POST EDIT: Rolex mentorship scheme pairs creatives like Jia Zhangke, Dianne Reeves with protégés like Filipino filmmaker, Korean singer

Under the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, creatives are supported to transmit their craft and artistic knowledge to emerging talent in their fields

The 2023-2024 mentors include Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke, mentoring Filipino filmmaker Rafael Manuel, writer Bernardine Evaristo and singer Dianne Reeves

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The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative sees luminaries from across the artistic world like Bernardine Evaristo (left) team up with a new generation of talent like Ayesha Harruna Attah (right) for two years of creative collaborations. Photo: Rolex/Audoin Desforges

Published: 5:15pm, 18 Nov 2022

For two decades, luxury watchmaker Rolex has been supporting the transmission of artistic knowledge and craft with its Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.

Since the mentorship programme was established in 2002, it has paired 63 renowned artists from different fields with 63 emerging talents across the globe, allowing a new generation of artists to engage in creative collaboration with their mentors.

In September, a new cycle of mentors and protégés was announced for 2023-2024 during a celebration for the current programme, held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in New York, as part of the Rolex Arts Weekend.

Five up-and-coming artists from around the world have been paired with a respective mentor, all distinguished artists who collectively represent a range of artistic fields.

Visual arts mentor El Anatsui and protégée Bronwyn Katz. Photo: Rolex/Tomas Bertelsen

Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui, who specialises in visual arts, will be mentoring South African Bronwyn Katz.