Drawing Projects UK is a non-profit centre for research, development, production and promotion of exhibitions, events and workshops in drawing and contemporary art.

Drawing Projects UK provides a space for drawing – where you can see, make and discuss drawing - and aims to promote, develop and build a community through drawing in a local, regional, national and international context.

Formed in 2009 by Professor Anita Taylor to develop and promote research initiatives in drawing, including the Jerwood Drawing Prize, the new centre opened at Bridge House in Trowbridge in 2015.

Built in 1929, Bridge House is a landmark building adjacent to Trowbridge railway station. It houses the Drawing Projects UK office, The Drawing Centre project space and training room, meeting rooms, workspaces for artists, designers, makers and creative, cultural and educational enterprises and Studio Café.

Programmes include exhibitions, drawing sessions, projects, workshops, talks and events and we can provide professional development services for artists, curators and arts organisations.

What's happening at Drawing Projects

Girl Friday Breakfast Club with Tanya Palmer on 31st May 201…

On Friday 31 May 2019 our Girl Friday Breakfast Club guest speaker will be Tanya Palmer, acting Regional Secretary for Cymru/Wales Unison. Public service and fighting for social justice and equalities have been cornerstones of Tanya’s career. Having qualified as a nurse in London in 1988, Tanya worked as a senior nurse in St Thomas’ and then in accident and emergency...

14-05-2019

Explore Art Trowbridge on Easter Saturday - 20 April

Join in and Explore Art Trowbridge (EAT) on Easter Saturday, 20 April 2019, between 10am to 6pm. This collaboration between Trowbridge Museum, Town Hall Arts, Drawing Projects UK and Court Street Gallery aims to showcase the amazing, and growing, cultural and artistic offer in Trowbridge, the county town of Wiltshire.    At Drawing Projects UK, you can visit the Trinity Buoy Wharf...

14-04-2019

Girl Friday Breakfast Club with Mariele Neudecker on 26 Apri…

On Friday 26 April 2019 our Girl Friday Breakfast Club guest speaker will be the artist, Mariele Neudecker. Mariele Neudecker was born in Germany and studied at Goldsmiths College and Chelsea School of Art and Design in London, and now lives and works in Bristol. She is nationally and internationally recognised, and has shown in Biennales in Japan, Australia and Singapore...

14-04-2019

From the Blog

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2019: Call for Entries, Sel…

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2019 Selection Panel will comprise Chantal Joffe RA, artist; Andrew Nairne OBE, Director of Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge; and Dorothy Price, Reader in History of Art at the University of Bristol, and Editor of Art History. Together they will select around 65 drawings for an exhibition that will launch at Trinity Buoy Wharf before...

16-03-2019

Marie Harnett, Windows, pencil on paper, 129 x217cm, 2017

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2018 - exhibition & tou…

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2018 exhibition includes 69 drawings by 67 artists and makers, selected from an overall submission of 1,711 works from across the UK by Nigel Hall RA, artist; Megan Piper, contemporary art dealer; and Dr Chris Stephens, Director of The Holburne Museum in Bath.  Supported by the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust, the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is a...

02-12-2018

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is Open for Entries

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is currently open for submissions and presents the opportunity for all drawing practitioners in the UK to showcase their work alongside leading contemporary artists and makers in the field. Online registration for artists entering the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize will close at 5pm on 27 June 2018. Once registered, applicants then submit their works...

25-06-2018

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