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The Royal Drawing School is seeking a post-graduate artist from outside the United Kingdom for the Don Bachardy Fellowship, an in-person residency focused on observational drawing.
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Get matched →The Don Bachardy Fellowship at the Royal Drawing School enables a post-graduate artist from outside the United Kingdom to join the Royal Drawing School during the Summer Term each year. Artists applying for the fellowship should show evidence of observational drawing in their practice. The purpose of the fellowship is to help support an emerging artist and to nurture drawing as their foundation skill.
The Don Bachardy Fellowship is open to international artists who have studied at MA level only. Artists from the UK, those who have studied and lived in the UK, or those who have previously studied at the Royal Drawing School are not eligible to apply.
Residency dates are 26 April – 3 July 2027. The Don Bachardy Fellow will spend 3 full days per week for ten weeks, drawing alongside students studying on the school’s postgraduate-level programme, The Drawing Year, as well as students on Public Programme courses.
To assist with travel and accommodation costs, the Don Bachardy Fellow will be awarded a 7,500 USD stipend.
The School runs a variety of residency programmes in the UK and internationally, offering artists time and space to develop their practice in unique settings. Artists’ residencies at Dumfries House are open to alumni and faculty of the Royal Drawing School, Scottish artists and to applicants through our partner organisations, for whom drawing is part of their practice. Funded residency places are available throughout the year, providing a private studio and self-catering accommodation for up to four artists at any one time. The Dumfries House residency emphasizes working from observation and the development of new work.
Residency studios are housed in a traditional stone building, once a laundry, offering four spacious studios with natural light. A river, walled garden, woods, main house and café are all within short walking distance. Each studio is equipped with professional daylight lights, ground source heating, and a kitchen unit. Shared toilets are on each floor. Each studio measures 5 by 5 metres and are suitable for most types of work. Wall space is limited, therefore may not be suitable for working with very large pieces. There is 24-hour access to the studios. Accommodation provides a private bedroom and a shared kitchen and bathroom. The Royal Drawing School has also opened a new printmaking studio at Dumfries House, offering etching facilities.
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The Dumfries House residency is open to The Drawing Year alumni, graduates of the Online Drawing Development Year, Scottish artists, and artists nominated by partner art schools in the United States. To be eligible for the Scottish Artist residency, artists must be currently living and working in Scotland or have studied at a Scottish art school. Printmaking residencies are only open to artists proficient in printmaking. Alumni parent artists can apply as a group of 2 to 4 for 1 to 2-week residencies with their children; this option is only open to Drawing Year alumni.