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Gail Mason wins at The Society of Women Artists
Gail won the Premier Art Award at the Society of Women Artists at The Mall Galleries which was presented by their patron Princess Michael of Kent , she even got to shake hands with Royalty! Wow, well done Gail! Her winning print was Rip Tide, a silkscreen monotype. The exhibition runs from 25-30 Sept at the […]
Posted October 1, 2018Jess Bugler wins award at The National Original Print Exhibition
Jess has won the Intaglio Printmaker Prize at this year’s National Original Print Exhibition for her Linoprint Collage “Fracture” which was exhibited at the Spike Island open studios in May. Wow, great news Jess! National Original Print Exhibition is an international open competition established by the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers which celebrates the best in all […]
Posted September 26, 2018Sarah Duncan at Derwent Art Prize
Sarah’s drawing “Ceigar” was chosen from 33oo submissions for the Derwent Art Prize. Well done Sarah! Trowbridge Town Hall Arts is thrilled to welcome the fourth instalment of the Derwent Art Prize, following its launch at the Mall Galleries in London. Exceptional in quality and a hugely diverse, this prestigious exhibition offers an overview of […]
Posted September 26, 2018Clare Cutts at Zillah Bell
The Original Print Show 2017 is a selection from this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. This major exhibition, curated by Senior Royal Academician Norman Ackroyd, will include originals by some of the UK’s most respected contemporary artists. This year the show concentrates on four artists including our very own Clare Cutts – well done Clare! The Private View will […]
Posted September 12, 2018UWE SPS Scholarships 2018–2019 announced
This month we announced the successful applicants for the UWE SPS Scholarships for the coming year. Congratulations to Sara-Jane Gautlett, Justyna Medon and Zoe Tissandier from Spike Print Studio and Miranda Harris (MA Multi-disciplinary Printmaking), Zoe Power (MA Multi-disciplinary Printmaking) and Maria Quintet (BA Drawing and Print) from UWE. Watch this space for more information about […]
Posted August 20, 2018Leonie Bradley – Peter Reddick bursary award 2018
Leonie Bradley has been selected for The Peter Reddick Bursary Award 2018. Leonie will spend 2018-2019 making new work at Spike Print Studio supported by this bursary. Artist’s statement: “I work in a wide range of media including filmmaking, etching, making artists’ books, linocut and wood engraving. I get repeatedly drawn back to wood engraving as […]
Posted August 16, 2018Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2018
Congratulations to our members who have been selected to exhibit at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2018: Anna Harley, Anna Marrow, Chitra Merchant, Clare Cutts, Ian Chamberlain, Jess Bugler, Prerna Chandiramani and Ros Ford. The fair will be held between 22–25 November 2018 at Building 17, Cartridge Place, Royal Arsenal Riverside, Woolwich, London, SE18 6ST. Thursday: 11.00 […]
Posted August 15, 2018Print-centric – a UWE SPS exhibition
PRINT-CENTRIC Five professional scholars and five recent graduates were selected for the first UWE/SPS Scholarship programme in July 2017. Over the past year they have been working to develop their practices, creating opportunities for cross-pollination of ideas and broadening creative networks. Accessing alternative environments for printing, the graduate scholars headed to Spike Print Studio and the […]
Posted July 17, 2018Spike ladies at the RA 250th Summer Show!
This year we have a been hugely successful at the Royal Academy 25th annual show “art made now” which has been curated by Grayson Perry RA. A huge congratulations to Anna Harley, Chitra Parvathy Merchant, Clare Cutts, Emma Stibbon, Frea Buckler and Ros Ford who were all handpicked to exhibit. The exhibition runs at the Royal Academy […]
Posted June 6, 2018Gail Mason – Success at Printfest
Late Bloom, silkscreen monotype 75cmx75cm A huge congratulations to member Gail Mason, who came away with multiple awards at Printfest 2018 in Ulverstone, Cumbria earlier this month. She was awarded the Chris Benefield Memorial Award 2018 for her work Late Bloom pictured above, as well as the Visitors’ Choice Award 2018.
Posted May 23, 2018