royal drawing school the foundation Year Royal Drawing School The Foundation Year Studio 1, Main Stores Building 4 Trinity Buoy Wharf London E14 0FG Registered Charity 1101538 Enquiries T 0207 536 9688 E [email protected] www.royaldrawingschool.org Fine Art Foundation Course in London’s Docklands in november 2014 the prince’s drawing school became the royal drawing school The Foundation Year The Foundation Year, run by the Royal Drawing School, is a one year skills-based course with five days’ teaching a week and a limit of 45 places to ensure one-to-one tuition, in an inspiring part of London’s Docklands buzzing with creatives and artists’ studios. It is free to 18 and 19 year olds with some bursaries available for over-19s. This course was previously known as the New Fine Art Foundation Course. One-to-one teaching Taught five days a week Skills-based teaching centred around drawing Disciplines: Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Printmaking, Animation, Photography and Design Intimate and supportive environment Weekly art history lectures and gallery visits New facilities including sculpture studio, print room, photography darkroom and Apple Mac computers Guidance with UCAS applications and portfolio preparation All students from previous years applying to BA courses placed at top-ranking universities Unique London riverside location in thriving creative community at Trinity Buoy Wharf, Docklands 5 Drawing: the core of the programme Students explore a wide range of Fine Art media including painting, sculpture, animation, printmaking and photography, with drawing emphasised as a means of informing and expressing ideas. Throughout the year drawing from observation in the studio, on the streets of the city and from art in galleries and museums, remains at the core of the programme. Teaching Places are limited to 45 students to ensure regular oneto-one tuition along with group crits, access to studio space and individual mentoring. The programme is led by Gethin Evans and Sharon Beavan, who each have over 25 years experience in Foundation level teaching at leading London art schools. The teaching faculty also includes tutors and alumni from the Royal Drawing School. University progression The course is structured to enable all students to progress to BA degrees in creative subjects including Fine Art, Illustration, Graphic Design, Photography, Sculpture, Printmaking, Painting, Animation, Set Design, Fashion, Film, Product Design and Textiles, and full support is given with all applications and portfolio preparation. Guidance is also offered to those seeking to progress directly to apprenticeships and the workplace. All students from previous years applying to BA courses were placed at top-ranking universities including Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), Central St Martins (UAL), Falmouth University, Goldsmiths University of London, Newcastle University, The University of Edinburgh, University of Brighton, University of Bristol, University of Glasgow, University of Leeds, University of Oxford and Wimbledon College of Art (UAL), among others. ROYAL DRAWING school The Royal Drawing School is an independent, not-forprofit resource that aims to raise the standard and profile of drawing through teaching and practice. It is one of only a few institutions in the world offering in-depth, quality tuition in drawing from observation. Founded in 2000 by HRH The Prince of Wales and artist Catherine Goodman as The Prince’s Drawing School, it became the Royal Drawing School in 2014. The School believes that drawing is fundamental to all aspects of learning and thinking from childhood onwards. It is a crucial route to innovation across the creative disciplines and beyond, from fashion, fine art and animation to filmmaking, product design and engineering. For some people, drawing is the easiest way of thinking. By offering tuition and resources to art students, artists, children and the public, the School aims to address the permanent need for high-quality drawing teaching in the UK. Our courses are taught by a specialist faculty of over 75 practising artists, and we are committed to the continued training of future teachers of drawing. Watercolour by Kathryn Maple, The Drawing Year postgraduate programme 2012–13 7 The Royal Drawing School runs over 250 different full and part-time drawing courses each year for adults and children of all ages and abilities, with heavily subsidised fees and a comprehensive range of concessions to make them available to the widest range of students. In 2012 the School established the New Fine Art Foundation Course, now called The Foundation Year, to meet the needs of students in the changing educational landscape. The School also runs The Drawing Year (a one year MA-level course in drawing awarding a full scholarship and free studio space to every student), fully-funded international artists’ residencies and a young artists programme providing sustained, free tuition for 10–18 year-olds with an aptitude for drawing. The Royal Drawing School operates five studios across London in Shoreditch (Charlotte Road and Tea Building), Oxford Street, South Kensington and Trinity Buoy Wharf. The School also collaborates with a number of institutions, allowing