Royal Academy Schools Prospectus
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The Royal Academy Schools is a vibrant, art-centred community. Learn more about our graduates, or – if you are a graduate – get in touch with us for regular updates and professional opportunities.
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Graduates of the RA Schools
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Are you a graduate of the RA Schools?
We offer our graduates regular updates from their peers, news from the RA Schools, professional opportunities, events, entry to RA exhibitions and academic insight. We’ve included details on how to join below.
If you are in touch with fellow Graduates, please help us build our network by reaching out to them or referring them to us.
For more information, or to arrange a time to drop in and see us, please contact us.
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Benefits of being a Graduate
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Free entry to exhibitions
Visit all RA exhibitions with a family guest for free.
Podcasts
Subscribe to our podcasts of Lectures by renowned thinkers and Artist’s Talks, direct from our postgraduate programme, each week during the academic year.
Discuss and collaborate
Discuss current shows and collaborate with other graduates through our Facebook group. If you know of a great studio that has just become available, post about it here.
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RA Magazine
Receive the quarterly RA Magazine, which covers UK and international art exhibitions, book reviews and news from the RA and Royal Academicians.
Keep in touch
Follow what your peers are up to through our new social media pages. Get all the latest news from the RA Schools in our regular eNews updates.
Life drawing
Monday night life drawing with our long standing tutor Francis Bowyer. Additional fee applicable.
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Priority booking for talks and events
Book your place at RA Schools public lectures and symposia before anyone else.
Professional opportunities
As part of our updates we will circulate opportunities we know will be of interest to our graduates such as residencies and awards.
The Keeper’s House
A restaurant, a café, a cocktail bar, a garden, a place to encounter art at the Royal Academy.
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Join one of our two membership schemes
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Free
Latest news from the RA Schools
Professional opportunities
Discuss and collaborate online
Follow and post to our social media pages
Life drawing on Monday evenings
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£45 per year*
Latest news from the RA Schools
Professional opportunities
Discuss and collaborate online
Follow and post to our social media pages
Life drawing on Monday evenings*
Free entry to RA exhibitions
RA Magazine and RA Schools Show catalogue
Weekly lectures and artist’s talks as podcasts
Priority booking for our public talks and events
Events at Premiums and RA Schools Show
Access to the Keeper’s House
*paid membership £45 by Direct Debit and £50 by Card or Cheque
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Read more about graduates of the RA Schools
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![Sarah Pickstone, The Rainbow]()
RA Exhibitions
11 months ago
My art agenda: Sarah Pickstone
Sarah Pickstone, alumna of the RA Schools, discusses the inspiration behind her new works in Burlington House, her co-operative studio and the democratic nature of drawing.
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![Lucy Williams , Bousfield School]()
Inside the Academy
> 4 years ago
Catching up with… Lucy Williams
As she launches her new book, Lucy Williams discusses her time at the RA Schools and tells us how her block colour, architectural collages bring a fresh perspective to urban landscapes.
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![Portrait of artist Mary Ramsden]()
Inside the Academy
> 4 years ago
Catching up with… Mary Ramsden
Before she departs for a residency in Connecticut, Mary Ramsden discusses her time at the RA Schools and tells us what she’s been up to since graduating in 2013.
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![Grace O'Connor, Girl Fight]()
Artists
< 5 years ago
Catching up with… Grace O‘Connor
From her studio in Southwark, the former RA Schools student Grace O’Connor describes how her experience at the Academy formed her future painting practice.
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