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is suitable for display outside over summer. The Spotlight exhibition is included on the route taken by all visitors to the gardens, but it is also separate and distinct from the rest of the sculpture trail, and as such applicants are encouraged to engage with the idea of it as a solo exhibition en plain air. The successful applicant works closely with director George Marsh. The current winner is Daniel Solomons.
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Launched in 2013, Sculpture Shock encouraged surprising site-specific spatial interventions in non-traditional spaces outside the confines of a gallery. Three sculptors were awarded £3,000 and a three-month residency in Kensington. The artists then exhibited in one of three environments: Subterranean
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The Feodora Gleichen Memorial Fund was an annual award of £100 for women sculptors and was made from works shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition or any other exhibition at which works by female sculptors were shown. The Funds were administered by the Royal Academy from 1923 – 1938, after which
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that surveys the breadth of contemporary sculptural practice. A new area of woodland has been opened out to create an environment for an artist to install a single large work or a series of works creating a solo installation. Society members and fellows are invited to propose new or recent work that
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The society was founded as a company limited by guarantee in 1905 and has been a registered charity since 1963. It is a selective membership-based organisation, whose members elect its governing council. The council meets regularly to review applications and select new members. The current president
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For Benjamin Britten – one of the foremost composers of the 20th century – a quiet place to compose was absolutely essential. He was fortunate enough to achieve this for most of his life, spending his last two decades at The Red House, down a quiet lane on the outskirts of Aldeburgh, Suffolk. This
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Formerly FIRST@108: Public Art Award, the First Plinth is a biennial £10,000 award to contribute towards the production costs of producing a large-scale sculpture, thereby offering competing sculptors the opportunity to extend their practice into competing for public art commissions. Open to any
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The Royal Society of Sculptors is a registered charity with a selective membership of around 700 professional sculptors. It aims to inspire, inform and engage people of all ages and backgrounds with sculpture, and to support sculptors' development of their practice to the highest professional
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has long been an inspiration for artists and writers. To further build upon this legacy, a members-only residency has been created - a month-long opportunity for a winning member of the Royal Society of Sculptors to live on the island and reflect upon and respond to the natural environment.
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is a residency programme and cultural centre that allows local and international artists to live and work in Sinthian, a rural village in Tambacounda, the southeastern region of Senegal. It houses two artists’ dwellings, as well as ample indoor and outdoor studio space.
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With thanks to the Brian Mercer Charitable Trust the Society offers an annual residency opportunity based at Grizedale Forest. This intensive six-week-long residency aims to foster experimentation and innovation in response to the natural environment.
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artist working in three dimensions. The award is supported by the Mirisch & Lebenheim Charitable Foundation. The current winner of the First Plinth: Public Art Award 2021 is
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new creative retreat at The Red House is open to women members of the Royal Society of Sculptors to spend time in Suffolk on a peaceful, creative retreat.
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There are two types of membership: Members (formerly known as Associates until 2014) and Fellows, who are entitled to use the MRSS and FRSS
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enable sculptors to learn the technical aspects of the carving or casting process were supported by the Brian Mercer Charitable Trust.
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Two annual scholarships for society members to experiment with stone or bronze under instruction from master craftsmen in
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management passed into the hands of the Royal Society of Sculptors. The fund was established following the death of
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For many years the society awarded the Otto Beit medal, named after and funded by the philanthropist Sir
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2003: Became Royal British Society of Sculptors in recognition of growing international membership
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1905: Began as the Society of British Sculptors, with 51 sculptor members in its first year
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Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951 (2011).
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Established in 2000 as the RBS Bursary Awards, it was renamed in 2018 after the artist
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1911: Received royal patronage, and was renamed the Royal Society of British Sculptors
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1976: Received donation of Dora House, 108 Old Brompton Road from the late sculptor
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Founded in 2017, Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer is a private sculpture park in
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1963: Gained charitable status in recognition of its educational activities
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Grade II listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Open Charities: A new project to open up the UK Charities Register.
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The society has received Royal Patronage since 1911 and
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Professional associations based in the United Kingdom
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