Initiative Arts - IAPMCR

Initiative Arts Projects - IAPMCR - believes that members of the LGBTQ+ communities gain confidence and agency and can put their lived experience into the wider context of society when they have a better understanding of their heritage and their history. Our mission is to explore the heritage of LGBTQ+ people through the development and dissemination of the arts. We work primarily in the Northwest of England. We engage in participatory work with LGBTQ+ people across generations, uncovering histories and facilitating the telling of stories. We record participants’ experiences for archival projects, commission and produce theatre, and make new visual art. IAPMCR was established in 2012 by producer David Martin and artist Jez Dolan, who have between them over 50 years’ experience of working in the arts sector.