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Watch Now: New Cultural Conversation focuses on culture’s economic impact

The final discussion in this season hosted by The Lord Mayor of the City of London and the Genesis Foundation is the sixth Cultural Conversation, focusing on the economic value of culture and the arts and it power to aid our ailing economy. The New Future: Art and Culture in the Making of a Vibrant Economy took place online on Monday 20 September, with a live and virtual audience contributing to the Q&A section at the end of the discussion. And what a praiseworthy and interesting talk it was, with great audience interaction in the Q&A too.

The Cultural Conversations series has been a sequence of focused debates around Arts and Culture in the City of London, and are always worth watching. This sixth conversation was chaired by Will Gompertz, in conversation with Alderman William Russell, John Studzinski CBE, our Founder and Chairman, Kully Thiarai, Creative Director, Leeds 2023, Claire McColgan MBE, Director of Culture, Liverpool City Council and Nina Skero, Chief Executive, Centre for Economic and Business Research.

A further series of Cultural Conversations is scheduled for next year.

You can watch the recorded discussion here

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Watch Now: Cultural Conversations focuses on the next generations

You can now watch the recording of this fascinating and insigthful discussion.

The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of the City of London and the Genesis Foundation invited us to join them for the fifth in the series of Cultural Conversations: ‘Young People and The Arts: Making Space and Opening Doors’ which took place online on Monday 26th July.

The Cultural Conversations series is a sequence of focused debates around Arts and Culture in the City of London. This fifth Conversation was chaired by Gemma Cairney, in conversation with Cherry Eckel, Artist and Advisory Group member at Boundless Theatre; Neil Griffiths, Chief Executive at Arts Emergency; Montana Hall, Founder of Run the Check and Trustee at The Photographers Gallery; Renee Odjidja, Curator: Youth Programmes at Whitechapel Gallery; and Abdul Shayek, Artistic Director at Tara Theatre, and Lemn Sissay OBE, Poet, Playwright and Broadcaster.

Please click here to watch the recorded discussion

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Watch an engrossing Cultural Conversation around technology in the arts…

On Monday, 24th May, between 5.00 and 6.30pm BST, Alderman William Russell, The Lord Mayor of the City of London and the Genesis Foundation invited us to join the fourth in the series of Cultural Conversations: ‘Culture, Technology and Innovation’ taking place online.

This Cultural Conversation is part of a series of focused debates around Arts and Culture in the City of London. This fourth Conversation, the first of the 2021 season is chaired by Farah Nayeri, in conversation with Javaad Alipoor, Artistic Director, Javaad Alipoor Company; Daniel Birnbaum, Artistic Director, Acute Art; Sarah Ellis, Director Digital Development, Royal Shakespeare Company; Suhair Khan, Strategic Projects, Google; and Rich Waterworth, General Manager UK & EU, TikTok.

AFTERWORD – This was a really worthwhile and engrossing discussion attended by an audience of over 300. If you haven’t seen it, here’s your opportunity!

THE RECORDING OF THIS DISCUSSION HAS JUST BECOME AVAILABLE – FIND IT HERE

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ONE TO WATCH – a free Online Event: Cultural Conversations – Philanthropy in the Arts

‘Philanthropy in the Arts’ was hosted online from 5.00pm-6.30pm BST on Wednesday 30th September by The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman William Russell and the Genesis Foundation. This is the third in the series of Cultural Conversations.

This Conversation, the last of the 2020 season, is chaired by BBC arts presenter Kirsty Lang, who was joined by: 

Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE, Artistic Director of the Young Vic; 

Dame Julia Peyton-Jones CBE, Senior Global Director at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac; 

Rebecca Salter PRA, President of the Royal Academy of Arts; 

Sir Nicholas Serota CH, Chair of Arts Council England;

and John Studzinski CBE, Founder and Chairman of the Genesis Foundation.

In these times of extreme fluidity in shaping the future of the arts within a shifting cultural landscape, this proved a useful and stimulating debate.

POSTSCRIPT This event is highly-recommended – an engrossing and inspiring meeting of minds, and the event was “attended” by over 500 viewers. Very worthwhile to watch for anyone interested in the arts, you can watch the recording of the discussion here