SKETCH 2017 tours to Lancaster Arts

SKETCH TOURS TO LANCASTER

The Sketch 2017 touring exhibition opens at the Peter Scott Gallery at Lancaster University this month with a special opening and prize announcement on Wednesday 22nd November at 6.30pm.

“We’ll take the experience and possibilities of the sketchbook further through other activities and displays, including work influenced by Dorothy Wordsworth’s journals by Sarah Corbett and Zoe Benbow made through collaboration with Lancaster University English Department and the Wordsworth Trust.

Join us on 22 November for the exhibition opening, where we’ll announce the winner of a Lancaster Arts Sketch commission.” Lancaster Arts view page…

EXHIBITION:
November 20 – December 15

Opening Times:

Weekdays 12-5pm
Opening Event 22 November from 6.30pm

LOCATION:
Peter Scott Gallery
Lancaster University, Arts Lancaster, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YW
Tel. 01524 594151
https://www.lancasterarts.org/visiting/performance-venues/peter-scott-gallery

For more about SKETCH, Rabley’s national sketchbook drawing prize visit our website. Click here…

Sketch 2017 Exhibition Tours to Plymouth College of Art

The Sketch 2017 touring exhibition has now opened at Plymouth College of Art in the Drawing Studios and will run until Friday 6th October.

EXHIBITION:
September 9 – October 6

Opening Times:
Mon – Fri 9am – 6pm
Sat 11am – 2pm
23-24 September 11am – 5pm

PRIVATE VIEW ON THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER, 5-7pm

LOCATION:
The Drawing Studios
Plymouth College of Art
Tavistock Place
Plymouth, PL4 8AT
Devon, England — Map
+44 (0)1752 203434
enquiries@pca.ac.uk

Chitra Parvathy Merchant wins Plymouth College of Art Student Prize

We are delighted to announce the winner of the Plymouth College of Art Student Prize as Chitra Parvathy Merchant.

Chitra Parvathy Merchant, sketchbook pages

Chitra Merchant grew up in India and currently works as a Printmaker in Bristol, U.K since 2000. Much of Chitra’s work is strongly informed by her Indian upbringing. This is reflected in her drawings and prints that examine the roles and expectations that are ascribed to women in India and elsewhere. Her landscapes use ancient Indian historical sites as a starting point from which to develop imaginal structures that take on a life and logic of their own. Her love of drawing and colour always form the starting point of any work.

For her, keeping sketchbooks is vital to her practice. They are a way of recording ideas and thoughts in a safe and intimate format. But most of all, they remain for her, a way of keeping alert and alive to creative possibilities.

more of Chitra’s sketchbook pages…

SKETCH 2017 TOUR Black Swan Arts 22 July – 3 Sept

SKETCH 2017 on Tour

22 JULY – 3 SEPTEMBER 2017

BLACK SWAN ARTS 2 Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset BA11 1BB

SKETCH 2017 – Sketchbook Drawing Prize includes 100 sketchbooks by 77 artists. It is selected from an international submission of over 500 Sketchbooks. This is the fourth SKETCH exhibition since 2005 and this year it will be touring UK venues.

Preview Friday 21 July 6- 8pm

OPENING TIMES – Black Swan Arts   Mon- Sat: 10.00am- 4.00pm

EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

SKETCH 2017 EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

The SKETCH 2017 Catalogue is now available to purchase online through the RABLEY BOOK SHOP. Each of the 77 artists in the exhibition is represented in this fully illustrated catalogue with an image from a selected sketchbook. Introduction by Meryl Ainslie, Director of Rabley Drawing Centre.

http://www.rableydrawingcentre.com/rabley-publications.html

SKETCH 2017 – CATALOGUE Open Sketchbook Drawing Prize. Catalogue of the artists sketchbooks selected for the SKETCH 2017 Open Sketchbook Drawing Prize.102 Pages, laminated soft cover, fully illustrated. 17 x 17cm. Introduction text by Meryl Ainslie, Director of Rabley Drawing Centre

This book is currently only available to purchase online via http://www.blurb.com by following the buy now link below. PDF versions also available.

