The London Arts Festival is a London's annual city-wide celebration of creativity in all its forms
 

Taking place October 8-31, the 2009 London Arts Festival will be the one of the world's largest international festivals of the arts.

• London Arts Festival’s mission:
  London Arts Festival's mission is to promote the arts and London through production of an annual, multi-disciplinary festival that brings together the world community of artists and audiences. The festival:
  
  * Works with multiple artists and arts organizations to commission and present innovative, collaborative performances and projects that push the boundaries of artistic excellence .
  
  * Is a catalyst for the emergence of a cohesive, culturally and socially diverse artistic community in London that is actively engaged in addressing the civic, social, and cultural issues of our and time.
  
  * Establishes London as a model for integration of the arts into the fabric of the community in a meaningful, productive and mutually beneficial way.
  
  London Arts Festival’s goals:
  * To frame the work of International, UK, and London artists within an world-class festival context.
  * To insure London's future allure as a vibrant, creative artist community through encouraging an innovative international dialogue between practitioners of many kinds of arts.
  * To collaborate with other UK and International arts organizations to put on the most inclusive and engaging festival possible.
  * To provide rich and meaningful learning experiences through a wide range of residency activities aimed at multiple sectors of the population.
  * To promote the festival to a London-wide, national and international audience.
  * To raise the City's profile as an international cultural destination.
  * To demonstrate how the arts perform a vital role in stimulating and positively impacting the economy of London.
  
  London Arts Festival Core Values
  Rather than building an event that is the sole responsibility of a single producer, the London Arts Festival is dedicated to working with an array of UK and international arts organizations to develop a programme that utilizes the shared resources of multiple presenters to reach mutually-beneficial goals. The Festival's core values are based on principals of cultural and economic equity. Therefore London Arts Festival places a high priority on the participation of culturally diverse and smaller arts organizations that represent London's broad demographics. Activating and supporting relationships between large and small organizations and individual artists is also a key component of what the London Arts Festival does.
  
  London Arts Festival Board of Directors:
  
  Erich Schultz, Executive Director
  London Independent Film Festival
  
  Sarah Woodford, Artistic Director
  UK Council of Artists
  
  Mary Symmons, Business Manager
  EU Arts Fund
  
  Ashok Depook, Public Relations Manager
  City of London