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 SWLA Bursaries

Awards of up to £750 each are open to young artists aged 15 to 30 to enable them to develop their skills through mounting a special project, travel or education.

In the last twelve years SWLA Bursaries have supported many varied projects.  A bursary enabled Vicky White to travel to Gibraltar to study and raise awareness of the Barbary macaques as part of her MA course;  Stephanie Black aimed, for the sake of wildlife and the environment, to influence consumers to recycle more and to refuse supermarket plastic bags, by producing free cotton bags with seabird designs.  In previous years, Christopher Wallbank used his bursary to produce the Unbound Amazonia Field Guide of local flora and fauna for use at the Manu Biosphere Reserve of Eastern Peru and Celia Smith, winner of the former WWT bursary, set up a display of her wire sculptures of wading birds and waterfowl at the Annual Exhibition.

Several award winners have gone on to become members of the SWLA thereby playing an active part in its future direction and charitable projects.

Examples of the work of our Bursary winners are displayed during the Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries.

To apply for a bursary please click here to download an application form  and submit it to arrive by 12th September 2011.

 

    

The Wildlife Trusts

Underwater

Wildlife Art award

application extended to 14th October

Fifty percent of our wildlife lives in the sea.  The Wildlife Trusts are offering an artist of any age and experience the opportunity to learn to dive in order to portray the beauty and fragility of the UK’s marine environment.  The award, worth up to £3000, will cover training plus equipment hire for a number of dives anywhere in the UK.

Click here to download the Underwater Wildlife Art Award application form  

 

    

The Seabird Drawing

Course Award

The SWLA is offering places on The Seabird Drawing Course with John Busby. The week long course is to be held in June 2012 at seabird colonies in North Berwick and the Firth of Forth. Course leaders John Busby, Anna Kirk-Smith and Darren Woodhead will be on hand to offer advice and guidance on drawing and painting in the field and there will be additional activities at points over the week. This is a fantastic opportunity to work alongside established and enthusiastic artists and get an insight into the diverse approach that those artists have to working in the field. The Bursary will pay for the course and provide a small contribution towards accommodation costs.

Please click here to download The Seabird Drawing Course Award application form.

The deadline for submissions in 12th September 2011

 

 

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