Curious Arts is a Newcastle Gateshead based charity developing LGBTQIA+ arts, artists and audiences across the North East of England. Our work celebrates and explores Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual + Culture through the arts. Our projects champion and develop the LGBTQIA+ cultural offer of the region, increasing opportunities for the LGBTQIA+ community as artists, audiences and participants. Through advocacy and consultancy with partner organisations we are developing projects, touring productions and bespoke initiatives to celebrate and increase visibility of the North East’s LGBTQIA+ Culture. Working in partnership with arts, culture and community organisations across the North, every year in July we produce and present award-winning Curious Festival. Year round we offer advocacy for the Queer arts sector and consultancy to organisations in the cultural and creative sector - commissioning ambitious diverse led projects and touring arts productions.