Friday 5 February 2016

JOHN RUSKIN PRIZE : SHORTLIST EXHIB

The John Ruskin PrizeRecording Britain Now: Society

26 February — 17 April 2016
Floor 4
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Sally CutlerRichmond, North Yorkshire Heads, 2011, 90 x 65 x 3 cm, multi-block
linocut and lead type. Image courtesty the artist and The John Ruskin Prize.

Timothy Betjeman, David Borrington, Jessie Brennan, Julian Bovis, Sally Cutler, Nathan Ford, Stephanie Grainger, Anne Guest, Susie Hamilton, Peter Haugh, Michelle Heron, Michael Johnson, Oliver Jones, Tony Kenyon, Myles Linley, Graham Martin, Julia Midgley, Joe Munro, Dominic Negus, Laura Oldfield Ford, Cherry Pickles, Hilary Powell, Teresa Robertson, Robin Sukatorn, Emily Vanns, Nettie Wakefield, Emma Wilde, Georgia Wisbey, Duncan Wood, Tanya Wood


The New Art Gallery Walsall is delighted to be the first West Midlands venue to host the prestigious John Ruskin Prize. Now in its third year, this open exhibition invites artists, both emerging and established from across the UK, to respond to the theme, Recording Britain Now: Society.

From hundreds of entrants, thirty artists have been selected for the shortlist exhibitions, taking place at The New Art Gallery Walsall,
26 February – 17 April 2016 and The Electrician’s Shop Gallery, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, 6 – 22 May 2016.

Preview

6pm - 8pm
Thursday 25 February
Friends, family and colleagues welcome
Please join us for the preview of the exhibition at The New Art Gallery Walsall, where the prize winners will be announced:

1st Prize £5,000
2nd Prize £2,000
Student Prize £1,000