It’s never too late to pick up a new skill, or build on talents that might have lain dormant for years. To encourage just that sort of thinking, Morley College in SE1 is hosting a month-long free exhibition of drawings by its students in the run-up to Adult Learners Week. It kicked off yesterday and is the second in a series of five drawing exhibitions funded by the Rootstein Hopkins Foundation, with the aim of encouraging more adults to explore their creativity through drawing and adult learning.
Following on from the success of the first exhibition in 2011, this year’s showcase and competition is even bigger and better, attracting a total of 463 entries, of which 70 exceptional works have been chosen for display by a distinguished panel of judges. The final winner will be presented with a £1000 prize by the artist and Morley Gallery patron, Maggi Hambling.
“The exhibition will bring together an extraordinary breadth of work by people from many walks of life – from practising artists and working professionals to stay-at-home parents and the retired – who draw for a multitude of reasons,” say the college. And more than 17 London colleges will be represented in the show, including City Lit, Mary Ward Centre, Princes Drawing School and Putney School of Art.
The Rootstein Hopkins Foundation Drawing Exhibition will be on display at Morley Gallery from 8 May-8 June 2013, Monday-Saturday, 61 Westminster Bridge Road, SE1, tel: 020 7450 1826
Did you see our entertaining Southsayer interview with performance artist and Morley College equalities officer Carole Powell? Be prepared for unlikely tales of extreme eating as art…