The Drawing Fellowships
The original purpose was to support and encourage the discipline of drawing within higher education which, during the mid-1990s, was perceived to have become an embattled medium; a concern which the Evelyn Williams Trust shared with the Rootstein Hopkins Foundation. The Fellowships were awarded to emerging artists, usually in their late 20s, who were in the process of establishing themselves professionally and who would benefit from a period of time working on their practice, and encouraging the act of drawing within the supportive and stimulating environment of an art college.
Helen Ireland – Winchester School of Art, 1994 -1995
Kim Merrington – Liverpool John Moores University,?School of Art, 1996 - 1997
Peter Fillingham – Norwich School of Art, 1997 - 1998
Paul Housley – University of Northumbria, Newcastle, 1998 - 1999
Dilip Sur – Cheltenham & Gloucester, School of Art, 1999 - 2000
Yvonne Buchheim – School of Art & Design, University of Derby, 2000 - 2001
Anne-Marie Creamer – Faculty of Art, University of the West of England Bristol, 2003 – 2004
"When I received the Evelyn Williams Award, I spent the year working from my studio in London and being the Drawing Fellow at Winchester School of Art …The discipline of drawing from direct observation and discovering ideas through the process of working and experimentation were and still are key to my own practice. Time has gone by and I am still drawing … I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you again for giving me the award, as an artist it helped me to discover my own direction and fascination for the process of drawing."
Helen Ireland, Winchester School of Art, 2009/10
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"… I have continued with an engagement with drawing within teaching and see no reason to be anything other than determined to keep this very basic yet critical part of my practice alive as it refers to both physical making and conceptual processes which reach into other artistic understanding, appreciation and areas of practice.
… I hope that my appreciation for your support in the past is clear, a support which planted seeds deep into my practice, teaching and general appreciation of Art."
Peter Fillingham, Evelyn Williams Drawing Fellowship Norwich School of Art, 1997/98
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"I believe that having the scholarship on my CV has definitely put me at an advantage. I will forever be grateful of winning the award that day and it has encouraged and strengthened me to stick to a career in Art and continue on with my own practice - especially drawing trees!"
Susannah Morgan, Wimbledon College of Art, Evelyn Williams Drawing Scholarship 1994-95
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"For me the Evelyn Williams Award came at a time of transition, as my work moved from painting to the moving image… I admired Evelyn and her generosity, providing a younger artist with support. It’s quite something to share your own good fortune with strangers! I believe in generosity as a creative principle and Evelyn has remained for me an example of how to live this principle in an individual artist. Now, as I grow older myself, I continue to think of Evelyn’s graciousness and far-sightedness
… The Evelyn Williams Trust helped change my life for the better; I owe Evelyn a great deal."
Anne-Marie Creamer, Faculty of Art, University of the West of England Bristol, Evelyn Williams Fellowship 2003-04
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