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Royal Drawing School: The Drawing Year

Institution Royal Drawing School
Department Postgraduate
Web https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/
Study type Taught

Summary

The Drawing Year is a full scholarship postgraduate-level course offering up to thirty students the opportunity to focus on drawing from observation for one year. There are no tuition fees for The Drawing Year – all students are awarded a full scholarship and receive a free studio space.

Curriculum

Courses at the Royal Drawing School are divided into three main areas: Drawing in the Studio, Drawing from Art, and Drawing London. There are also specific courses designed to investigate the role of imagination in drawing from observation. Students are encouraged to explore all of these as they complement each other and contribute towards seeing, drawing and learning in new ways.

With 108 different courses to choose from over the year, students gain a broad range of experience and teaching input from our diverse faculty and their varied approaches to the art of perceptual drawing. As part of their individual programme, all students take Drawing at The National Gallery and an out of house course at some point during the year.

The Drawing Year is full time and made up of three ten week terms (starting in September) with an opportunity to extend the year into a further three month studio residency as a springboard into professional practice.

  • Minimum of 3.5 days a week attendance at courses

  • Wednesday Core Programme

  • Wednesday evening forum and lecture series

  • Engagement with an ongoing studio practice alongside elective courses

Opportunities and Resources

  • Freshers' week programme

  • Masterclasses

  • Special access to collections and exhibitions

  • Artistic practice and professional development

  • Summer painting trip

Facilities

Our Shoreditch campus has two spacious, well-lit drawing studios on the 4th floor, a reference art library, a fully-equipped intaglio print studio and two new multi-purpose gallery studios on the ground floor, that can be used for classes or as a large exhibitions space. SPACE Studios, Hackney

Individual studio spaces for Drawing Year students are situated at SPACE Studios in Hackney, a short journey from the Royal Drawing School in Shoreditch. They are available to students for a year starting from the second term, accessible 24 hours, 7 days per week.

Alumni Opportunities

Most of our alumni work as practising fine artists who regularly show and sell work or undertake commissions and have gallery representation. Other students have gone on to professional practice in areas including illustration, animation, architecture, film and theatre design, textile design, book illustration and writing. Past students have won high-profile awards including the John Moores Painting Prize, BP Portrait Award prizes, Jerwood Drawing Prize, ING Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary. Our alumni have been selected for prestigious exhibitions such as Tate’s ‘Painting Now’ and Flowers Gallery Artist of the Day, and have frequently exhibited in the Bloomberg New Contemporaries, the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, Sky Portrait Artist of the Year, Great Women Artists x Palazzo Monti Residency, Whitechapel Open, Royal Academy Summer Show, Threadneedle Prize, Frieze, the Wellcome Collection, the Royal Collection, the National Portrait Gallery, and The British Council.

Opportunities also include: - Alumni network

  • International Residencies

  • Tutor training

  • Paid commissions

  • Alumni exhibitions

  • Discounted and free courses

Applications

Applicants will usually have completed a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art or a related subject, but this is not essential; relevant experience or qualifications will be taken into account. 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.

We must receive your application by 12pm (midday) on 3 April 2024.

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