SUPPORT US and join a growing and ambitious organisation

"The Drawing Room is the only UK venue dedicated exclusively to exhibitions about what drawing might mean today. Exhibitions are not based on a medium, but on an idea. The gallery’s focus is unique, as is its identity. As much as anything else, The Drawing Room is a space to think, as well as to look at the very different contributions artists showing here have made to the activity of drawing, which is as much a mental activity as a physical process”.  Adrian Searle, Chief art critic, The Guardian

 

THE DRAWING ROOM is the only UK public gallery space dedicated to the investigation and presentation of contemporary drawing practice. It provides opportunities for emerging and established artists across nationalities, generations and cultures to develop their practice, supporting the production of new work and acting as a catalyst to test the parameters of drawing. The programme incorporates a wide range of ideas from the traditional to the experimental and has established a reputation as a critical platform for the promotion of drawing: its practice, theory and methodology. It is located within Tannery Arts, an established artists’ studio group, and has charitable status.

By becoming a Patron of The Drawing Room you will have an opportunity to give significant support to a growing and ambitious organization. The Drawing Room has no core funding and money is raised through grants for projects and fundraising initiatives which directly funds our exhibition and education programme.

The Drawing Room Founding Patrons: Stephen Barber, Elizabeth Bauza, Marie Elena Angulo and Henry Zarb, Mina Park, Sigrid and Patrick Wilkinson and others who wish to remain anonymous.

Corporate Patron: John Jones   www.johnjones.co.uk

Patron Scheme details

Our scheme envisages that a small group of Patrons will play a vital role in the future of The Drawing Room, enjoying a close relationship with its Directors and a range of significant contemporary artists.

Benefits

  • A close relationship with The Drawing Room Directors who have contacts with hundreds of established and emerging artists.
  • An invitation to The Drawing Room Annual Dinner and idea sharing forum.
  • A special preview and guided tour of our biennial fundraising exhibitions.
  • A private view dinner with the Directors, curators and exhibiting artists.
  • Artist-hosted events and studio visits
  • Complimentary catalogues signed by the artists.
  • Acknowledgement in the gallery, publications, publicity material and website.
  • Visits to private collections.
  • Tax benefits for both you and The Drawing Room.
  • The opportunity to spread your donation over the financial year by setting up a monthly standing order.

Cost: £1,000 per annum.

To find out more please Contact Us and please see our EVENTS page for a selection of past events.

 

THE DRAWING ROOM ADVISORY BOARD is a source of advocacy, review, scrutiny and expertise and includes:

David Austen (artist and Director, Tannery Arts)

Peter Jenkinson OBE (Cultural Broker and member of 2012 Olympics Cultural & Education Committee)

Cornelia Parker (artist)

Andrew Renton (Director of Curating, Goldsmiths, University of London)

Peter St John, (Caruso St John Architects)

Jeni Walwin (Freelance Curator & writer)

Grant Watson, (Curator, MuHKA, Antwerp)

Sigrid Wilkinson (Director of Arts Co. & Arts Business Consultant).