our students opportunities to draw at museums and galleries as well as in the city’s outdoor spaces. about the course The course is made up of three terms, during which students explore approaches to observation and experimentation in preparation for expression of personal ideas in Fine Art and Design. The structure of the year progresses from set assignments towards self-directed study. The course is full time, with five days’ teaching a week. During Term 1 the weekly structure includes: One day of observational drawing One day of gallery drawing Two days for set project work One day of independent study The emphasis during Terms 2 and 3 is more focused on independent study, but students also attend all timetabled drawing classes and other activities and workshops. Students are expected to engage with timetabled lectures, studio critiques and debates throughout the programme. Tutorial and teaching structure The teaching structure operates in two ways. The first is group teaching, whereby the tutor is assigned a group of students to deliver a set project, seminar, lecture or discussion. The second is one-to-one teaching. Each student will be allocated a personal tutor at the outset of the academic year and will be required to have one formal tutorial each term. Art History Students have a dedicated lecture and gallery visit day, combining drawing from art with talks by art historians each Friday throughout terms 1, 2 and 3. This art history component introduces the students to a broad survey of working practices and changing attitudes that have shaped the arts over past centuries. Museum visits and slide lectures are tailored to provide a critical framework and complement the students’ practical work. The art history programme is curated by art historian Antje Southern. Students also attend a weekly lecture on Wednesday evenings in Shoreditch throughout the year, curated by writer/artist Julian Bell and art critic/artist William Feaver. Past talks have discussed Freud, Auerbach and Beckmann, alongside in-conversations with Sir Peter Blake, Cornelia Parker RA, David Shrigley, Tracey Emin RA, Grayson Perry RA, Michael Landy RA, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Every spring term the Artists on Film series runs alongside the lecture programme, the first national collection of footage on artists at work and in conversation. In many cases the director or the artist featured will attend the screening. Subjects of films shown in the past have included Paula Rego, Balthus and Diego Rivera. 9 I had a real breakthrough when I was working on my first personal project, based on creating illustrations from other people’s dreams ... From that project my joy in illustration, which had purely been an obsessive hobby, transformed into a career path. Alumna 2013−14 Curriculum The Foundation Year is made up of three parts, where the students work experimentally, developmentally and independently. Part 1 Weeks 1–8 During weeks 1–8 students will be introduced to a range of Fine Art processes and materials. Feedback sessions and reviews offer a platform for discussion and further development as Part 1 progresses. All students are required to keep a learning journal which documents the thoughts and processes involved in the making of the work, along with notes from gallery visits, lectures and handouts. This journal becomes an indispensable point of reference as the course progresses. Concurrent with the set projects, the students are expected to initiate and manage a self-directed project, either in sketchbooks, working drawings or models. In weeks 5 and 6 students will be introduced to Personal Project 1 and will each receive an individual tutorial to discuss their progress and receive advice on UCAS application. Week 9 Research week; students are expected to be involved in further research for their Personal Project 1 as well as UCAS applications. Students are expected to visit and explore galleries and museums. Four days will enable students to go to particular galleries/museums for further development of their projects and form the basis of a final presentation. Students are expected to fill a sketchbook along with a minimum of six sheets of work. Part 2 Weeks 10–14 The next six weeks focus on individual and tutor-led projects. Contextualisation of traditional and current Fine Art practice underpins the progression of the work made. Students are questioned and challenged through group presentations. The journal continues to support and document learning, while demonstrating commitment and motivation towards the realisation of their ideas. Students are expected to write an essay no longer than two sides of A4 which will be handed in after the Christmas break. During this part of the course students will be preparing portfolios for applications to study further at BA level. Tutorial advice and guidance is given in one-to-one tutorials and group portfolio preparation workshops. Part 1 assessment occurs during weeks 13 and 14. All students must pass this assessment in order to progress to Part 2 of the course. Students who do not pass will be referred. Weeks 15–16 The term begins with a week’s media electives which offer students the opportunity to extend or develop their work in