Every day, I get to witness the impact of Adobe empowering the next generation of creators and marketers through General Assembly‘s partnership on the Creative Skills Academy and our apprenticeship program. But this past week, my family experienced Adobe’s influence in a completely different way: through the Adobe Creative Residency Programme at the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A).

“Mom, it’s really awesome this exhibit lets you fidget and wear headphones”

“Mom, isn’t it interesting that Luca {Bosani’s} art in the year 2024 explores when a shoe becomes a sculpture and we also saw that small, tall, fancy shoe {huapandi} from the 1800s {a Chinese shoe that was also on display as a sculpture in another part of the V&A}. It’s weird, it’s like every generation and every country has a unique way of experiencing similar things.”

Let me back into both of these quotes.

They came from my 15 year old daughter. My family just got back from a weeklong dream vacation in London and we went to the V&A while there. We knew to go, and to visit the Adobe Creative in Residence programme, because I met the partnership team at Adobe MAX last year.

It was incredible. We got to see the Design and Disability showcase the contributions of Disabled, Deaf, and neurodivergent people. We also explored the works from the 2024 residents Luca Bosani, Jacqui Ramrayka and Rachel Sale and that’s where she made the shoe comment.

In one gallery was a ceramic shoe from 1800s Asia; in another, a modern work by 2024 Adobe Creative Resident Luca Bosani, a London-based multimedia artist exploring the question, “When does a shoe become a sculpture?” Centuries and cultures apart, yet united by a shared instinct to communicate through creativity.

Across time, media, and experience.

Whether in classrooms, museums or at work,  it’s interesting to see how Adobe and GA are helping people express, connect, and imagine across time, media, and experience.