Vanguard Prize: call for applications

Vanguard Court Studios and Camberwell College of Arts Studio Residency Award

Vanguard Court in partnership with Camberwell College of Arts is offering a Fine Art graduate (BA, MA graduating 2024) or recent alumni (graduates from 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) a twelve month rent-free studio. In addition Camberwell College will provide 100 hours access to the college resources, and financial support towards an exhibition. The Award culminates with an exhibition of work at Camberwell Space. The award winner will collaborate with the college’s Public Engagement’s team to produce the exhibition and create a programme of student and public activity that sits alongside it.

This is the fifteenth year of the residency previously awarded to the artists Murray O’Grady (BA Sculpture 2010), Philip Li (BA Ceramics 2011), Phillip Booth (BA Painting 2012), Lauren Allen (BA Painting 2013), Alex Deveraux (BA Sculpture 2014), Queenie Clarke (BA Drawing 2015), Billy Crosby (BA Painting 2016), Rosie Ward (BA Sculpture 2017), Gwenllian Spink (BA Drawing 2018), Isobel Finlay (BA Drawing 2019), Niccolo Binda (BA Drawing 2020), Amir Dehghan (BA Photography 2021), Robin Pickering (BA Painting 2022), Stella Pearce (BA Painting 2021).

Vanguard Court Studios are located in a mews directly opposite the college. For the last thirty years they have housed a vibrant community of artists and craftspeople. They specialise in high quality fine art, design and crafts. Studio-holders include ceramicists, jewellers, stained glass and textile artists, photographers, painters, sculptors and creators of other process-led work. There are a number of internationally established artists and makers in the yard.

The winner is asked to donate one piece of work created during their residency to the Vanguard Court collection and is also asked to take part in the Vanguard Court June and December Open Studios events to the extent possible.

APPLICATION: By email to: [email protected]

The proposal must include:

• Full name and contact details (both phone and email) must be included at the top of the written document.

• Word length: 500 words max

• No more than 12 images may be included.

• CV

PROPOSAL GUIDELINES:

• Submit one printable PDF document with all the relevant information

• Describe what your practice is, its context, and your ambitions? (try to be concise and clear)

• How do you plan to use the studio? (the making process)

• How would the use of a studio benefit your practice?

• Are there particular resources of the College you would hope to make use of within the 100 hours access offered?

ELIGIBILITY:

• You must be a student in Fine Art graduating from Camberwell in 2024 or a

recent alumni of those Camberwell courses (graduating from 2020-23)

• You must be able to start the Studio Residency Award in October 2024

• You must be eligible to remain in the UK for the 12 month period of the award.

DEADLINE Thursday 27 June 2024

All applications will be considered by the panel.

Shortlisted artists will need to be available on Monday July 1st from 5pm-7pm and Wednesday July 3rd from 5pm-7pm to attend a short interview on-line.

Vanguard Court

Rear of 36-38 Peckham Road

Camberwell

London SE5 8QT

Host or Publisher Camberwell College of Arts, UAL