either painting, animation or sculpture. These electives will enable the students to gain skills that will underpin their ideas for Personal Project 2. During this period students are engaged in portfolio reviews and advice from tutors on their application to BA courses. Week 21 Research Week. Students are expected to research Personal Project 3 and compile a completed sketchbook, along with six additional sheets of work, in reference to independent gallery and museum visits. Part 3 Weeks 17–20 Students continue to develop and strengthen their core skills through a generic project, life drawing on Mondays and gallery visits. Students are expected to demonstrate an increasing ability to initiate and evaluate their ideas independently. Timetabled workshops enable students to investigate methods in materials in greater depth. Weeks 22–37 Part 3 of the course is dedicated to Personal Project 3 in which students design and execute an ambitious self-managed project whose aim is to demonstrate independent and creative thinking and evaluative skills. It should also evidence an understanding of the intellectual, critical, practical skills and methodologies they have gained. This project will equip them to undertake further study at a higher level in Fine Art or other Art & Design related subjects. Student presentations and peer-led group discussion help prepare students for study at degree level and interview. Drawing continues to be timetabled and full attendance is expected in order to fulfil the course requirements. Personal Project 3 concludes with the Final Assessment and End of Year Exhibition which is evaluated by course leaders and an external examiner. The exhibition is an opportunity for students to celebrate their year’s achievements with family and friends. During this period it is expected that students will be attending interviews and portfolio submissions for BA courses. Full support and advice on the selection and presentation of work in preparation for interview is provided. Assessment of Part 2 work is divided into two parts. The first part of the assessment consists of an assessment of Personal Project 2, curated display of works produced during this project and a portfolio of progression, which should include a selected range of work made during the first two parts of the course. The second part of the assessment evaluates all core skills and activities which occur on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. 13 STUDENT STORY Daniel Quirke Foundation Year 2013–14 BA Animation, Middlesex University At the open day I really enjoyed visiting The Foundation Year studios in Trinity Buoy Wharf and the feeling of being part of the artistic community there. I was also attracted to the course by the fact that it placed such a high regard on drawing and working from observation, which I have since learned is essential to my work and something I love to do. My drawing skills improved dramatically over the year. I had hardly ever worked from observation at school (working mostly from photographs instead) but The Foundation Year introduced me to the practice of life drawing, which I had never done before. I now feel much more confident in my own drawing ability. I remember being in a life drawing class one day when it struck me how confident I felt when drawing from the model. After comparing my drawings from that day to my drawings from right at the beginning of the course, I saw how much my drawing and feel for line and form had improved. Aside from drawing, the course introduced me to many other new methods and ways of learning. Before the course I had only done monoprinting and lino-cut, but on The Foundation Year I was introduced to new printmaking techniques and sculpting techniques like wax modelling and breeze block carving. Another really memorable part of the course was the end of year trip to Dumfries House. It’s something I’ll never forget. 15 There are lots of different tutors on The Foundation Year and each one sees your work slightly differently and have something different to add. This helped keep the advice and suggestions fresh, as you were always hearing something new and getting new ideas. It was really useful to have tutors in specialist practices like animation as I was able to get a lot of help from them when working on my final project. Animation was something that had been at the back of my mind for a while but I had never had any experience of it. By the time I started The Foundation Year I had forgotten that it was an option and arrived on the first day of the course thinking that I would go on to do either a Fine Art or Painting degree. But when I was introduced to it on some of the day projects, I soon realised that animation was something I really enjoyed and I’m now studying at Middlesex University on the BA Animation course. STUDENT STORY Isabeau Gervais Foundation Year 2013–14 BA Illustration, Brighton University Before enrolling on The Foundation Year, I was a student on The Prince’s Drawing School’s (now the Royal Drawing School’s) free weekly after-school Drawing Clubs. The tutors there really encouraged me to continue my studies on The Foundation Year and were hugely supportive of my application. Of everything we did on the course, I enjoyed