Sarabande Manifesto 2024

The Sarabande Manifesto has arrived! Our Manifesto is our annual publication that houses everything you need to know about the 2024/2025 year here at the foundation, encapsulating our mission statement, outlining our purpose and intent, whilst also showcasing the foundation's commitment to amplifying a diverse range of voices, ideas and stories.

The manifesto opens up with statements from some of our ambassadors; Andrew Bolton OBE, Tim Blanks, Nick Knight CBE and Naomi Campbell, sharing words on the importance of Sarabande's mission, they are joined with a heartfelt foreword by Sarah Burton OBE featured below:

'Sarabande is a jewel, an incredibly special place – a place where all individuals and ideas have importance, a home where everyone is supported and nurtured, and at the same time pushed and challenged to achieve their best.Sarabande is a place where dreams become reality & I am sure Lee would be very proud of it.'

Multi-disciplinary artist George Richardson, who is featured in the Manifesto, held a site-specific installation in the Penthouse at The Standard in the East Village, NYC. Through the generous guidance and support of Sarabande he was able to fund this trip and therefore further his invigorating creative practice, Richardson says;

'The support Sarabande gave to me has benefited me more than I can explain...I’ve been supported so much and introduced to incredible artists, friends, mentors and industry experts who I’ve met in the studios. My studio at Sarabande has become my home [away] from home, the perfect place for ideas and experimentation.”

This Manifesto is, lastly, a space to express the immutable gratitude to our supporters. Sarabande thanks those who have been with us and those who have just joined. This is Manifesto. This is Sarabande.

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