ABOUT BCN
Commercial infrastructure for the creative economy of the Global South.
Bold Canvas Network is a limited company. We review creative work in context, put the terms of creative engagements in writing, and make sure the people behind the work are credited and paid.
The Canvas Economy
The Canvas Economy is our name for the creative economy of the Global South: the work, the people who make it, and the systems that decide what it is worth.
The work is already being made. What has been missing is the infrastructure that connects Global South creatives to the audiences, markets and partners that recognise their work, and that makes sure the work is judged fairly, contracted clearly and paid for properly.
WHY OUR JUDGEMENT COUNTS
The authority sits with the standard, and the standard is written down.
Who is selected
[Reviewer selection criteria: practice, track record, the terrain they know]
What they are held to
One written brief: assess the work as it is, in its own context, not as a deviation from a Western norm.
Why BCN’s name
Reviews are issued by BCN, as a jury or a peer-review panel issues its decisions. Reviewers’ names are not published, so nothing can be lobbied and the standard stays the point.
What we build
01
Review in context
Portfolio Review for creatives, and assessment for organisations that run open calls. Every review adds to a record of how work from the Global South is read.
02
Terms in writing
Every BCN engagement has its scope, deliverable, timing and price agreed in writing before it starts.
03
Credit and pay
BCN's commissions are paid, and every work we show carries its maker's name.
Leadership
Francis Sule
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Temitope Aribo
Finance Lead
Favour Orji
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Daniel Haastrup
Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property and Governance
Oghenekevwe Akpede
Director, Narrative and Communications
Adedoyin Adebiyi
Research and Funding Manager
Timileyin Faseyi
Director, Brand and Creative