the access to the print room and the Friday visits to galleries the most. We had weekly classes with the art history tutor Antje Southern and visited both contemporary and traditional galleries. She guided us through the works and exhibitions and provided lots of insight and knowledge. The course is really like no other Foundation offered. Being only one in 28 students (on my year) compared to one in 100 or even one in 700 is such a luxury. We got such great guidance and attention, and you do become really close to everyone on the course. The tutors really care about helping and teaching you – you’re a person with a personality, not just a number. I had a real breakthrough when I was working on my first personal project, based on creating illustrations from other people’s dreams. This was the most exciting and personal project I had done to date, and made me realise that I love work that involves community interaction and working to a brief. I saw that my love of illustration and working to a brief with a community went hand in hand. From that project my joy in illustration, which had purely been an obsessive hobby, transformed into a career path. I’m currently studying towards a BA in Illustration at Brighton and I know that The Foundation Year prepared me with a wealth of work as well as skills and techniques necessary for this next step. Unlike school, where your art teacher not only teaches you but hundreds of other pupils of various ages, the tutors here are just focused on you. Having subjectspecialist tutors in sculpture, printing, and painting provides the best insight into new ways of working. Before this course I had never worked with sculpture and had very little experience with printing and etching techniques. The variety of tutors is great, but having two main programme leaders (Sharon Beavan and Gethin Evans) allows for consistency and contact on a personal level, while all the other tutors provide fresh eyes for a tired personal project or help in their specific area of expertise. STUDENT STORY Alyssa Hart Foundation Year 2013–14 BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths I applied to The Foundation Year because I was keen to gain as many skills as possible. No matter how great your ideas, if you can’t put them into action you’re not going to get far. Before the course, I had taken some life drawing and painting classes, but had received little or no guidance on it and ached to learn more about how to improve. Therefore, an important criteria for me was to have a course that had a good student-tutor ratio and was nowhere near as large as other foundation courses. The small student numbers made the course feel like a family. It’s easier to warm up to fellow students, know who they are and feel more confident with every crit when you don’t keep seeing new faces. Lastly, but maybe most importantly, I wanted a course that would be fun but challenging. On The Foundation Year, hard work pays off. There is no such thing as a tutor having a certain taste and forcing everyone to follow it. Discussion and varying opinions were encouraged – knowing that you can have your own voice does wonders for your work! Besides that, the course made many connections between art history, theory and practice and I was able to learn a lot more in each of these areas than was possible at school. I especially looked forward to the end of the day, when it was great being able to join in discussions about everyone’s work and even appreciate the progress I had made personally. It was often the smallest things, a brush stroke or a colour, which would make someone enthusiastic about someone else’s work. It was often these moments which made me think about going deeper than just the surface and appreciate the search for the unexpected and beautiful, or often even the ‘ugly’. 19 Painting installation by Milly Stephen Since doing the course I have wanted to visit as many exhibitions as I possibly can, and feel less lost as to what to draw when I am there because of the interesting ideas for tasks that we were given on our Friday gallery days. For me a vital aspect of the course was receiving guidance on my UCAS application. There are so many universities and courses that I felt lost as to where to start and what to do. The tutors were a great help in advising me what things I should take into account when deciding on a University and I am now studying Fine Art at Goldsmiths University. Developing a portfolio and having practice interviews one-on-one with one of the head tutors who actually knew me personally was amazing. Alongside my studies at Goldsmiths I am volunteering at the Royal Drawing School, helping 14–16 year olds work towards their Arts Award, because I want to give back some of what I have learned on The Foundation Year. I also try to keep up the skills I gained by going to the free evening classes for London art students at the Royal Drawing School. studios, locations and facilities Trinity Buoy Wharf Building on the success of its first year the main campus at Trinity Buoy Wharf has recently been expanded, with facilities split over three floors including: Well-lit teaching studios Sculpture studio Fully-equipped intaglio print room for etching, collograph and monoprint