Creative Industry Network – Special Programme
Wednesday 10 December | Hat District | Free (booking required)
Join us on 10 December for an extended Creative Industry Network event, bringing together film, photography, visual arts and community networking across the Hat District.
📸 Free Photographic Headshot Sessions
2pm–5pm | Hat Works
Photographer Vasile Burla offers free creative headshots for artists and freelancers. Drop in; first-come, first-served.
🎥 Screening & Live Q&A with Swapnil Patil
6pm–7pm | The Fabulous Hata (basement of the Hat Factory)
A special screening and conversation with London-based artist Swapnil Patil, presenting his new short film created with local collaborators.
The work draws from his project The Empty Spaces: Personal Absolute Space Point, exploring how individuals create inner zones of clarity and emotional grounding. Guided by his ICSAS method—Inner, Context, Space, Action, Silence—Swapnil’s practice moves between documentary and conceptual performance, revealing the quiet psychological spaces we all hold within ourselves.
🤝 Creative Industry Network – Monthly Networking
7pm–9pm | Hat Factory
Booking link: https://www.culturetrust.com/whats-on/creative-industry-network
Meet fellow creatives for an evening of conversation, collaboration and inspiration.
This month’s networking features artists Armindo de Matos and Irena Gil, whose exhibition What We Become runs in the Long Gallery until 12 December.
Armindo de Matos – Used: everyday objects reworked into reflections on impermanence and resilience.
Irena Gil – Wishing Dolls: faceless Slavic-inspired figures exploring vulnerability, desire and self-presentation.
You’ll have opportunities to meet the artists, hear about their work, and view the exhibition as part of the evening.
About the Long Gallery
A new visual arts initiative within the Hat Factory, the Long Gallery hosts open calls, commissions, group shows and affordable exhibition opportunities. Upcoming programmes include South Asian illustration and a community photography project, with a submissions portal launching soon.
All events are free with booking.
Join us, connect, ask questions and be part of Luton’s creative community.
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