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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…
Announcing the £100K Genesis Covid-19 Artists Fund
13 July 2020
The Genesis Foundation today launches a £100k fund for freelance artists and calls for other philanthropists to follow its lead. John Studzinski launches the £100,000 Genesis Covid-19 Artists Fund: https://youtu.be/deTYDMqPmS0 The £100,000 Genesis Covid-19 Artists Fund will provide a lifeline…
Artists in Quarantine: Carys Bowkett, Actor
10 July 2020
How are you doing? What’s your current confinement situation, who’s on your quaranteam? I’m very lucky to have a balcony and to be able to easily walk to food shops. This virus is challenging for everyone, but I’m very…
Genesis Sixteen announces 10th cohort of singers
3 July 2020
Genesis Sixteen, The Sixteen’s free young artists’ scheme for 18-23 year olds, has announced its 10th cohort. Supported by the Genesis Foundation, Genesis Sixteen aims to nurture the next generation of talented ensemble singers. It is currently in its ninth…
Artist in Quarantine: Anthony Lau, director
3 July 2020
Anthony Lau spent a year as Laboratory Associate Director at Nuffield Southampton Theatres and trained as a director at LAMDA, on the Young Vic’s Jerwood Assistant Director Programme and at the National Theatre Studio. Credits as Director include The Shadow…
Artists in Quarantine: Sofía Clausse, Artist
25 June 2020
Sofía Clausse was born in Argentina in 1989, grew up in Portugal, and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design in the USA. She is an artist currently doing a postgraduate course at the Royal Academy Schools in London.…
Artists in Quarantine: Rufus Norris, Artistic Director, National Theatre
18 June 2020
Rufus Norris is Director of the National Theatre, and a former Genesis Director at the Young Vic. Rufus' productions for the National have included The Amen Corner, Everyman, wonder.land, The Threepenny Opera, London Road, Mosquitoes, and Small Island. Outside of…
Artists in Quarantine: Ruth Chan, composer
11 June 2020
Ruth composes for film, television and theatre. She has been developing a musical adaptation of Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle for the National Theatre. She has worked for various theatres including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Chichester Festival Theatre, Royal Exchange Theatre…
Artists in Quarantine: Marc Tritschler, Creative Director of Music, NT
1 June 2020
The new blog series throws the spotlight on Genesis artists in lockdown: directors, writers, actors, musicians and artists, who have had to figure out ways to stay creative and practise their art in a completely new way, sometimes in extremely…
Artists in Quarantine: Sami Ibrahim, playwright
28 May 2020
The new blog series throws the spotlight on Genesis artists in lockdown: directors, writers, actors, musicians and artists, who have had to figure out ways to stay creative and practise their art in a completely new way, sometimes in extremely…
Artists in Quarantine: Lizzy Humphries, singer
21 May 2020
The new blog series throws the spotlight on Genesis artists in lockdown: directors, writers, actors, musicians and artists, who have had to figure out ways to stay creative and practise their art in a completely new way, sometimes in extremely…