Photography darkroom Individual studio spaces (allocated to students at an appropriate stage of the course so they can develop and work on their own projects) Apple Mac computers with the latest animation and design software Reference art library Common room and kitchen Trinity Buoy Wharf’s unique riverside location and many historical landmarks and artefacts make it an ideal place to draw and paint. It is positioned on the north bank of the Thames, directly opposite the O2 Arena, in London’s inspiring Docklands area. Trinity Buoy Wharf is a thriving creative community of over 500 people in industries ranging from fine arts and sculpture to design, photography and music. There is a 1940s style American diner and a café serving healthy soups and sandwiches on site. 23 In September 2014 we expanded into an additional studio at Clipper House, Trinity Buoy Wharf’s brand new building recycled from the former 2012 Olympic Broadcasting Studios at Stratford Olympic Park. Our new space inside Clipper House is home to our Apple Mac computer suite and photography darkroom, as well as a multi-use open plan space for group discussions and lectures, with south-facing views over the O2 Arena and river Thames. Shoreditch Studios Weekly lectures take place at Royal Drawing School Shoreditch in East London’s artistic hub. The lectures are attended by The Foundation Year and Drawing Year postgraduate students. Royal Drawing School Shoreditch is home to The Drawing Year postgraduate programme and Public Courses for adults and children. There are teaching studios, a large exhibitions gallery and an intaglio print room. New Studios on Oxford Street The Royal Drawing School has recently expanded into new drawing studios on Oxford Street. Foundation Year students will benefit from this new addition to our campus, which provides a base in the heart of central London close to the galleries and cultural institutions nearby. Painting by Henry Tudor Pole The tutors really care about helping and teaching you − you’re a person with a personality, not just a number. ALUMNA 2013−14 exhibitions and expeditions Painting Trip Every summer students are invited to Dumfries House in East Ayrshire, Scotland, to spend a week drawing and painting alongside their tutors in an area of outstanding natural beauty. Dumfries House provides a rich artist’s resource, with collections of 18th century furniture, textiles and paintings on loan from the National Gallery of Scotland. The house is located in 2,000 acres of Scottish landscape. Students are asked to pay their own train fare to Scotland but the trip is otherwise completely free to ensure that all students are able to attend regardless of their financial circumstances. 29 End of Year Exhibition An exhibition of students’ work is held at Trinity Buoy Wharf at the end of the academic year in June. This is an opportunity for students to gain experience of curating and hanging a show, and promoting their practice. The exhibition is open for several days throughout the week and there is a private view to which family, friends and faculty are invited. This year’s exhibition was attended by over 500 people. Special Access As part of the art historical component of the course, students receive special access to private and national collections and talks not usually accessible to the public. Drawing installation by Holly Arnold Alumni destinations and opportunities Alumni Destinations Following their graduation, previous years’ students progressed to a wide variety of BA courses in subjects ranging from Fine Art, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture and Photography to Animation, Graphic Design, Illustration and Technical Arts and Special Effects at top-ranking universities including Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), Central St Martins (UAL), Falmouth University, Goldsmiths University of London, Newcastle University, The University of Edinburgh, University of Brighton, University of Bristol, University of Glasgow, University of Leeds, University of Oxford and Wimbledon College of Art (UAL), among others. Alumni Opportunities Free Drawing Courses The Foundation Year alumni who go on to study on a BA Fine Art course in London can return for free drawing sessions at the Royal Drawing School to complement their university studies. During term time we offer Free Life Drawing or Free Etching at our Shoreditch campus on Monday evenings, Free Life Drawing at the Oxford Street studios on Tuesday evenings and Free Drawing at The National Gallery on Friday evenings, as part of our Free For London Art Students programme. Alumni Discount All Foundation Year alumni are entitled to a 50% discount on courses offered at the Royal Drawing School on our public programme of daytime and evening courses for adults in drawing, painting and sculpture. Courses run from our studios in Shoreditch, Oxford Street and South Kensington, usually over ten weeks. The Drawing Year Following graduation from degree courses, Foundation Year alumni may apply to return to the Royal Drawing School to continue their education at postgraduate level. The Drawing Year is an MA-level course offering up to thirty students a full scholarship to focus on drawing from observation for one academic