Southbank Centre masterclass: Building creative careers in the arts

Date: Thursday 26th February
Time: 6-8:30PM (doors open from 5:30PM)
Place: St Paul’s Pavilion on Level 6, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1

We’re delighted to be collaborating with Southbank Centre for our February masterclass, an inspiring evening of conversation, insight and connection.

The Southbank Centre is the UK’s largest centre for the arts, and a charity that is proud to bring millions of people together on London’s South Bank. Its mission is to make a difference to the lives of artists, audiences and communities through the variety of their programming and spaces. They look after an 11-acre site, which includes the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room, and the Hayward Gallery.

The event will feature a panel discussion and Q&A with creative professionals working across a range of art forms and roles at Southbank Centre. You’ll also enjoy free and exclusive entry to two major exhibitions: Yin Xiuzhen: Heart to Heart and Chiharu Shiota: Threads of Life.

This masterclass is designed to give you a genuine, behind-the-scenes look at building a career in the arts. Drawing on their own journeys, our speakers will share practical insights into navigating the industry, developing your skills and finding your path across different creative workstreams at Southbank Centre.

As always, we encourage you to make the most of this opportunity to network with the panel and the Creative Access community.

Meet the panel:

• Courtney Caton (she/her) - Event Chair\Internal Communications & Engagement Manager at Southbank Centre: Courtney leads on internal communications and staff engagement, and her work is pivotal to nurturing an inclusive culture for all colleagues at the Southbank Centre. A former Creative Access intern, she has previously worked at the National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe and Theatre Royal Stratford East.
• Cameron Christie (he/him) - Producing Assistant in Arts Planning & Producing: Cameron supports the delivery of Southbank Centre’s artistic programme and manages futuretense gigs. He also launched the cross-disciplinary series Sonic Essays and works as a freelance music journalist and DJ.
• Joseph Granata (he/him) - Events & Stewardship Assistant in the Development team: Joseph supports supporter events and stakeholder relationships. Since joining Southbank Centre in 2018, he has worked across front-of-house and events roles and now runs The Fox and the Flâneur, an architectural walking tours and illustration project.
• Kyesha Nelson (she/her) - Commercial Events Officer at Southbank Centre: Kyesha manages private hires, brand activations and filming across the site. With a background in performing arts and factual TV production, she brings a practical, optimistic approach to building a career in the creative industries.
• Edith Kwakye (she/her) - Contemporary Music Programming Assistant: Edith supports planning and programming processes including artist contracting and research. Alongside her work at Southbank Centre and futuretense, she is an experienced DJ who began through the Pxssy Palace DJ workshops.

This event is aimed at people who are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds, or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people, individuals with the characteristic of gender reassignment, individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, carers and asylum seekers.