VIEW AND PURCHASE LINK 

Publication Price £27 / PDF version £2.99 (plus VAT and P&P)

First edition published 20th May 2017 by Rabley Drawing Centre, Rabley Barn, Mildenhall, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 2LW, Email: info@rableydrawingcentre.com. Telephone: +44 (0)1672 511999 Website: http://www.rableydrawingcentre.com. ISBN 978 0 9926817 1 5

Printed in the UK by Blurb (www.blurb.co.uk)

REVIEW

 

..”the selections for Sketch 2017 continue to challenge what the concept of a sketchbook is and for. One searches for intimacy and authenticity, questioning the role that notebooks play in an artist’s practice. Anne Desmet’s people and places evidence a sketchbook as a constant companion..” Fiona Robinson, Evolver Magazine July/August 2017

Read Fiona Robinson’s full review of Sketch 2017 in Evolver Magazine http://www.evolver.org.uk

TOUR VENUES AND DATES

22 July – 3 September 2017

Black Swan Arts, Frome

2 Bridge Street

Frome, BA11 1BB

9 September – 6 October 2017

Plymouth College of Art

Tavistock Place

Plymouth PL4 8AT

20 November – 15 December 2017

Peter Scott Gallery

Lancaster Arts

Great Hall Complex

Lancaster University LA1 4YW

with thanks to our collaborators and sponsors

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SKETCH 2017 – Invitation to Wiltshire Teachers and Teaching Assistants

http://www.rableydrawingcentre.com

SKETCH 2017
Special evening exhibition viewing and sketchbook workshop
Tuesday 6 June 5-7pm
Or Tuesday 13 June 5-7pm
with Meryl Ainslie, Director of Rabley Drawing Centre

This is an open invitation to teachers and teaching assistants to join us for an inspirational evening of Sketchbooks and a free multisensory sketchbook workshop suitable for all levels and abilities.

SKETCH 2017 is a sketchbook exhibition of 100 artists sketchbooks selected from 500 international artists. This exhibition will truly inspire you to draw both in and out of the classroom!

There will be an education pack sponsored by Derwent pencils available to take away including worksheets, sketching ideas for all levels, a digital copy of the exhibition catalogue and more.

Please share this with your teacher friends on facebook.

If you would like to join us please contact Meryl Ainslie in the gallery on 01672 511999 or email events@rableydrawingcentre.com Please include your name, school and personal contact telephone number as places are limited.

CALL FOR ENTRIES!

SKETCH OPEN 2017

Submissions are now open for SKETCH OPEN 2017, the sketchbook drawing prize awarded for artists’ sketchbooks. The competition and touring exhibition SKETCH, aims to promote the diversity and importance of drawing and the role of the sketchbook in contemporary creative practice. For the first time SKETCH will be open to international as well as UK based artists.

PRIZES FROM

• Rabley Drawing Centre
• Black Swan Arts
• Plymouth College of Art
• Lancaster Arts

Deadline for submissions: 27th March 2017

More information

SKETCH 2017 – Open Sketchbook Drawing Prize

SKETCH 2017

Marco Cazzulini

Melissa Kime

Sally McGill

Sketch 2013 at Black Swan Arts

“The handling of a sketchbook takes us to the heart of the space inhabited by the artist – The turning of a page brings a flow of ideas: fragments of images to come, references to places visited, experiences absorbed and thoughts provoked. It is a unique and privileged position, the prospect excites and the time spent rewards.”

Meryl Ainslie

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Register your interest and we will let you know as soon as we launch the submissions: SKETCH INTEREST FORM

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In 2005, Meryl Ainslie, founder and director of Rabley Drawing Centre in Wiltshire launched the SKETCH Open Sketchbook Drawing Prize. SKETCH is the UK’s only art prize for artist’s sketchbooks with a dedicated touring sketchbook exhibition.

