The Drawing Year
One year postgraduate MA-level course | No fees | Free studio space Application deadline: 31 March 2020
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Overview
The Drawing Year is a full scholarship MA-level course offering up to thirty students the opportunity to focus on drawing from observation for one academic year. There are no tuition fees for The Drawing Year – all students are awarded a full scholarship and receive a free studio space.
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Structure
Courses at the Royal Drawing School are divided into three main areas: Drawing in the Studio, Drawing from Art and Drawing London. The programme is full time and made up of three ten week terms with an opportunity to extend the year into a further three month studio residency as a springboard into professional practice. As well as taught classes every week, students attend a Wednesday Core Programme day, an evening forum, and the Lecture Series alongside personal studio practice days. Throughout the year there are also extra-curricular events including Supper Clubs and Monday Night Drawing
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Facilities
Our Shoreditch campus is located in a converted warehouse at the heart of East London’s art, design and fashion scene. There are two spacious, well-lit drawing studios, a fully-equipped intaglio print studio, a large exhibitions gallery and a reference art library. Individual studios for Drawing Year students are situated at Space Studios in Hackney, a short journey from the Royal Drawing School.
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Applications
Applicants for The Drawing Year will usually have completed a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art or a related subject, but this is not essential. Places are awarded based on portfolio and interview. Applicants are expected to show a strong portfolio of work demonstrating a commitment to drawing and a level of artistic professionalism appropriate for study at MA level. The deadline for applications is 31 March 2020
Faculty
Sam Marshall
“ Throughout the whole year, drawing became such a part of my existence, it became my way of making sense of what was happening around me. I used to be a voracious diary writer, but during the Drawing Year, my drawings filled that space.”
"Using the most limited of means, drawing offers some of the most demanding opportunities for growth to a contemporary artist, both visually and intellectually, allowing a free transition between mediums."
From the blog
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Dec. 10, 2019Drawing Year Alumni selected for The Great Women Artists x Palazzo Monti Residency 2019
Sara Anstis, Somaya Critchlow and Ella Walker were selected for The Great Women Artists x Palazzo Monti Residency 2019 in Brescia, Italy.
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Nov. 19, 2019Fresh Eyes: Alumni Residency in China
Royal Drawing School alumni Rachel Mercer and Qiong Wu spent 7 weeks in the city of Chengdu in Sichuan Province, China. This funded residency (which included a stipend for an ...
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Oct. 21, 2019Notes from New York
Drawing Year alumna Nell Brookfield is currently studying at the Pratt Institute in New York. Here she gives us a round up of the exhibitions that she has visited, the ...
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Oct. 9, 2019From London to Los Angeles: The ESMoA Residency 2019
Sara Anstis graduated from The Drawing Year in November 2018 and was awarded the Royal Drawing School residency in ESMoA, Los Angeles. Here she describes how she spent her time ...