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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250914
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SUMMARY:RBSA Watercolour Prize 2025
DESCRIPTION:The first RBSA Watercolour Prize for over a decade celebrates work created using water-based media; including watercolour\, ink\, gouache\, and acrylic paint. \nDespite early use as a medium in its own right\, historically watercolour was most often used by artists for sketching\, employed in preparation for final works completed in oils. \nThe medium finally gained recognition as an independent\, mature painting medium in the 18th century\, and today water-based media has achieved parity with oil paint. \nThis exhibition includes traditional and contemporary water-based works\, by artists from all around the world. \nThis year’s exhibition was selected by: \n\nChris Myers PPRI RBA – President of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (2022 – 2025)\nGlenn Ibbitson VPRWSW RBSA – Vice President of the Royal Watercolour Society of Wales\nLesley Samms – Founder/MD Pure Arts Group\n\nThe following prizes will be awarded:\nFirst Prize £1000\nSecond Prize £500\nThird Prize £250\nUp to six highly commended certificates will also be awarded. \nAll prizes have been sponsored by the Birmingham Watercolour Society. \nA fully illustrated catalogue\, featuring every work in the show\, will be available to accompany the exhibition. This will be available in our Gallery Shop and online. \nPrivate View: Thursday 7 August 6.00pm – 8.00pm\nMeet the Artists: Saturdays 16 August and 6 September 2.00pm – 3.00pm\nExhibition closes: Saturday 13 September 5.00pm \nFeatured image: Lawrence Green ARBSA\, Cley Postholder \nPurchase your copy of the catalogue here. \nRBSA Watercolour Prize Catalogue 2025
URL:https://rbsa.org.uk/event/rbsa-watercolour-prize-2025/
LOCATION:Gallery 2
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250914
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SUMMARY:Curtis Holder: Portraits Of Brotherhood
DESCRIPTION:Comprising more than 20 works on paper\, including a series of large-scale multi-layered portraits\, and exploratory drawings\, Curtis Holder: Portraits Of Brotherhood reflects the artist’s core aim: to use line to search for connections and explore conversations. Throughout the project\, conversations with Holder’s sitters centred around their shared experiences as Black and Brown men. Behind each drawing lies an often unspoken narrative\, stories of conflict\, exclusion\, and vulnerability\, interwoven with stories of perseverance\, creativity\, and hope. Throughout the drawing sessions\, artist and sitter had time and space to be open and frank about the biases they face because of their skin colour and gender. These portraits challenge the assumption that Black and Brown men are all the same and should be viewed as such. They are not. The portraits offer a multifaceted view\, revealing intimate layers of identity and emotion in the face of society’s opposing stereotypes. These works ask the viewer to look closer\, not only at the febrile lines that form the figures\, but also inward\, at their own perceptions of the people looking back at them. \nCurtis Holder gained widespread recognition after winning the prestigious Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year in 2020. He has continued to gain critical acclaim through solo and group exhibitions\, artist residencies\, and commissions\, and has achieved several accolades\, including The John Ruskin Prize in 2024. \nIn 2021\, Holder was appointed the National Theatre’s first-ever Artist in Residence in 2022\, leading to his 2023 exhibition The Makers: Portraits from Backstage. In the same year\, he was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery and the Terrence Higgins Trust to create a posthumous portrait of Terry Higgins\, one of the first people in the UK to die of an AIDS-related illness. From 2023 to 2024\, Holder completed an 18-month residency at Leeds Art Gallery which culminated in the exhibition that opened in November 2024 for five months. This year has seen a collection of his work exhibited at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery\, including his commission of Carlos Acosta\, Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet\, and a solo exhibition at Guildford House Gallery. \nCurtis Holder is a member of Contemporary British Portrait Painters (CBPP)\, The Society of Graphic Fine Art (SGFA)\, and The Pastel Society (PS)\, and his work is held in prominent public collections\, including the National Portrait Gallery\, Leeds Art Gallery\, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and Soho House. \nPrivate View: Thursday 4 September 6.00pm – 8.00pm\nMeet the Artist and Live Demonstration: Saturday 6 September 12.00pm\nExhibition closes: Saturday 13 September 5.00pm \nFeatured image: Curtis Holder\, One Man And His Dog
URL:https://rbsa.org.uk/event/curtis-holder-portraits-brotherhood/
LOCATION:Gallery 1
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251005
DTSTAMP:20260504T165230
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SUMMARY:RBSA Graduate Artists - In This Time
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition opens on Thursday 18 September at 6.00pm. \nIn This Time is both a celebration of and a catch up with the current cohort of RBSA Graduate Artists. \nHaving been elected in 2023\, Graduates have benefited from broader exhibition opportunities as well as mentorship from RBSA Members and Associates. This exhibition brings visitors up to date with the Graduates’ practice and offers them the chance to view new work. \nThe artists participating in the exhibition are: \nJames Birkin\, Leavon Bowman\, Martin Brent Guest\, Takudzwa Chandiwana\, Hadis Ensafi\, Helen Garbett\, K’Zhayha James\, Ross McCormick\, Imogen Morris\, Satinder Parhar\, Hannah Rollason\, Abbie Severn\, and Vincent Stokes. \nPrivate View: Thursday 18 September 6.00pm – 8.00pm\nExhibition closes: Saturday 4 October 5.00pm \nFeatured image: Helen Garbett GRBSA\, Limpet Assemblage Drawings (detail) \nPurchase your copy of the catalogue here \nRBSA Graduate Artists In This Time Exhibition Catalogue
URL:https://rbsa.org.uk/event/in-this-time/
LOCATION:Gallery 2
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251019
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SUMMARY:Mapping The Archive\, Birmingham's Journey Through the RBSA Permanent Collection
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition opens on Thursday 18 September 6.00pm. \nMapping the Archive\, Birmingham’s Journey Through the RBSA Permanent Collection focuses on the changing face of Birmingham’s cityscape\, travelling through its architectural history by way of the Society’s Permanent Collection. \nWork dating back as far as 1814\, the same year that the RBSA’s earliest incarnation the Birmingham Academy of Arts was born\, are displayed alongside artwork depicting the second city’s current landscape\, and there are some notable names amongst the artists included. \nThe Society of Arts engraving by Thomas Radclyffe (active 1817 – 1830) dating from c.1830 and Charles Walter Radclyffe’s (1817 – 1903) c.1840 lithograph View of New Street\, Portico of the RBSA and Town Hall deservedly take their place\, with Frank T Lockwood’s (1895 – 1961) Old Houses Near the Crescent from 1952. \nAs well as these gems\, visitors to the exhibition will also be able to enjoy works depicting other Birmingham locations\, including Digbeth and Deritend\, Broad Street\, Chamberlain Square\, Piccadilly Arcade\, and Moseley Road School of Art\, to name but a few. They will see buildings which remain\, as well as those which no longer stand\, reminding us that the much-maligned Birmingham is a beautiful city worth celebrating and championing. \nPrivate View: Thursday 18 September 6.00pm – 8.00pm\nExhibition closes: Saturday 18 October 5.00pm \nFeatured image: Edward Richard Taylor RBSA\, RBSA and Town Hall\, New Street\, 1878 (detail) \nPurchase your copy of the catalogue here \nMapping The Archive Exhibition Catalogue
URL:https://rbsa.org.uk/event/mapping-the-archive/
LOCATION:Gallery 1
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions
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