year. A studio space in the iconic Tea Building in Shoreditch is provided for the duration of the year and additional maintenance bursaries are available on application. Students are assessed by an independent board headed by Andrea Rose, previously Director of Visual Arts at the British Council for over 20 years, and receive a postgraduate diploma certificate. The course is overseen by an academic board chaired by Christopher Le Brun, President of the Royal Academy. For more information on all our programmes please visit www.royaldrawingschool.org 33 Sculpture by Oscar Lyons Frequently asked questions Who teaches on The Foundation Year? The course is led by Gethin Evans and Sharon Beavan, who ran the highly regarded foundation programme at Byam Shaw School of Art for many years. Gethin and Sharon teach alongside other members of the Royal Drawing School's senior faculty. Half of the teaching on The Foundation Year is delivered by young contemporary artists who are graduates from the Royal Drawing School’s prestigious MA-level programme, The Drawing Year. How much teaching will I receive on The Foundation Year? This in an intensive, taught, skills-based course. Students receive five days’ tuition each week during term time, as well as weekly art history lectures and in-conversations with contemporary artists. How many students are on The Foundation year? Our intake is generally limited to 45 students each year to ensure that we are able to provide high quality one-to-one teaching throughout the course. What qualification will I receive at the end of The Foundation Year? Students will receive a certificate of achievement issued by the Royal Drawing School. The course is not accredited and therefore does not qualify for additional UCAS points towards students University applications. It is however directly relevant to students hoping to take a degree in Fine Art or a related subject, as well as those looking to progress directly into a wide range of careers for which the skills learned on the course will be very beneficial. Helpful and expert advice and guidance on progression from The Foundation Year is one of the key benefits that we offer students. What do our students go on to do? Following their graduation, last year’s students progressed to a wide variety of BA courses in subjects ranging from Fine Art, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture and Photography, to Animation, Graphic Design, Illustration and Technical Arts and Special Effects, at top-ranking universities including Camberwell College of Arts (UAL) Central St Martins (UAL), Goldsmiths University of London, Newcastle University, The University of Edinburgh, University of Brighton, University of Bristol, University of Falmouth, University of Glasgow, University of Leeds, University of Oxford and Wimbledon College of Art (UAL), among others. What are the fees for The Foundation Year? Through the generosity of the Royal Drawing School’s donors, The Foundation Year is free to all students aged 18 and 19 on 1st September in the year that they start the course. There are some 100% bursaries available to students over 19 and these will be allocated on a meanstested basis. The full cost of the course for fee-paying students is £3,500. Who can apply to The Foundation Year? The course is tailored to recent school-leavers. To apply you must be 18 or above on 1st September in the year that you start the course; i.e. if you are applying for entry in September 2015, you must be 18 or over on 1st September 2015. We do however welcome applications from over-19s, who feel that the course may help them to realise their ambition to progress to higher education or into a relevant career. We are only able to accept applications from students who are UK or EU passport holders. 35 How do I apply to The Foundation Year? The first step is to complete our online application form. For more information please see the ‘Applying’ section in this booklet. What should I submit in my portfolio? The portfolio should display a sense of personal investigation through a range of drawing and painting media. The minimum requirements we would like to see are: 12 observational drawings (A1) 6 colour studies on paper (range of scales) A sketchbook demonstrating your personal artistic studies and enquiry, exhibition/ gallery responses and inspiration from other artists. If possible we would like to see some work produced beyond the curriculum that you may have studied at GCSE/A-Level/IB. Please include good quality images of any 3D work that does not easily fit into your portfolio. Faculty Artistic Director Catherine Goodman is the Artistic Director of the Royal Drawing School, which she founded with HRH The Prince of Wales in 2000. Catherine studied at Camberwell School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, where she won the RA Gold Medal. In 2002 Goodman won the National Portrait Gallery’s BP Portrait Award first prize. Her latest solo exhibition, Catherine Goodman: Portraits from Life, was at the National Portrait Gallery from June to November 2014. She is represented by Marlborough Fine Art and currently lives and paints in London. Course Leaders Senior Faculty Gethin Evans was previously Course Director at Byam Shaw School of Art