Creative Foundation

Folkestone is more than just another seaside town

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About our partners

The Creative Foundation is a visionary arts charity, founded in 2002, that has turned Folkestone into a creative hub. It has brought book festivals and international art festivals to the town and runs a popular arts centre housing theatre, music and the visual arts. It has made art an integral ingredient in the life of the town.

The film

Find out how the Creative Foundation sees Folkestone as much more than just another seaside town. From setting up the Creative Quarter to attract artists to live and work in the town, to turning Folkestone itself into an open-air gallery playing host to works by internationally renowned artists, discover the ways the Creative Foundation has injected art into the lifeblood of the town.