Our Team

Eileen Branagh – Chief Executive Officer
Email: eileen@openartsni.org

Beverley McGeown – Musical Director
Email: bev@openartsni.org

Jemma Robinson – Finance & Programme Officer
Email: jemma@openartsni.org
Jemma has been with Open Arts since March 2015. Prior to this she worked as an accounts clerk for 9 years with a family owned company before moving to the arts sector in 2013. She studied music at South Eastern Regional College, Bangor and at Queens University, Belfast, where she completed a BSc in Music Technology specialising in electronic music composition for film. In 2014 she collaborated with Irish writer Caroline Healey in her mixed media exhibition “Fully Booked.” The exhibition was showcased at the 2014 Belfast Book festival and was the first public showcase of her work. She is also a member in the Open Arts Community Choir.

Cinzia Savonitti – Communications & Development Assistant
Email: cinzia@openartsni.org
Cinzia, originally from Italy, came to Belfast in 2014 as an EVS volunteer with the Crescent Arts Centre, which is when she discovered Open Arts and in particular, Luminous Soul dance company. Highlights of her dance career with Luminous Soul include performing at Echo Echo Festival, portraying Hermia in Open Arts production of Midsummer Night’s Dream and participating in MeetShareDance Festivals. In 2021, Cinzia received a grant award through University of Atypical to develop her own dance work exploring disability and language.
Cinzia holds a BA in Film Studies from Università degli Studi di Udine and in 2019 graduated with a masters degree in Translation from Queen’s University, Belfast.
She has been working as a library assistant with Queen’s University for 5 years.
She joined Open Arts in 2022 as Communication and Development Assistant and is looking forward to working on her passion of equity for disabled people in the arts.
Artists, Arts Access Assistants and Volunteers
Our Board
Vice-Chairperson, Andrea Hope