between 1991 and 2011. He has taught on BA courses at UCA Farnham and Falmouth School of Art and has been a visiting lecturer to the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. Gethin is a painter and has exhibited in the Discerning Eye, Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Whitechapel Open and Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions. He has also exhibited at the Streetroad Gallery in Pennsylvania and the Paradox Art Fair in New York. He has a studio in East London. Joshua Bilton studied at the London College of Communication, completing his BA in Photography in 2007. He graduated with an MA in Photography in 2010 from the Royal College of Art. Joshua Bilton has exhibited widely throughout the UK and internationally including at Bloomberg New Contemporaries at the ICA 2011, Hello World, L’Atelier-KSR, Berlin 2014, and Who Thinks the Future? at Lewisham Art House in 2014. His work has been featured in ReGeneration2, Tomorrow’s Photographers Today, published by Thames and Hudson in 2010, The Catlin Guide 2011, and the digital publication 100 London Artists, Volume 2 curated by art critic and historian Edward Lucie-Smith and gallerist and curator Zavier Ellis. Sharon Beavan trained at Falmouth and the Royal College of Art. She won the Cheltenham Open DrawingCompetition (1994) and was highly commended in the Eastern Open Art Competition (1996). Sharon has exhibited widely, most recently at the RA and in Visions of London at Michael Richardson’s Artspace. She taught for many years on the Foundation course at Byam Shaw School of Art, and on the Foundation courses of Wimbledon School of Art, the University of Hertfordshire, City & Guilds of London Art School and North Hertfordshire College. She has also taught on the BA course at Kingston University. Art History Programme Curator Antje Southern studied History of Art at Bonn University and University College London. She gained her MA at the Warburg Institute in 1992 and has previously taught both fine and decorative arts from the Renaissance to the present day at Christie’s Education. Her research and articles relate historic art and design practices to contemporary approaches. 37 Rachel Louise Brown graduated from the Royal College of Art, London in 2011 with an MA in Photography (Distinction), following a BA (Hons) in Photography at London College of Communication (2008). She has exhibited widely, with shows in London, Sicily, Liverpool, Copenhagen, Paris, Niort, New York, Dallas and Toronto, and has completed artist's residencies in Sicily, Paris, Niort and New York. She was a visiting faculty member at the New York School of Visual Arts in 2011 and lectured at ABADIR in Sicily during an artist residency on Mount Etna (2014). Alongside her fine art practise, Brown has worked as a freelance picture editor at British Vogue, Harpers BAZAAR UK and for several years was the studio manager of revered British fashion photographer, Tim Walker. In 2014 she was selected for the National Open Art Competition exhibition at Somerset House, London. In 2010 she was a UK winner of Magenta’s Flash Forward – Emerging Photographers award and Pour l’Instant Photography Prize. Her work was part of the Boutographies photography festival in Montpellier (2013) and was also shortlisted for Visions of 21st Century Feminism and New Contemporaries (2010). Marcus Cornish gained a first class honours degree in Sculpture from Camberwell School of Art followed by an MA from the Royal College of Art. In 1993 Marcus was elected a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. Marcus won a scholarship to India to study the work of Ayanar Potter Priests, and Henry Moore scholarships to pursue ceramic art. He was artist-inresidence at the Museum of London in 2005–2006 and at an Ibstock brick factory for a year. He was also invited to be official tour artist on a diplomatic tour to Eastern Europe with HRH The Prince of Wales and as tour artist with the British Army in Kosovo. Marcus’s work has been recognised in a number of awards both nationally and internationally and covered in The Times, Independent and Sculpture Magazines. Silke Dettmers trained at St. Martin’s School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. Her artistic practice comprises of sculptures, drawing and photography. She exhibits regularly, and her work was included in 2014 in the group exhibition ‘Mark Wallinger Presents …’ (Bermondsey Project, London); ‘Compulsion’ (Shuffle Festival, London) in 2013, and ‘Territories’ (Windkracht Gallery, Den Helder, NL) in 2012. In 2008 her work was selected for ‘art projects’ (London Artfair) and ‘Concrete Dreams’ (APT Gallery, London). Dettmers lectures at a number of British arts universities, and has taught in Poland and Colombia. She also curates exhibitions and writes on arts related subjects. Robert Fawcett attended Cambridge College of Art (1984 – 1985), Byam Shaw School of Art (1985– 1988) and the Royal College of Art (1990– 1992). Robert has exhibited prints, paintings and drawings for shows at The Mall Galleries, London; Temple Gallery, Paris; Duna, Barcelona; Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica; and Malborough Graphics and The Forum Gallery, New York. He has been included in a