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

Mikey Cuddihy, 2020. Photo: Karen Knorr

Girl Friday Breakfast Club with Mikey Cuddihy on 30 April

On Friday 30 April our Girl Friday Breakfast Club speaker will be Mikey Cuddihy. Join us online on Friday 30 April at 8.30am (GMT), more information and booking here.  About Mikey Cuddihy: After the death of both her parents (in separate car accidents) when she was nine, Mikey was sent to England from New York with her siblings, where she attended...

04-04-2021

Anita Taylor at art school in 1982

Girl Friday Breakfast Club with Anita Taylor on 26 March 202…

On March Girl Friday Breakfast Club speaker will be Anita Taylor. Join us on Friday 26 March online at 8.30am (GMT), more information and booking here. Anita Taylor is an artist, curator and educator. She is founding Director of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize project (1994-present) and established Drawing Projects UK in 2009. She has extensive leadership, teaching, research and review...

24-03-2021

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize at Trinity Buoy Wharf London

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020 virtual exhibition onl…

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020 exhibition at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London may not be open to the public due to the current restrictions, however we are delighted that there is an interactive version of the exhibition online. Please visit this on our Current Exhibitions page, and zoom in on the images to find out more, including watching...

14-01-2021

From the Blog

Jerwood Drawing Prize 2017 at The Edge, Bath. Photo: Anita Taylor

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2021 - Call for Entries …

We are delighted that the Call for Entries for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2021 exhibition and awards is now open. The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize project has been led by its founding Director, Professor Anita Taylor, since 1994 and supported by the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust since 2018. The exhibition is open to all artists and drawing practitioners living...

15-04-2021

M.Lohrum, You Are It, Participative Drawing. Image: Cooper Gallery, Eoin Carey

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020 Awards Announced

The UK’s most important open exhibition for drawing, the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, revealed the 2020 awards during an online ceremony on Wednesday 13 January.  From 4,274 entries submitted from around the world, 71 drawings by artists, architects and designers were selected for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020 exhibition. Four prizes totalling £17,000, and three Special Commendations, were...

13-01-2021

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020 installed at Cooper Gallery, University of Dundee

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020 in London - 9-22 Janua…

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020 Exhibition and Awards Announcement will take place at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London in January 2021. The free exhibition will be presented at Trinity Buoy Wharf and online from 9 January 2021 to 22 January 2021, and will be accompanied by a daily programme of online and in situ events.The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize received a...

17-12-2020

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