This year we are really delighted to be working with Parker Harris, one of the leading visual arts consultancies in the UK. Parker Harris specialise in the delivery of visual arts projects spanning all disciplines, which will help us to reach a much wider audience and applications will be made using their online portal. More information about Parker Harris on their website http://parkerharris.co.uk/.

The exhibition has grown and this year will be taking international submissions for the first time. A distinguished panel of judges will select 100 Sketchbooks for the prestigious prizes and touring exhibition.

SKETCH is not intended to be a survey of the sketchbook, but to generate an impetus for creative activity, viewing the sketchbook as a place for experimentation alongside the ordinary and the observed. This competition offers unique opportunities for the selected artists to develop their ideas with the help of the following prizes.

PRIZES

• Prize Money (to be confirmed)
• Rabley Print Editioning Prize
• Black Swan Arts Solo Exhibition Prize
• Plymouth College of Art Student Prize (Artists Access to Art Colleges award that gives a career boost with access to studios and facilities)

PROPOSED TOURING VENUES

• Rabley Drawing Centre
• Plymouth College of Art
• Black Swan Arts, Frome
• Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster

 

SUBMISSIONS SOON – REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

We are currently finalising details for the latest SKETCH and submissions will open in less than a month in November 2016. Check our website and blog here for updates.

To register your interest in SKETCH and be kept up to date please add your name and email via the form (click ‘SKETCH INTEREST FORM’ below), and we will let you know by email when we have more information and when submissions are open.

SKETCH INTEREST FORM

form link address: https://goo.gl/forms/QCVBIlNKzHYqzGOm1

For enquiries please email mailto:sketch@parkerharris.co.uk

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MORE ABOUT SKETCH

SELECTION OF SKETCH 2013:

Naomi Frears

Gerry Davies

Sally Taylor

Jackie Berridge

Harriet Piercy

Meg Buick

Nicola Coyne

Susan Wilson

Sarah Casey

Richard Devereux

Jessica Cooper

Faye Stacey

Annette Kemp

Dar al Naim Mubarak Carmona

Dar al Naim Mubarak Carmona

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SKETCH opens at Plymouth College of Art

This gallery contains 10 photos.

SKETCH  opens at Plymouth College of Art tonight at 5.30 the Exhibition runs 26 March to 10 April and is open to the public. A big thank you to Stephen Felmingham and Plymouth College of Art for hosting this leg … Continue reading →

SKETCH Exhibition Tour

Plymouth College of Art

26 March to 10 April

SKETCH – local radio and minister of culture news

http://www.rableydrawingcentre.com/sketch-2013.html

We have spent two busy days installing SKETCH at the Black Swan Arts in Frome. With the fantastic help and support of the BSA volunteers, Charlie on drill and screws! and Kim Wood from the programming committee the show was up on the walls in a few hours.  

http://blackswan.org.uk/exhibitions_black_swan_arts_Detail.php?SKETCH-65

SKETCH Tours to BLACK SWAN ARTS, Frome

SKETCH is on the move and opens at Black Swan Arts in Frome on Friday 10th January at 6pm.

Black Swan Arts, 2 Bridge St, Frome BA11 1BB

The Black Swan we are welcoming in a new creative year with a chance to view some exceptional artists’ sketchbooks, selected for the UK’s only national sketchbook competition.

The Sketch Open Sketchbook Drawing Prize and exhibition from Rabley Drawing Centre, uniquely promotes the diversity and importance of drawing and the role of the sketchbook in contemporary fine art practice. Fifty-four artists’ sketchbooks were selected for the 2013 prize and touring exhibition and we are delighted to be showing them at the gallery this month.

A rare opportunity to explore these often private processes. Don’t miss it!

There will be a special open evening on Friday January 10th, from 6pm – 8pm: An opportunity to meet some of the artists; Meryl Ainslie, the founder of SKETCH will give a short introductory talk and Divas will be open for drinks.

more information…

www.blackswan.org.uk