Royal Academy Schools
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The RA Schools is a vibrant, art-centred community. Learn more about our graduates, or if you are a graduate, get in touch for updates, professional opportunities, and free entry to RA exhibitions.
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Graduates of the RA Schools
We offer our graduates regular updates from their peers, news from the RA Schools, professional opportunities, events, and entry to RA exhibitions.
If you are in touch with fellow graduates, 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 for Graduates of the Royal Academy Schools
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Exhibitions
From ancient sculpture to modern-day masterpieces, the Royal Academy’s exhibitions are world-renowned and Graduates of the RA Schools get in free.
Stay in touch
Receive all the latest news and opportunities from the RA Schools in our regular email updates. Get back in touch with other graduates through our Genesis Network Forum and Instagram.
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Events
Join us for a private view of the RA Schools Show and catch up with your peers at our annual event for Graduates of the RA Schools.
Professional opportunities
As part of our updates by email and on social media we will circulate relevant opportunities such as residencies, commissions and prizes, including those we establish exclusively for our graduates.
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Discuss and collaborate
Discuss current shows, collaborate with peers, and find out about opportunities open to our graduates through our Genesis Network Forum. Connect with other graduate through our Instagram.
Podcasts
Subscribe to our podcast of lectures by renowned thinkers and artist’s talks, direct from our postgraduate programme, each week during the academic year.
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Graduates of the RA Schools
Loading RA Artists
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2020/21 was an extraordinary year for the RA Schools.
With only intermittent access to the RA site, the staff and students agreed that to manage time in the studios and workshops, and in reaction to the cancellation of the RA Schools Show 2020 due to Covid-19, a “catch up year” would hold the students from the class of 2020 in place for an additional academic year.
Thus, graduating in 2021 instead of 2020, fourteen final year students – the Class of 2020 – became the Class of 2020x1.
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Read more about Graduates of the RA Schools
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RA Exhibitions
5 years 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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Inside the Academy
> 8 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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Inside the Academy
> 8 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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Artists
9 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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