Who We Are
Tim Jones is the Director of Solar Associates. He's worked in the arts for over 15 years as a producer, stage director, consultant, facilitator, fundraiser, event programmer and teacher. 
In 2006 Tim was awarded a 2 year bursary from the Arts Council of England in recognition of his potential as an Arts Producer. He's an accomplished public speaker, who has presented at conferences on behalf of projects he's produced, both in the UK and internationally. Tim is Coordinator of NODE.London, an network of artists, producers, curators and activists that collectively develop the producing and presenting infrastructure for digital media arts in London. NODE.London's first Season of Media Arts took place over a month in March 2006, and supported 150 artistic projects in 40 locations across the city. For the Red Room, Tim produced 'Hoxton Story', an acclaimed series of artistic actions which revealed the effects of urban regeneration in north London. 'Hoxton Story' enabled social housing residents to tell their stories through interviews, publication, walkabout performances and art installations. Since 2005, Tim has raised over £425,000 in funds for arts projects and organisations. As an arts event programmer, he has led and contributed to the successful launch of two mid-scale venues, and has produced innovative initiatives which have engaged refugee groups, people with learning disabilities, and a diverse range of other communities. Tim is a Board Member for Stream, which delivers socially engaged programmes of participatory media arts in Greenwich and east London.
Ayla Suveren has over 12 years experience in a variety of roles in the Creative Industries. She left her last full time position in 2005 to work independently as a Producer and Management Consultant to international artists, companies and arts organisations. She has worked as a Creative Producer of numerous festivals of international work, programmed live events, developed theatre shows, interactive performances and work in the public realm. Ayla has a wealth of different experience working with live artists, dancers, visual artists, communities and site specific working. She is currently Producer and Business Development Advisor for Berlin based arts collective Gob Squad, and for artist Joshua Sofaer. She also mentors emerging theatre companies and trainee producers. Her special interest is artist-centred approaches to developing business initiatives and developing organisations through strategic, innovative project work. She was a Director of the Board of Gob Squad for 2 years and helped set up the UK company. Since 2005 she has raised over £350,000 for creative projects.
Hen Norton is the newest member of our team. She works at Kids Company forging creative partnerships for with organisations such as the Tate, the Old Vic, the BFI and Ballet Rambert. She also coordinates artists' projects, organises events, produces exhibitions and performances and delivers workshops – as well as mentoring young people. Hen has produced documentaries about Kids Company with High Gloss Productions and ITN, and also produces videos, animations and podcasts at The Green Thing, an online community that aims to make it easy and enjoyable to be a bit more environmentally conscious. Alongside this work, Hen runs and facilitate storytelling projects with community groups in Highbury and Islington – currently with a group of homeless people within a project based at London's Union Chapel. Hen started Can Create, a storytelling business, in 2007.