Arts and society Archives

Fellowship events

Using Storytelling as a Strategy for Systemic Change

20 Nov 2025 Online via Zoom

Join Christabel Nsiah-Buadi FRSA and Esther Armah for a powerful virtual conversation on how storytelling can drive healing and systemic change.

Archive lates

Bold ideas and innovations

04 Feb 2026 At the House

Join our archives team for an after-hours guided walk through RSA’s beautiful Georgian House in the heart of Covent Garden’s Adelphi complex.

Archive lates

Explore the Adam Brother’s Georgian architecture

07 Jan 2026 At the House

Join our archivist for an after hours tour of RSA House, the jewel of Robert and John Adam’s Georgian Adelphi complex on the banks of Central London.

Archive lates

Meet the influential women who shaped the RSA’s history

04 Mar 2026 At the House

Discover how women and girls have been instrumental to the work of the RSA from its beginnings in this after-hours tour, led by our archive team.

Archive lates

Discover magical stories hidden in the archive

03 Dec 2025 At the House

Take a tour through our beautiful Georgian home fully decorated for the festive season, and enjoy a rare access to our archive.

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Minding the gaps

23 Sep 2025 Abby Matthews

The RSA’s newly appointed senior archivist, Abby Matthews, reflects on archives, missing identities and the artefacts that connect us.

Arts In The Spotlight

Healing arts

23 Sep 2025 Lisa Todd

How the power of creativity can induce transformative changes in the brain, promoting neuroplasticity and helping overcome isolation through connection.

At the House

Drops of Heaven

24 Sep 2025 Durham Street Auditorium

Attend an exclusive screening of the Japanese documentary exploring chef Yoshiko Tatsumi’s ‘Soup of Life,’ presented in collaboration with the Japan Foundation.

Arts In The Spotlight

Almost home

9 Jul 2025 Fiona Curran, FRSA

A powerful exhibit produced by Koestler Arts and curated entirely by incarcerated women reveals how creativity and second chances can transform lives.

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The arts aren’t optional extras; they are essential

19 Jun 2025 Dr Eugene Seow

Arts education should not be seen as a decorative add-on. It is foundational to civic life, cultural identity and human development.