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History and Why ISAN exists?
ISAN came into existence in the late 90s as a group of like minded promoters began to meet, network, pool resources and lobby for greater investment in Street Arts, particularly from Arts Council England and local authorities.
All the ISAN members have interest and a strong belief in developing Street Arts as an art form – presenting high quality work that creates a dynamic relationship with a very large and steadily growing audience.
The Arts Council of England awarded a grant to ISAN for the period 2000 - 2002. This enabled the network to employ a coordinator on a part time basis in autumn 2000 to push the development of the organisation and work on its behalf. Bill Gee was appointed the first coordinator.
A RALP grant awarded in 2002 enabled ISAN to employ a freelance Project Manager to look after a number of specific strands of work. Katy Fuller was contracted in January 2003 to this post, which is still ongoing.
There is a belief that now is the time for this art form to be whole-heartedly embraced in the UK as it has been in other countries such as France and Spain.