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The Successful Artist?
Wednesday 20 June - Friday 22 June 2018
Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Free
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Discover what defines a successful artist today, in this three-day series of free events.
One of the founding purposes of the RA was to establish and promote successful artists and their work, but what is the definition of "success" in the arts today? These sessions will explore views on success and discuss practical methods to promote individual creators and their work.
Events will include panel discussions, roundtables, a creative exchange and an artist manifesto workshop, with contributors including Head of RA Schools Eliza Bonham Carter, artist Yinka Shonibare MBE RA and artist-led organisation Auto Italia.
These events are proudly supported by Heritage Lottery Fund, as part of the new RA Collections programme.
Free
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Events
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Panel discussion
Thursday 21 June 2018
6.30–7.45pm
Artist Yinka Shonibare MBE RA, Head of the RA Schools, Eliza Bonham Carter, and the Director of Ikon Gallery Jonathan Watkins explore how artistic success is defined and who defines it, in this discussion chaired by art critic and curator Sacha Craddock.
This talk will be accompanied with speech-to-text transcription by STAGETEXT and BSL (British Sign Language) interpretation.
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Panel discussion
Friday 22 June 2018
6.30–8pm
What makes an architect successful? Hear from our panel as they discuss how success is shaped in architectural practice and the cultural mechanisms that support it today.
Tickets are available to book upon arrival from the tickets desk.
![, Interstices, Terre Thamelitz , Interstices, Terre Thamelitz](https://cloudinary.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academy/image/upload/c_fill,cs_tinysrgb,dn_72,f_auto,fl_progressive.keep_iptc,w_480,ar_6:4/ydiuuaubl1ujgalmvazq.jpg)
Roundtable
Saturday 23 June 2018
11am–12.30pm
Join members of Auto Italia South East, Marianne Forrest and Ed Gillman, in exploring ideas of autonomous artist-led spaces and asking what can autonomy look like – and what are its terms – for artists working in London today.
Fully booked.
![A talk in the Collections gallery. A talk in the Collections gallery.](https://cloudinary.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academy/image/upload/c_fill,cs_tinysrgb,dn_72,f_auto,fl_progressive.keep_iptc,w_480,ar_6:4/icyn7aotascz0mf6b4pg.jpg)
Saturday 23 June 2018
12.30–5pm
Come along, ask questions and share ideas with arts organisations from across London for a public marketplace of dialogue unpacking the relationship between collaboration, creativity and success.
Free, drop-in, no booking required.
![Installation view of Siera Hyte, 'Honey Week' at Cordova Installation view of Siera Hyte, 'Honey Week' at Cordova](https://cloudinary.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academy/image/upload/c_fill,cs_tinysrgb,dn_72,f_auto,fl_progressive.keep_iptc,w_480,ar_6:4/x8p8z3h08mgubiaxu4mb.jpg)
Roundtable
Saturday 23 June 2018
2–3.30pm
Cory Scozzari, founder of curatorial project Cordova and co-founder of Jupiter Woods, lead a roundtable discussion on how collaborative curatorial models can support the success of artists and their work.
Fully booked
![Creative workshop at the RA. Creative workshop at the RA.](https://cloudinary.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academy/image/upload/c_fill,cs_tinysrgb,dn_72,f_auto,fl_progressive.keep_iptc,w_480,ar_6:4/tepu20nspsr6kjkbmmh0.jpg)
Saturday 23 June 2018
12–3pm
Take part in a creative workshop that carves out space for artists to come together and write their own artist manifesto.
Free, no booking required.
![Resisdance DJs Resisdance DJs](https://cloudinary.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academy/image/upload/c_fill,cs_tinysrgb,dn_72,f_auto,fl_progressive.keep_iptc,w_480,ar_6:4/lqtdabpiytfiulil0tvt.jpg)
Saturday 23 June
12-6pm
Resisdance are a diverse group of women taking hold of the tech and decks. They came together to organise party nights – challenging gender norms in the party and political scenes. Resisdance DJs have played at events and venues such as the Tate Lates, Secret Garden Party, Pxssy Palace, Soho House Berlin and London, V&A Friday Lates, Somerset House, Shambala, Peckham Levels, Gay Times Awards and Brainchild. They hold events, run DJ and tech workshops and book out DJs. They prioritise the voices of women of colour and working class women both in their collective and when planning their events.
Free, drop in, Whol Entrance Hall
![Grace Schwindt, Undead and Other Tales, 2016. Grace Schwindt, Undead and Other Tales, 2016.](https://cloudinary.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academy/image/upload/c_fill,cs_tinysrgb,dn_72,f_auto,fl_progressive.keep_iptc,w_480,ar_6:4/x0opfefmpzcf4agl22ky.jpg)
Panel discussion
Saturday 23 June 2018
3–4.15pm
Join one of the Directors at Marian Goodman Gallery, Valerie Blair, futurist, James Wallman and art critic Gilda Williams for a panel discussion on the importance of establishing a public persona for artists working today.
Fully booked
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