A list of some drawing-related spaces, courses, exhibitions, fairs, magazines, blogs etc that i’ve found useful. If you have any recommendations or suggestions of things to add, please let me know here.
DRAWING SPACES
The Drawing Room - London-based not-for-profit organisation championing ‘the unlimited potential of drawing’ through exhibitions, learning projects and library - drawingroom.org.uk
C4RD (Centre for Recent Drawing) - London museum space for drawing - c4rd.org.uk
Drawing Projects UK - Trowbridge-based non-profit centre for research, development, production and promotion of exhibitions, events and workshops in drawing and contemporary art - drawingprojects.uk
Drawing Center - (New York, USA) - exhibition space exploring ‘the medium of drawing as primary, dynamic, and relevant to contemporary culture, the future of art, and creative thought’ - drawingcenter.org/about/history
Menil Drawing Institute (Texas, USA) - ‘A museum and a neighborhood of art’ - menil.org/drawing-institute
Drawing Centre Diepenheim (Netherlands) - art venue dedicated to the medium of drawing - https://drawingcentre.nl/en/about-us/
Drawing Lab (Paris, France) - private exhibition and experimentation space dedicated to the promotion of contemporary drawing - drawinglabparis.com/en/
POSTGRAD Drawing courses
Royal Drawing School (London) - The Drawing Year - royaldrawingschool.org/courses/postgraduate/
UAL Camberwell college of Arts (London) - MA Fine Art: Drawing - arts.ac.uk/subjects/fine-art/postgraduate/ma-fine-art-drawing-camberwell
Paris College of Art - Master of Arts / Master of Fine Arts in Drawing - paris.edu/programs/graduate/master-fine-arts-in-drawing/
City Lit (London) - Extended Drawing for Artists & Makers - citylit.ac.uk/courses/extended-drawing-for-artists-and-makers
Drawing Exhibitions/Fairs
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize (London, UK) - ‘the pre-eminent annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK’ - trinitybuoywharfdrawingprize.drawingprojects.uk
Drawing Now Art Fair (Paris, France) - contemporary art fair exclusively dedicated to drawing in Europe - drawingnowparis.com/en/the-fair/
Art on Paper 2024 - Brussels International Drawing Fair - artonpaper.be/en
MISC
FUKT - Magazine dedicated to contemporary drawing and illustration. Based in Berlin/Oslo - fuktmagazine.com
Drawings & Notes - ‘weblog about contemporary drawing, art on paper, notes, scribbles and an occasional painting or photograph’
- drawingsandnotes.com/about-contemporary-drawing/
The Big Draw - UK-based charity ‘dedicated to raising the profile of drawing as a tool for wellbeing, thought, creativity, social and cultural engagement’ - thebigdraw.org