touring exhibition of the US: Modern Portraiture and has had solo shows with Jill George Gallery, London. He has also received numerous awards, including the Daler-Rowney Prize and Neville Burston Award, and was twice winner of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation award. More recently he was selected for the John Moores Painting Prize 2014 and the ING Discerning Eye. Faculty Kate Scrivener attended the Royal College of Art, where she studied painting. Her practice explores natural phenomena and the possibilities of nature from the macro to the massive. Kate has exhibited nationally and internationally including, In-and outsidewriting (Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium), Floating (TinType, London), PrintMare (against nature, Camberwell Space, London), Cunning Chapters (British Library, London), Great Piece of Turf (Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London), East of Eden (Spacex Gallery, Exeter) and Spin (Victoria & Albert Museum, London). Awards include the Royal Academy Original Print Award. Collections include the British Library, the National Art Library, Tate Britain, (special collections) and the Royal College of Art. Sam Marshall Printmaking, Painting, Drawing Richard Burton Animation, Drawing Poppy Chancellor Drawing, Gallery visits Sophie Charalambous Set Design, Drawing Perienne Christian Painting, Printmaking, Drawing Christopher Green Drawing Sam Halstead Sculpture, Drawing Rowan James Painting, Photography, Drawing Leonie Lachlan Printmaking, Drawing Mary Milner Painting, Drawing Tom Sander Painting, Sculpture, Drawing Phoebe Stannard Printmaking, Drawing Luoise Wilde Animation, Drawing Applying, open days and contact Applying Contact Open days Application is by portfolio submission and interview. Rebecca Court Foundation Year Programme Manager Open days are held for students, parents and teachers who would like to visit the School and studios, meet faculty and find our more about The Foundation Year. Please see our website www.royaldrawingschool.org for details of this year's application deadline. The first step is to complete our online application form at www.royaldrawingschool.org. There is a £10.00 application fee. Hannah Woolner Foundation Year Administrator T 020 7536 9688 E [email protected] Directors, Trustees and Academic Board For this year’s dates please visit www.royaldrawingschool.org For more information or to register for an open day please contact [email protected] or 020 7536 9688 All applicants must be 18 or over on 1st September in the year that they start the course; i.e. if you are applying for entry in September 2015, you must be 18 or over on 1st September 2015. HRH The Prince of Wales President The Lady Sarah Chatto Vice President Catherine Goodman Artistic Director Mark Chester Executive Director Photographs by Angela Moore and the Royal Drawing School Photograph of HRH The Prince of Wales by Alan Shawcross Disclaimer The information given in this publication is as far as possible accurate at the date of publication. The programme is subject to change without notice. Map illustration by Emily Haworth-Booth Produced and edited by Julia Balchin, Emily Haworth-Booth and Beck Belsham Designed by John Morgan studio 41 Trustees Howard Marks, Chairman Dr Loyd Grossman obe fsa, Deputy Chairman Lady Bacon Charles Booth-Clibborn Linda Heathcoat-Amory Katrin Henkel Tamara Ingram obe Christopher Le Brun pra Nancy Marks Julie Nicholls Hon Lady Jane Roberts DCVO Felix Robyns Andrea Rose OBE CMG Dr Charles Saumarez Smith cbe Baroness Ullens de Schooten Viscountess Younger of Leckie Academic Board Christopher Le Brun PRA, Chairman Humphrey Ocean RA, Deputy Chairman Susan Bacon Liza Dimbleby William Feaver Catherine Goodman Linda Heathcoat-Amory Prof Eileen Hogan Timothy Hyman RA Andrzej Jackowski John Lessore Martin Shortis How to find us The Foundation Year Studio 1, Main Stores Building 4 Trinity Buoy Wharf London E14 0FG 0207 536 9688 [email protected] www.royaldrawingschool.org Bus Number 277 to the Town Hall on the north side of East India (DLR) station. DLR East India DLR: 10-minute walk. Use the stairs to the south exit (do not walk over the footbridge). Outside the station follow the blue signs marked Trinity Buoy Wharf/the Bird Sanctuary. Tube Canning Town tube (Jubilee Line/DLR): 15-minute walk. Exit from the north end (closest to the ticket office). Turn left at the large roundabout, over the River Lea bridge. Turn left at the foot of the bridge and follow the Lea to the roundabout with the Esso Station on the right. Keep following the Lea round to the left by PURA Foods, emerging onto Orchard Place. Bear right and continue on until you reach Trinity Buoy Wharf. Tube and Boat North Greenwich tube (Jubilee Line): There is a designated boat service from the O2 QEII Pier to Trinity Buoy Wharf Jubilee Pier. Boat runs Monday–Friday, 5am–8pm (£2 each way). royal drawing school the foundation Year Royal Drawing School The Foundation Year Studio 1, Main Stores Building 4 Trinity Buoy Wharf London E14 0FG Registered Charity 1101538 Enquiries T 0207 536 9688 E [email protected] www.royaldrawingschool.org Fine Art Foundation Course in London’s Docklands
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