**Hesketh Hubbard Bursaries 2025**

  
London's largest life drawing group, the Hesketh Hubbard Art Society, is offering three free year-long membership bursaries to young artists aged between 18 and 30.

  
**Apply online, free of charge, before Friday 8 November 2024**

  
**The bursaries offer:**

• The opportunity to attend weekly life drawing sessions at Mall Galleries free of charge for a year, starting from January 2025.

• Untutored sessions take place on Friday evenings and selected Monday evenings, between 6pm and 8:15pm (understandably there might be times when artists are unable to attend sessions, however frequent absences may result in the bursary being withdrawn).

• Currently there are 44 sessions per year. Usually around 70 artists work from 3 models: the 'quick' 15 / 30 minute nude poses, the two-hour 'long' nude pose and the two-hour clothed portrait pose.

  
**Who is eligible?**

• The bursaries are for young artists aged between 18 and 30 at the close of submissions.

• The bursaries are intended for those who have had limited access to life and portrait drawing and painting, rather than artists who are already accomplished in this field.

• Artists can work in any medium or media, except those that cause damage or disruption to the galleries. For example, dip pens and ink are not allowed due to the risk of staining the gallery floor.

  
**How to Apply**

All applications must be submitted online, free of charge via Jotform, following which shortlisted artists will be invited for interview:

**Step One**

Upload up to four example images of your work, an artist statement and biography between Wednesday 9 October and Friday 8 November 2024.

Images must be in JPEG or PNG format, under 5MB, and represent the human figure.

Your artist statement should be up to 300 words and answer the question: How will the bursary help to develop your artistic practice?

Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee formed of representatives from the Hesketh Hubbard Art Society and Mall Galleries.

**Step Two**

Submitting artists will be contacted via email as to the outcome of shortlisting at 12 noon on Friday 15 November.

Those shortlisted will be invited for interview at Mall Galleries with the selection committee on Wednesday 20 November.

Shortlisted artists will be asked to present a small portfolio to help with the discussion of their practice during the informal, face-to-face interview.

**Step Three**

The three winners will be announced on the Mall Galleries website at 12 noon on Friday 22 November, before the bursaries begin in January 2025\. 

  
Key Dates

Submissions open: **Wednesday 9 October 2024**, 12 noon

Submissions close: **Friday 8 November**, 12 noon

Notification of shortlisted artists: **Friday 15 November**, 12 noon

Interviews with shortlisted artists: **Wednesday 20 November** at Mall Galleries, London

Winners announced: **Friday 22 November**, 12 noon

Bursaries begin: **January 2025**

  
**Read more about this opportunity and apply via our website:** 

https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/open-calls/hesketh-hubbard-bursaries

London's largest life drawing group, the Hesketh Hubbard Art Society, is offering three free year-long membership bursaries to young artists aged between 18 and 30.

Hesketh Hubbard Art Society | Bursaries

This includes free entry to the exhibition

**Medium:**

All types of pastel including soft pastel, hard pastel, oil pastel, ink pastel, water-based pastel, conté crayons or sticks, sanguine, and other dry mediums that are similar in their application including charcoal, chalk, and pencil.

  
Mixed media works are welcome where pastel or another dry media is the primary medium. Such work should be submitted with a full description of the media used and any process which has been employed in the finished work beyond drawing and painting, e.g. printing, photography.

Selected artists are responsible for delivering their artwork to the gallery for exhibition. Selection is done online.

Successful applicants can expect:

* To have their work included in the exhibition at Mall Galleries and online
* Eligibility to win prizes and awards worth over £5,500
* An invitation to the Private View
* The chance to sell work to new collectors
* To be part of a network of exhibiting artists dating back to 1898, when the Society was founded
* The possibility of election to membership

The Pastel Society | Open Call

The submission fee includes free admission to the exhibition (normally £5).

Artists are invited to submit work for exhibition alongside members of the Royal Society of British Artists at the RBA Annual Exhibition 2025.

  
Submissions are ONLINE ONLY and open until Wednesday 8 January 2025.

  
Successful applicants can expect:

* To have their work included in the exhibition at Mall Galleries and online
* Eligibility to win prizes and awards worth up to £20,000
* An invitation to the Private View
* The chance to sell work to new collectors
* The possibility of election to membership

  
Medium:

Painting, sculpture, drawing and original prints.

  
Who may enter?

Any artist aged 18 or over may enter, from anywhere in the world.

  
How many works may I enter?

Artists may enter a maximum of six works each, from which up to four works per artist may be selected. 

  
What type of work is eligible? 

* Work must not have been exhibited previously in London.
* Works should not be larger than 2.4m along the longest dimension.
* All works must be an original creation by the artist.

The RBA offers significant prizes and awards:

**The Huaicun Zhang Award 2025**

This year’s award of £10,000 will be divided into two rewards: £5,000 for a work by a non-member, and £5,000 for a work by a member of the RBA

**The de Laszlo Foundation Prize**

£2,000 awarded to an artist aged 35 or under for the best work from life

**Whistler Award, sponsored by Huaicun Zhang Hon RBA** £3,000

**The Anthony J Lester Art Critic Award**

A prize of £50, plus a certificate of commendation for an outstanding work chosen by the art critic and broadcaster Anthony J Lester

**The Artist Magazine Award**

The winner will be featured in The Artist

**The Dry Red Press Award**

The winning work will be published as a greeting card

**Frinton Frames Award**

£200 of picture framing at Frinton Frames

**The Geoffrey Vivis Memorial Award** £100

**The Gordon Hulson Memorial Prize**

£250 for draughtsmanship, variety and exploration

**Hahnemuhle Fine Art UK Award**

£250 worth of artist paper

**The John Lynn Commemorative Award for a Young Artist** £500

**The Michael Harding Awards**

Two prizes of £500 worth of art materials

**Nathan David Award for Sculpture** £150

**The Peter Kelly Commemorative Prize** £300

**The President's Award**

Ten free submissions to exhibitions by the Federation of British Artists at Mall Galleries (worth up to £200) for a non-member exhibitor

**The Ronald Morgan Memorial Award** £250

**The Stuart Southall Print Prize** £250

**The Surgeon's Prize** £500

**The Winsor & Newton Award**

Art materials to the value of £500 for an outstanding painting

_Subject to final confirmation_

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