The New RA for teachers
Free evening of talks, workshops and exhibitions celebrating our 250th anniversary
Friday 29 June 2018 5 - 10pm
Royal Academy of Arts
Free, booking required. Teachers with valid ID only.
Join the Learning Department for a free evening of exhibitions, workshops and talks across our new campus.
Join us for an inspiring evening of events for teachers across our new campus, with free access to all our world-famous exhibitions displaying art ranging from the 16th century to the present day. Become artists for the evening in our hands-on drawing and multimedia workshops and have the chance to listen to leading contemporary artists and teachers discuss their professional journeys. Take the opportunity to engage in discussion with fellow teachers about how to ‘think more like artists’ as you explore our spaces and relax in our bars and cafés. Come, join the discussion and be inspired in our 250th year.
This event is for teachers currently teaching in the primary, secondary, Further Education, Higher Education and SEND sectors. Please ensure you bring your staff pass/teacher ID with you to the event, as entry will only be permitted to those with a valid teacher ID.
Booking is required for the event and additionally for the talks in the Benjamin West Lecture Theatre if you would like to attend.
If you have any queries please email studentgroups@royalacademy.org.uk or call 020 7300 5995.
Join the conversation
Share your thoughts on the night with @royalacademy on Twitter using #RA250teachers
Enjoy free access to all our current shows, including the new permanent Collection Gallery and our blockbuster Summer Exhibition.
Grayson Perry RA coordinates the world’s longest running and largest open-submission show in its 250th year.
An innovative, illuminating and visually stunning celebration of the first 250 years of the Summer Exhibition.
The internationally renowned visual artist and Royal Academician explores the genre of landscape in its broadest sense.
Talks in the Benjamin West Lecture Theatre
Book your place to join us for two lively lectures in the newly-opened Benjamin West Lecture Theatre. First, an in-conversation with practicing and teaching artist Sir Michael Craig-Martin RA. Then, a panel discussion between education professionals as they consider how to inspire the next generation of artists.
Join the conversation – share your thoughts on the night with @royalacademy on Twitter using #RA250teachers
Explore the new Collection Gallery
As well as exploring our temporary exhibitions, see the display in our new Collection Gallery which includes our 16th-century copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper. Heritage Volunteers will be on hand to show handling resource boxes containing objects giving an insight into artistic and architectural practices such as sculpture, drawing techniques and gilding.
Drop-in workshops
Throughout the evening, draw out your inner creativity in a variety of drop-in hands-on workshops in the new Clore Learning Centre and other new spaces across the expanded RA campus.