop, he tries to keep the arts in mind in Church of England thinking and planning.
