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Arts In The Spotlight

Diana Springall: a stitch in time

Diana Springall’s world-renowned collection of British embroidery is set to find a permanent home at Sunbury Embroidery Gallery – but urgent funding is needed to ensure the collection is preserved and showcased for future generations.
6 Dec 2024
A stylized artwork of a woman with an elongated neck holding a flower. The figure is etched in white lines on a red textured background, framed by a pink border. The woman gazes upwards, adorned with intricate patterns.
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Ideas Foundation: eyes wide open

The Ideas Foundation provides opportunities for students in less advantaged schools across the UK to build creative and cultural capital through workshops and excursions. Their mission? To nourish a new creative generation.
6 Dec 2024 Heather MacRae
A wooden footbridge spans across a small, grassy ditch in a moorland landscape. Brown ferns and tufts of grass surround the bridge. Rolling hills are visible under a cloudy, dark sky in the background.
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Loyd Grossman: secret sauce

New RSA Chair Loyd Grossman talks music, art and societal change, and why he thinks the work and mission of the RSA is more important now than ever.
6 Dec 2024 Nicholas Wroe
Man in a suit and tie stands against a colorful abstract background with shades of pink, blue, green, and black, set within an orange frame.
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VNCCII: Cosmic communities

What can VNCCII, the fictional intergalactic superheroine alter ego of Samantha Tauber, teach us about the creative communities that need nourishing today?
6 Dec 2024 Samantha Tauber
A futuristic humanoid figure with pink hair sits in a white, circular space pod, gazing out of a round window at Earth against a starry black background. The pod features sleek, minimalist design elements.
Arts In The Spotlight

Performance without walls

Without Walls is a network of outdoor arts organisations across England helping artists and festivals meet their environmental and creative goals.
24 Sep 2024
A person wearing a fur hat with virtual reality goggles stands outdoors, holding a skull decorated with two horns. They are partially covered in dried grass and surrounded by branches. The background is dark, contrasting with the subject's attire.
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Counting breaths

Environmental artist Andrea Polli creates artwork that gives stunning form to the air we breathe, the sounds we hear and the air that surrounds us all.
18 Sep 2024 Andrea Polli
A person walks a dog on a pathway lit by blue and green neon lights. The scene is at night, with a railing on one side and a partially visible globe map as the background design.
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Now NATURE is officially an artist

The Sounds Right initiative is supporting conservation and restoration projects through royalties from artists who use the sounds from the natural world in their work.
18 Sep 2024 Gabriel Smales
A green globe with plants and a checkmark sits above the words "Nature: Officially an Artist" on a bright green background. A similar design with a yellow globe appears below, both on a world map backdrop. Text includes "Sounds Right" and "Museum for the United Nations UN Live.
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Preserve and protect

The Earth Defenders Toolkit empowers Indigenous communities at the frontlines of the climate crisis with digital tools to help preserve territory, culture and language.
18 Sep 2024 Liz Hansen
Illustration of two silhouetted figures exploring a lush forest. One points at a tree, and the other holds a small object. Surrounding them are large green leaves, with light filtering through the dense canopy above.
Arts In The Spotlight

Talent made visible

The co-leaders of the RSA’s Fellows Artists’ Network describe their work in supporting the creative efforts of prisoners and ex-offenders through the Made Visible exhibition.
2 Jul 2024 Journal contributors
Four vertical panels display delicate, minimalist grass and plants against a gradient blue background. Each panel features a distinct plant design, arranged in a sequence creating a harmonious and serene composition.
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Courage in action

The latest Fellows Festival brought together a range of high-profile speakers offering remarkable stories of courageous acts to make the world a better place.
25 Jun 2024 Mike Thatcher
Four panelists sit on stage in discussion, with a large screen behind them displaying the event title "Courage and the Arts" and participant names. The audience listens attentively. The setting appears formal and professional.