Jerwood Painting Fellowships

The Jerwood Painting Fellowship is an open submission opportunity for artists in the first five years of their professional practice. Three outstanding painters will be awarded a bursary of £10,000 and one year of critical and professional development support from mentors.

The deadline for applications is the 30 January, for details go to Jerwood Painting Fellowship

The Prince of Wales Bursary 2012

This Bursary aims to give artists an opportunity to develop and enhance their work by spending time in Greece. 

The deadline is the 17 January, to find out how to apply go to the opportunities tab above.

First awarded in 2003, the Arts Bursary of £2,500, named to honour the British School at Athens” Patron, HRH The Prince of Wales.

You can read more about the British School at Athens by clicking here

Sir Denis Mahon Award

This prestigious award was created in 2010 to celebrate the 100th birthday of Sir Denis Mahon. The winning graduate will be awarded a bursary of £5,000 and a free studio space for one year.

Sir Denis was a scholar, connoisseur and collector who assembled the finest private collection of 17th Century Italian paintings in the world, including several Carravaggios. A life-long supporter of free entry to museums and galleries, many of Sir Denis's paintings hang in the National Gallery.

For details about how to apply please go to the Sir Denis Mahon page above. All alumni who graduated from the 1st or 2nd year of the Drawing Year in 2010 or 2011 can apply, unfortunately the award is not open to applications from current 2nd Year students or graduates from previous years.

Prizes, Awards, Bursaries...

Please go to the "Opportunities" tab for the latest details on how to apply for exciting new  opportunities for artists. In particular I would like to draw your attention to the brand new "John Ruskin Prize". 


This new prize created by the Campaign for Drawing and the Guild of St George aims to encourage fresh interpretations of the natural environment. The deadline is the 1st June, for details about the prize how to apply visit  John Ruskin Prize

For Further reading go to the Guild of St George web site Guild of St George

Isobel Brigham

Isobel Brigham will be exhibiting in the Christmas Show at Browse and Darby, 19 Cork Street, London, W1S. Opening 6 December, 6- 8pm, exhibition continues until 23 December.

Joanna Moore & Nhatt Nichols

Jo and Nhatt will be running a stall selling their art work at "Up Market" on Brick Lane every Sunday in the weeks running up to Christmas.

For details go to Sunday Upmarket

Rosie MacCurrach

Rosie will have a spare room available in mid january, she lives in a shared house in Tottenham, on a quiet road, 5 min walk from Seven Sisters tube,(20 mins to oxford circus) and overland (15 mins to liverpool st).Rent is £375 per month not including bills. For more information please contact Rosie at cocarosa@yahoo.com

She will also be running a Christmas Shop in Stoke Newington just off the high street on the weekend 10- 11 December.

Everything for sale is made by local 'makers' and friends and  there will be spiced cider! Click on flyer for details.

Leonie Lachlan

Leonie has a solo show at the Beach, 20 Cheshire Street, E2 6EH, opening night 1 December at 6pm, show runs until 8 Dec. Leonie also has work in Art Review, Design Week and the Dazed and Confused blog.

India Teaching Residency

Another image of India from Konrad who is currently teaching at the Institute of Fine Art in Modinagar along with Siobhan Lennon, Emma Seach and Daniel Preece.

Serena Rowe

Serena Rowe is exhibiting 23rd November – 24th December at the Anthony Woodd Gallery, 4 Dundas Street, Edinburgh www.anthonywoodd.com
and from 26th November – 21st December at the Jerram Gallery, Half Moon Street, Sherborne, Dorset


For more info go to link Jerram Gallery

Indian Teaching Residency

This year's alumni teachers, Emma Seach, Siobhan Lennon, Konrad Gabriel and Daniel Preece, have set off for India to teach at the International Institute of Fine Art in Modinagar until the end of December. Here is a picture from Konrad of the busy streets of Delhi!

Anna Ilsley

Anna Ilsley's paintings "The Ghosts in the Back Garden" and "Bangladesh" were selected for this year's Bloomberg New Contemporaries show which will be on at the ICA from 23 November- 15 January. 


For details click on the link Bloomberg New Contemporaries

Nicholas Bush

Nicholas Bush currently has a solo exhibition of paintings entitled "Clergy Portraits and Paintings of the South Downs" at St Mary Le Bow Church, Cheapside, EC2, until 26 November.


For details click on the link St Mary le Bow 

LAST CHANCE TO SEE Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Exhibition

Last chance to see this exhibition of self portraits including work by alumni and faculty:Katia Lom, David Caldwell, Daniel Shadbolt, Georgina Sleap, Sally Pannifex, Catherine Goodman, Thomas Newbolt, Julie Held and Robert Dukes. 


On at the King's Place Gallery until this Friday 25 November. 


For more info click on the link King's Place Gallery

Thomas Robinson

Thomas Robinson has a one man show at ArtsMill Gallery, West Yorkshire until the 20th of November 2011. 


See his web site for more details: Thomas Robinson

Stuart Pearson Wright

Stuart Pearson Wright's portrait of Alison Steadmen is currently on view at the National Portrait Gallery in an exhibition entitled Actresses Now. The portrait displayed above is by Drawing School tutor Ishbel Myerscough.

Exhibition continues until the 8 January, for more info click on the link below.

Actresses Now at the NPG

Edward Coyle

Ted is exhibiting in The Other Art Fair 25th-27th November at the Bargehouse, Southbank. 

For more info click on the link The Other Art Fair

Antonia Bruce

Antonia Bruce (student 2003/4) put together an exhibition looking at the role of faith in the healing process. It is called Infinitas Gracias and is the Miracles part of Miracles and Charms which is  currently showing at Wellcome Collection, on Euston Road until the end of Feb 2012. It features votive paintings from Mexico showing miraculous happenings in peoples lives. 

To find out more visit the Wellcome Collection website.