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March 29, 2021How The Drawing Year has Adapted During the Pandemic
Students studying on The Drawing Year 2020 were in their second term of studio-based tuition when the pandemic hit and whilst the programme had to adapt, so did the ...
March 24, 2021Kathryn Maple wins First Prize in the John Moores Painting Prize
Kathryn Maple (Drawing Year 2013) has been awarded First Prize in the John Moores Painting Prize 2020, for her painting The Common, which is among 67 paintings on display ...
March 5, 2021Our top talks with women artists, authors and curators for International Women's Day
To mark International Women's Day on 8th March, we ve rounded up some of our favourite talks from our Wednesday evening series, featuring talented and inspiring female artists, art ...
Dec. 14, 2020Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2020
Alumni of the Drawing Year, including Gideon Summerfield and Jennifer McRae, are currently exhibiting in The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition. Here they discuss the works that were selected.
Nov. 16, 2020Sky Portrait Artist of the Year: RDS Alumni selected to compete
This summer Tom Scotcher (Drawing Year 2017), Katy Papineau (Drawing Year 2019) and Ali Farley (Drawing Year 2020) were selected to compete in Sky Portrait Artist of the Year ...
Nov. 2, 2020Drawing Year alumni selected for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020
Nancy Haslam Chance and Holly Mills tell us about their practices, how their work has been affected by lockdown and what is coming up for them in the not ...
Oct. 14, 2020Online courses are here to stay. Hear from some of our students...
For students living outside of London or abroad, those who have specific access needs or have found it difficult to fit a course into a working week, our online ...
Oct. 6, 2020Alumnus Deanio X adds new mural to Stay Strong Route in the School's Gallery
“Hibernating artists - having honed their abilities in forced isolation - burst forth with brushes in hands, to dismantle the spectres illusion and paint a future of their own ...
Sept. 23, 2020Face of Britain at Southampton City Art Gallery curated by alumnus Nahem Shoa
This September alumnus of the Drawing Year, Nahem Shoa, opens his most recent curatorial project at Southampton City Art Gallery. Face of Britain asks the question: What does it ...
Sept. 10, 2020International Artists in Lockdown: Mexico & USA
Drawing Year alumni Claire Price and James Harrison recount their experiences of working in Mexico and the US
Aug. 25, 2020International Artists in Lockdown: USA and Israel
Here, two alumni living in the US and Israel share their experience of being a practising artist during an international pandemic, and how these countries have influenced their work.
Aug. 18, 2020Scottish Artists in Lockdown