BODY and PLACE 2025
09 – 13 June 2025
In 2025, BODY and PLACE will return to Owlpen Manor, a private 200 acre estate in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire for four days of exploratory workshops led by tutor Martin Morris featuring model Silvina Pierina.
The Open Call to apply for a fully funded place (less travel expenses) will open on Tuesday 3rd December and close on Tuesday 4th February.
BODY and PLACE is an ongoing series of annual summer drawing residencies which take the model outside the confines of the life room. The aim is to free life drawing from its usual staid environment and breathe new energy into it. The residencies offer an opportunity for artists of all disciplines, including sculptors, and at all stages of their careers, including those who do not normally or regularly draw from the figure, to work under the guidance of skillful and passionate tutors in extraordinary surroundings. In 2025, BODY and PLACE returns to Owlpen Manor, a private 200 acre estate in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire for 4 days of exploratory drawing workshops led by tutor Martin Morris, with a life model. Participating artists will be selected by theCOLAB director Claire Mander and a panel of experts in the field of drawing including Ketty Gottardo, Courtauld Institute of Art; Luce Garrigues, London Art Week; Roger Malbert, writer and curator; Chris Stephens, director of the Holburne Museum; artist Sarah Dwyer and artist Holly Stevenson.
Previous BODY and PLACE recipients have ranged from recent graduates such as Camillia Bliss to mid-career and established artists including Laura Ford, Claire Morgan, LR Vandy and Alison Wilding.
The residency details are:
Location:
Owlpen Manor, Nr Uley, Gloucestershire, GL11 5BZ: a private 200 acre estate in the Cotswolds with woodlands, lakes and Tudor Manor house with fascinating links to the Arts and Crafts movement.
Dates:
Monday 9 — Friday 13 June 2025
Eligibility:
Applicants must NOT have previously participated in past Body and Place residencies. Open to artists nationally and internationally; the residency will be conducted in English.
This exploratory drawing residency welcomes artists of all disciplines, from sculptors to animators, and at all stages of their careers, with some form of established drawing practice, although not necessarily life drawing.
This opportunity is open to professional artists from across the UK and internationally, including students enrolled in post-graduate study.
Funding:
Residencies are fully funded including accommodation, food, tutoring and materials
Travel:
Travel to and from the residency is to be organised and paid for by the participating artists
Entry Fee:
There is an entry fee of £20 per artist as a contribution to theCoLAB’s administrative costs only. If you are not able to pay the fee, please ask for a waiver by emailing info@thecolab.art
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2025 BODY and PLACE drawing residency
The residency offers an opportunity for artists of all disciplines, including sculptors, and at all stages of their careers, including those who do not normally or regularly draw from the figure, to work under the guidance of skillful and passionate tutors in extraordinary surroundings. Open to artists nationally and internationally, and students enrolled in post-graduate study from MA level and above.
2025 Selection Panel
Participating artists (a minimum of 5 from the open call) will be selected by theCOLAB director Claire Mander and a panel of experts in the field of drawing including ; Sarah Dwyer, artist; Luce Garrigues, London Art Week; Ketty Gottardo, Courtauld Institute of Art; Roger Malbert, writer and curator; Chris Stephens, Director of the Holburne Museum and Holly Stevenson, artist.
2025 Tutor
2025’s BODY and PLACE residency will be led by tutor Martin Morris featuring model Silvina Pierina.
Martin Morris is a renowned as an innovative and effective educator in the field of drawing. He is a skilled draughtsman, animator and proponent of new technologies. He leads courses at art colleges including Kingston, the Royal College of Art and Farnham, as well as creative agencies Ogilvy and Mather. He collaborates with the Drawing Room in London, RISD USA and has facilitated cultural exchanges with the Fine Art Animation Course at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna. Morris formulated the BODY and PLACE residency programme in collaboration with theCOLAB in 2019.
His practice and research focuses on drawing and pedagogy through drawing, exploring its utility as a way of developing creative insight within educational and creative industries. Core interests are the history and processes inherent in drawing and methods of using them to ignite creative insight in the individual and the group.
Website link: https://www.thecolab.art/body-and-place-2025
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