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The Children’s Media Conference (CMC) is the UK’s premier event for everyone in kids TV, media and entertainment.
The conference takes place each July in Sheffield's Showroom Cinema. It returns in 2025 on the theme of Shake It Up.
Alongside the talks, the CMC runs the free exhibition Playground, bringing together the most exciting new developments in interactive digital art and maker activities for children and families to play with.
Introducing John Hoyland (1934-2011), the Sheffield-born abstract painter who took on the international art world.
At social enterprise Bright Box Makerspace, Kisha creates playful spaces to explore tech, engineering and arts. Getting kids curious and confident to try new things.
Steel sculptures inspired by landscape – mountains, woodland areas, places of adventure, discovery and sanctuary.
An artist repurposing old technology and “toxic garbage” to create playful and playable forms of documentary – using art and gaming to process ideas around emotion, trans experiences and the self.
