Drawing breath I am thinking about drawing and trying to write about it. The task turned out to be far from simple. I have been surprised how little I know and can explain, how much more I know tacitly than […]
The Drawing Room in Bermondsey is set to open Outset Study – a free, open-access research hub with a specialist contemporary drawing library and study area.
Posts include: ‘Makers HeadRoom’ – a makers group using Zoom to work together online; the ‘Artists Insight’ mentoring sessions, the theory of ‘The Creative Cycle’ and articles about drawing, persistence, learning, earning and being male
In keeping with my Twitter name @ruthrandom, a freer more in-the-moment blog. Expect anything.
Andrew Bryant talks to a-n blogger Jack Hutchinson about the relationship between drawing and obsession, and about his residency and exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery in East London.
Exhibition, residency and bursary opportunities for artists across the UK and beyond.
This month sees the culmination of a two-year project at Siobhan Davies Dance, one of the country’s most distinctive dance companies. Choreographer Davies has paired dance artists with visual and applied artists to bring their creative practices together and create new works ranging from performance to film and installation. The commissioned dance artists are Henry Montes, Sarah Warsop, Gill Clarke and Deborah Saxon who are partnered respectively with Marcus Coates, Tracey Rowledge and Lucy Skaer. Henry Montes and Deborah Saxon have also made a piece together with Bruce Sharp. Here, three of the visual artists relate their experiences.
A run down of this month’s prizes and awards.
GILLIAN MCIVER AND NAZIR TANBOULI artist run enterprise, gallery and project space.
Warren Andrews discusses winning the student prize, the importance of education and his future plans.
Virginia Verran discusses winning the Jerwood Drawing Prize, the importance of art education and the multifaceted nature of her practice.
Jack Hutchinson profiles the Jerwood Drawing Prize in conversation with director and founder Anita Taylor, this year’s First Prize winner Virginia Verran, and Student Prize winner Warren Andrews.
Giulia Ricci, Untitled, hand made drawing, pen on paper, 25x20cm, 2010.
Many of us will submit work to prestigious ‘open submissions’: the Royal Academy summer exhibition, Jerwood Drawing prize and other major events, attracted by the idea that the democratic process of selection will allow us a share of the limelight.
In this blog I reflect on my ongoing artistic practice, primarily painting and drawing.
Over 2,500 entries were submitted for the 2008 Jerwood Drawing Prize, advertised through a-n, with sixty-three works shortlisted.
Helen Carnac on her practice.
Artist-led strategies to support professional development have often proved to be the most successful.
Jerwood Space, London
19 September – 18 October 2007
Seventy-seven artists have been shortlisted for 2007 Jerwood Drawing Prize, which includes a first prize of £6,000, a second prize of £3,000, and two student awards each of £1,000. Included are Holly Antrum, Lucy Austin, Catherine Bertola, Lizzie Cannon, Julie […]
When asked the awkward question “What is your work about?” I have sometimes given the elusive answer, that it is an enquiry into what goes on “behind the net curtains”.
I’m drawn towards work that offers two opposing features or truths.
The figure in motion is central to my practice.
Wimbledon School of Art has announced its newly-formed partnership with University of Gloucestershire and Jerwood Charitable Foundation in delivery of the Jerwood Drawing Prize. Wimbledon School of Art’s Centre for Drawing has now become the prize’s administrative centre. Anita Taylor, […]
Hundreds of artists, ranging from students to newcomers and well-established practitioners, are expected to compete for this year’s £10,000 PizzaExpress Prospects contemporary drawing prize. Established four years ago, the prize aims to promote the widest definition of drawing. Submissions can […]
