Emma Boulton
Watershed producer supporting collaborative R&D programmes including Sandbox and Playable City.
Emma Boulton
Projects
More Than AI Sandbox
Sandbox is a tried-and-tested methodology to bring together teams of brilliant people to test new ideas with generosity and rigour in a three month R&D.
Playable City Sandbox
Playable City Sandbox is a creative research and development programme providing facilitated space to transform an experimental idea to a working prototype over three months of rapid R+D.
Here + There
Here + There is the 5th pathfinder for Bristol + Bath Creative R+D. It is a year long programme designed to explore how being locally rooted allows us to understand ourselves as part of an interconnected global network.Worked on
Playable City Sandbox
Playable City Sandbox is a creative research and development programme providing facilitated space to transform an experimental idea to a working prototype over three months of rapid R+D.
MyWorld - Strength in Places
Watershed is excited to be a partner in MyWorld, a project led by the University of Bristol that will celebrate the West of England's reputation as an international trailblazer in creative technology and screen-based media.
Connecting Through Culture As We Age
Established in 2021, this three year UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge funded project is exploring how and why we take part in arts and culture as we get older.
Bristol+Bath Creative R+D
Bristol+Bath Creative R+D was a £6.8 million collaboration aimed at taking the Bristol and Bath cluster to the next level by forging connections, sharing knowledge and creating new opportunities.Emma is a producer at the Pervasive Media Studio and part of the Research team. Her role is to support a collaborative programme of research and business to improve the performance of the creative industries in the region ensuring they continue to flourish.
Emma is the producer for Sandbox programmes (part of MyWorld IDEAS), Playable City, and Connecting Through Culture As We Age (University of Bristol). Previously she led Here + There, the 5th pathfinder for the Bristol and Bath Creative R+D where she focused connecting the cluster to international conversations and opportunities.
Emma brings years of experience, both working internationally and with the UK creative industries, from her time as a British Council Arts Programme Manager. Situated within the Creative Economy team, she specialised in digital, tech and interactive and was a creative economy advisor for the Americas and South Asia. Emma delivered skills development programmes, supported international tours and exhibitions, and network development.
Immediately before joining Watershed Emma ran creative enterprise support for Knowle West Media Centre The Factory.
In addition to working with the creative industries, Emma is deeply interested in games and the culture of games. She moderates for online games communities and streamers, and is a trustee for the experimental games festival Now Play This.