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Gifted, by Nature is hosting at Measure of Music, a virtual weekend-long music tech & data conference and hackathon happening February 24-26! This global event will feature three days full of panels, keynotes, and opportunities to create real-world projects with some help from music industry mentors, a career fair, networking, startup pitches, and more. Close to 2000 people from 78 countries are signed up this year. Come join us!
Great news! Our artist, Vicky Pasion has agreed to partner with AWAL, Sony Music. Expecting a Spring/Summer takeover, this UK soul star doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon.
As we welcome in a new month, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the festivals we’ve covered over an endless summer. From inclusive, female-led line ups to spaces that centre care and openly affirm queer identities, we round-up the summer festivals that brought us closer together.
Great news! A big THANK YOU to all of our GIFTED partners.
We are here to increase representation and aspiration in the arts, culture and entertainment industry. From documentaries to reviews, live streamed panels to mentorship and professional opportunities - our stories deserve to be seen and heard.
The GIFTED Journal has a new home! Find us at thegiftedjournal.com.
This illustration represents what we stand for as a publication - uplifting underrepresented voices and communities in art, music, theatre, literature, fashion and culture.
Recent project produced for Beyond Face: 'Bring It To The Table', 2022.
An illustration highlighting Beyond Face's community, showcasing Global Majority people in the arts and cultural sector.
To highlight us being established in the UK, we’re happy to announce that our domain has moved to [giftedbynature.co.uk] - this affects our website and emails as well.
We’ve got great news! So proud to announce that our own Vicky Pasion has been chosen by Vital Voices and Estée Lauder as a trailblazing woman on their first ever partnership!
Vicky Pasion’s sophomore project ‘SOUL STAR’ is a classic fusion of pop-soul, R&B with layers of passion. With MOBO-approved hits, her sound evokes the timeless soul of her idols such as Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Toni Braxton.
Vicky Pasion’s music video for ‘Switch It Up’ premieres exclusively on WONDERLAND Magazine.
Great news! Our artist, Soul Star Vicky Pasion has been co-signed by the MOBOs. Help Musicians UK and the MOBOs will be supporting the release of her second EP later this spring. Are you ready?
Great news! As part of their Black Business Incubator, Somerset House, sponsored by Morgan Stanley, has selected GIFTED as one of 35 creative businesses that they’ll be supporting in 2022!
Proud to be selected as one of London’s high-growth creative businesses! GIFTED will be joining the Impact Cohort of London & Partners Business Growth Programme, supported by Mayor of London. We’re ready! #GrowInLDN
GIFTED was commissioned by Autograph ABP to curate a live streamed open conversation between Black men of multiple generations and backgrounds, discussing their experiences of education and mental health, their hopes and ambitions.
Artist, performer and activist Vicky Pasion explores ‘How Your Wardrobe Can Ignite Some Light in Isolation’. With the kitchen as a backdrop she channelled her inner quarantine queen, and she explains how experimenting is helping her cope.
Soul Star Vicky Pasion opened at the O2 Academy, Islington, for her sold out EP launch. Catch the teaser for the upcoming film 'This is Vicky Pasion'. Follow Vicky’s journey as she prepares to launch her debut EP 'Valley of the Ashes'. Come behind the scenes of studio sessions, band rehearsals, intimate interviews and much more, including her live performance!
Ahead of the release of her debut EP, Vicky Pasion graces ‘The Scene’ on BBC Radio, London. She premieres her latest single ‘Been Like’, co-written with Owen Cutts (Stormzy, H.E.R, Greentea Peng) and explores the songwriting process behind her EP, her mental health journey her experience of the music industry so far!
In 2019 Nigerian-British artist exhibited his work “That’s Cool”, a painting that explores societal biases in our thoughts and projections onto young black men, for their cultural expression of themselves, highlighted in their chosen dress code. He discussed the inspiration behind his work on BBC Radio London’s “Jo Good Show”.
Vicky Pasion was featured as part of Apple’s showcase for “Made in LDN” - a series of creative sessions, in partnership with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. The showcase featured work from sessions including Vicky Grout, Mr. Bailey, Wretch 32 and 56 Black Men, and other talented young Londoners.
Vicky Pasion was invited to the first Visionaries Summit held in Washington DC, a partnership with Vital Voices and The Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund. Vicky was invited alongside 20 other visionaries from around the globe, highlighted as the next generation of leaders who are redefining leadership in their everyday lives.