Helen Mitchell works freelance with arts organisations and museums on marketing and development, interpretation, events and project management. Her career has taken in project-managing the UK’s first video art festival in Tate Liverpool; being General Manager of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival and founder/director of its open studio scheme; and coordinating the Eastern region’s Millennium Festival.

Helen helped revive the fortunes of Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse and created www.norfolkheritage.co.uk. Current and recent clients include The Poetry Trust, Seachange Arts, National Waterways Museum, British Museum and The Bridewell Museum.

Helen has worked with The Rialto since 2007, focusing on strategic planning and Arts Council England liaison.  She has eclectic cultural interests and loves walking and sailing.