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Aug. 25, 2022Jack McGarrity: The Denis Mahon Award 2022
Jack McGarrity is the 2021/22 recipient of the Sir Denis Mahon Award. Presented annually to an outgoing Drawing Year student, the award supports them in making new work and …
Aug. 12, 2022A year of online drawing development: 5 students share their experience
Our Online Drawing Development Year is a year-long online programme taught at postgraduate-level, designed to develop your drawing and studio practice. Students will benefit from live online drawing tuition …
Aug. 9, 2022A year in the life of our new Gallery Studios
Last year we embarked upon an ambitious building project on the ground floor of our Shoreditch campus to create some new Gallery Studios, giving us more space for drawing …
July 25, 2022The large-scale power of the mural
Murals are often a revolutionary act, a political statement, a public piece of street art that can be viewed and interpreted en-masse as people go about their everyday lives. …
July 1, 2022We proudly present our Young Artists Exhibition 2022
We are delighted to be celebrating our talented young students and their beautiful artwork, especially after we've been unable to host a physical exhibition for the last couple of …
June 22, 2022Summer School tutors share their favourite art materials
Art Shops: A treasure trove of materials, a delight to peruse, but sometimes a minefield - there is so much choice! Fear not, our tutors are here to help …
June 8, 2022Drawing Year Alumnus Geraint Ross Evans: Artist-in-Residence at BBC Radio 6 Music Festival
Geraint Ross Evans is an alumnus of The Drawing Year and a tutor at the School on our public courses and Young Artists programme. Here he tells us about …
May 31, 2022Drawing and teaching in the Caribbean: Artist Residency in Antigua
At the end of 2021, two Royal Drawing School artists, Cherry Pickles and Oliver Macdonald Oulds spent three months in Antigua. Supported by the Halo Foundation and the Jumby …
May 24, 2022Retired teachers, IT Trainers, Editors: Meet our Public Programme Students
Students on our public courses range from complete beginners to experienced artists and creative professionals. Here we meet some of the interesting, diverse characters who choose to come and …
March 29, 2022Spring/Summer Exhibitions: Our top picks
Take a look at our pick of exhibitions taking place this Spring and Summer, matched with some of our upcoming courses. We've also included a beautiful online collaborative exhibition …
March 23, 2022Curate your own learning on The Drawing Gap
As a new student on The Drawing Gap, our school leavers course, you will have the autonomy to curate your own selection of courses alongside your core group programme, …
March 23, 2022Drawing and Sculpting from Home: Capturing Movement