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LIGHT at the end of the tunnel – Chris Levine’s…
27 May 2021
At long last visitors to Durham Cathedral will be able to experience Chris Levine’s immersive art installation, LIGHT. The eagerly anticipated switch on takes place Saturday 29th May, more than a year after it was installed in the Cathedral’s 12th…
Genesis Foundation gives £400K+ in project grants to arts and…
13 May 2021
Images: Burum, Lewis Doherty c. Pamela Raith Photography, ENB (Ivana Bueno performing Talisman) c. Laurent Liotardo, Good Chance Theatre (The Walk - Little Amal) c. Nick Wall 41 projects announced in the first phase of funding Projects span multiple genres…
Genesis Foundation announces “Newman: Meditation & Prayer”, Free Live Stream…
4 May 2021
Harry Christophers CBE and The Sixteen in Concert Sir James MacMillan and Will Todd World Premieres Readings from Classic FM’s Alexander Armstrong Farm Street Church, London 10 June 2021 at 7 pm (11 am PT / 2 pm ET) Sign…
Genesis Jewish Book Week Emerging Writers’ Programme launches
8 April 2021
The Genesis Foundation and Jewish Book Week (JBW) announce a new programme to champion and support emerging writers in the UK, which is open to applications with immediate effect. The Genesis Jewish Book Week Emerging Writers’ Programme will offer bursaries…
New vibrant partnership with Cathedral Music Trust
26 March 2021
The Cathedral Music Trust announces a new partnership with the Genesis Foundation to nurture the next generation of choral singers and composers. The partnership will also ensure people from all backgrounds can have the opportunity to experience and benefit from…
A Christmas Celebration | Online concert in aid of the…
11 December 2020
The Genesis Foundation, founded and chaired by John Studzinski, has organised a Christmas concert, to be made available online, to raise money to support arts freelancers for the Genesis Kickstart Fund. The pre-recorded concert is given by Harry Christophers CBE…
UK’s artistic leaders join the Genesis Kickstart Fund’s Advisory Council
11 November 2020
Barbara Broccoli and Grayson Perry announced as special advisers to initiative that includes over 30 leading figures from the arts £1 million Genesis Kickstart Fund will create future-facing projects for outstanding freelance talent in the creative sector across the UK The Genesis Foundation…
Genesis Foundation launches new £1 million kickstart fund for UK…
14 October 2020
Fund will be steered by a panel of distinguished cultural leaders. It will create future-facing projects for outstanding freelance talent in the creative sector around the UK The Genesis Foundation, chaired by John Studzinski, announces a new £1mn Kickstart Fund to support…
5 October 2020
Isidora Žebeljan has died at the age of only 54 and I wish that I did not have to believe it. The world has lost a truly original and important composer who wrote music with a very distinctive voice: her…
The Genesis Foundation pledges further support for freelance artists in…
25 September 2020
This summer, the Genesis Foundation announced the Genesis Covid-19 Artists Fund, a £100,000 rescue fund for freelancers participating in the training programmes run in the foundation’s name by its partner organisations: the Young Vic, The Sixteen, the National Theatre, the…
Announcing the Royal Academy of Arts’ Genesis Graduates Network
3 September 2020
Students gather in the RA Schools Library. Photo by Cat Garcia. The Genesis Foundation and the Royal Academy of Arts are delighted to announce an exciting new tool, designed exclusively for graduates of the RA Schools. The Genesis Graduates Network…
Artists in Quarantine: Harry Bradford, conductor
17 July 2020
Harry Bradford is a prize-winning conductor and choral director based in London. He recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music where he studied for an MMus Degree under Patrick Russill and was awarded both the Sir Thomas Armstrong prize and the…
