Application Form – ESOP Advanced Painting Course 2024-26

Last day to apply for the course is 31st of July 2024 and if applying for the scholarship 30th June 2024

Email your application to admin@thesop.com

Course in brief:

The annual fee is £6200 per year¹.

This 2 year course starts on 23rd September 2024 to 27th June 2026. The course comes with a studio that is accessible throughout the two year including the summer of 2025. The course provides abundant tutor contact time with teaching days from Monday to Wednesday in a student year group of no more than 16 students. Every two weeks during term time we have visiting artists giving talks and tutorials and every academic year we visit galleries and artist studio. At the end of the course group exhibition of the graduating year is held.

If you are applying for the The ESOP Advanced Painting Young Artists Scholarship 2024-26 please apply for the course as normal (see how to apply below) and then include a simple statement in your application expressing your interest in the scholarship (note the scholarship is open to artists between 20-30 years at the time of starting the course. )

Click here for how to apply for ESOP Scholarships. Last date to apply 30th June 2024.

Successful candidates will receive a full-time studio space² within the ESOP studio complex in Wood Green, London.

Click here for our application terms and conditions.

All are welcome to apply³.

Application Process:

We will select candidates based on artistic potential, energy, creativity, open-mindedness, dynamic commitment, as well as the quality of work.

The ethos of ESOP encourages a wide range of viewpoints, and we welcome applications from candidates looking to contribute to this diverse and polysemous micro-culture. Applicants who are short listed will be expected to demonstrate their willingness and preparedness to actively participate in the collective endeavours of this innovative and unique painting course.

Please use the method described below

How to apply

Please email your application to admin@thesop.com

1. Send Six (6) images of your latest work done in the last two years. If images can also be seen on your website or social media please send details of those.
2. your latest CV
3. Write personal statement of no more than 700 words
   • introducing yourself, 
   • your practice as an artist, 
   • why you would like to do your selected course 
   • and how you believe it will benefit your practice as an artist.
4. If shortlisted for our in-person interview, we may request two referees. See below
5. Send any other information you believe will help in your application. This may include video presentations, details of any galleries, websites or social media sites that represent your work.
6. Please remember to include your contact telephone or mobile number in your application email. We will need that if you are shortlisted for in-person interviews.

Please note should you be short list you may be asked to provide two references

• Your 1^st referee should be someone you have known for a while who can provide information on your practice
• Your 2^nd referee should be someone who can provide a character reference.
• Note: Neither referee can be a family member.

Application Deadline:
Please submit your course applications by the 31st of July 2024.

Visit to Exhibition ‘Present Tense’ at Hauser & Wirth Gallery April 2024

Visit to Kathryn Maple Exhibition ‘Encounters’ at Bo Lee and Workman Gallery

Footnotes:

1. Information indicated was correct at the time of publishing this page ↩︎
2. the studio space will be within a shared studio with no more than five other students ↩︎
3. Click here for our inclusivity statement ↩︎