Application Form – ESOP Advanced Painting Course 2024-26

Last day to apply for the course is 30th of May 2024 and for the scholarship 28th April 2024

If you are applying for the The ESOP Advanced Painting Young Artists Scholarship 2024-26 please apply for the course as normal 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. )

Please email your application to admin@thesop.com

Course in brief:

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.

Successful candidates will receive a full-time studio space¹ within the ESOP studio complex in Wood Green, London.

All are welcome to apply².

Click here for our application terms and conditions.

Fees:

The annual fee is £6200 per year³.

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

• submit no more than ten images along with your artist statement
• a brief statement about yourself and why you would like to do this course (500 words or less) for those applying for the scholarship include a sentence in your statement indicating you would like to be considered for the scholarship.
• any relevant publications, websites or social media handles that help support your application.

Please note should you be short list you will 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 applications by the deadline on the 30th May 2024.

Application deadline for those applying for the scholarship is 28th April 2028. In your brief statement of why you are applying for the course remember to include a sentence indicating you would like to be considered for the Young Artist Scholarship.

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