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Rebecca Salter RA
Inside the Academy
1 year ago
249 years of teaching artists in the RA Schools
At the heart of the Royal Academy, you can find Britain’s longest-running art school, which has been training artists since 1769. As soon-to-be graduates present their final year show, Skye Sherwin speaks to students and tutors to find out what’s changed in the last quarter millennia.
Our Collection
> 1 year ago
Top picks from the Collection: Rebecca Salter RA
“I’ve been drawn to works on paper that really show the thought processes of artists and architects”, says printmaker, painter, and Keeper of the RA Schools Rebecca Salter, as she gives an audio tour of the online Collection.
Artists
< 2 years ago
Rebecca Salter: “Do not tell young people they can’t do things”
On her first full day as Keeper of the RA Schools, Rebecca Salter RA talks artistic dogs, learning Japanese and proving your teachers wrong.
RA Recommends
> 2 years ago
The best art books for foodies
Rebecca Salter RA brings her artist’s palate to matters of taste, in a delicious round-up of the best books on art and food.
RA Recommends
> 2 years ago
How do you get from the “American dream” to the Japanese house?
Sam Phillips finds the dotted line from the British Museum’s American prints through to Japanese architecture at the Barbican, in six sizzling spring shows.
Artists
< 3 years ago
How I made it, by Rebecca Salter RA
Rebecca Salter RA talks about the “uncharted territory” of working in film for Picture the Light, her collaboration with the musician Max de Wardener.
Artists
3 years ago
Making a Japanese woodblock print for the Summer Exhibition
In this video, Rebecca Salter RA explains the traditional tools and techniques used by the Sato Woodblock Workshop in Kyoto when creating her print for the Summer Exhibition 2016.
RA Exhibitions
4 years ago
Rebecca Salter RA on the tradition of Japanese woodblock printing
The Academician has spent her career studying and promoting the threatened art of Japanese woodblock printing. Here, she tells us about her new prints, commissioned for the Summer Exhibition.
Inside the Academy
4 years ago
Friends Week 2015: The highlights
The inaugural Friends Week at the Royal Academy featured a packed programme of talks and events. If you missed it – don’t despair. Here are some of the highlights.
RA Recommends
> 4 years ago
Our pick of this week’s art events: 8 – 15 May
From Sarah Lucas’s erotic sculptures at the Venice Biennale to Jeff Koons at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, we guide you through the week’s top art events.
Artists
> 4 years ago
10 minutes with… Rebecca Salter RA
Each month, we have a quick chat with one of our Academicians to find out what they’re up to and what the RA means to them.