Saskia Coburn

creative director

Saskia Coburn is the driving force behind our organisation. A fiercely passionate advocate for artists, she has 25 years experience of all corners of the national picture. She can explore and communicate the thoughts, strategies and ideas of both the individual and the large organisation, creating shape and future-proof structure; raising money to fund those ideas.

A literature student from Warwick University, Saskia spent 20 years in the world of West African music and dance, simultaneously working part time and latterly freelance for national charities developing and delivering their arts strategies; finally working as Strategic Director for Groundwork West Midlands.

Sasolo was founded in 2011 when she left her choreographic career and became a full time consultant, focusing on the emergent arts ecology that she had grown up in herself.

Determined to help individual artists to access the support available, the consultancy grew organically, each success bringing another client to her books. She has worked with 1000's of clients over the last 10 years, from established musicians to graduate writers, large scale festivals to bedroom producers. A fiercely passionate advocate for artists, she has experience of all corners of the national picture.

Saskia has kept her own practice and has received several ACE grants over the last few years exploring dance and poetry - her two creative passions.

When expanding the business, she looked for people with razor sharp intelligence, creative empathy and great writing skills and is delighted to have welcomed seven people to the team in the last few years. All are outstanding consultants with nuanced, yet diverse appreciation of the arts themselves.