Antony Gormley: free entry for 17 – 25s
BNP Paribas AccessArt25
14 October 2019 6.30 - 9.30pm18 November 2019 6.30 - 9.30pm25 November 2019 6.30 - 9.30pm
Main Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
Free, booking required.
Antony Gormley
Lead Supporter
If you’re aged 17 – 25, you could see our highly anticipated Antony Gormley exhibition for free at one of three special evenings, part of BNP Paribas’ AccessArt25 programme.
This autumn, acclaimed sculptor Antony Gormley is taking over our Main Galleries with his most ambitious show in over 10 years.
With BNP Paribas’ AccessArt25 programme, 17 – 25s can explore Gormley’s early works, multiple drawings and wall-to-wall immersive installations for free, on three exclusive evenings in October and November.
Across the wider RA there will sound installations, interactive digital art and a film screening of a documentary exploring Gormley’s work.
Throughout all three evenings you can also get involved in zine making, clay workshops and iPad drawing classes, as well as listen in on a series of talks from arts professionals, offering insight and advice to those looking for a career in the arts.
Please note, the booking time on your ticket will only reflect your allocated slot for a tour of the exhibition; the event and all other activities will run from 6.30 – 9.30pm for every attendee. Attendees will be asked to show ID upon entry.
Programme highlights
Born N Bread workshops
Drop in all evenings, 6.30 - 9.30pm
Multi-disciplinary arts collective Born N Bread host a series of workshops inspired by the geometric depictions of the body in Antony Gormley's work.
2D Sculptures
Create a growing collaborative structure that depicts the human form using laser cut 2D shapes.
Zines
Produce your own zine at this workshop, using magazines, photographs and your own drawings and inspired by depictions of the human form.
Digital drawing with the Procreate app
Drop in all evenings, 6.30 - 9.30pm
Join Today at Apple in the Julia and Hans Rausing Hall and discover the secrets of digital drawing with an iPad, Apple Pencil and the Procreate app. Take inspiration from our Collection of sculptures and plaster casts on display, which have been used a to teach RA Schools students for over 200 years.
Clay figures workshop
Drop in all evenings, 6.30 - 9.30pm
Join artist and RA Schools alumnus Rachel Jones, and create abstract depictions of the human form in clay using 3D sculptural techniques. Add it to our installation which will grow throughout the night, then take your figure home with you.
Artist career talks
Arts practitioners from a range of disciplinary backgrounds will speak about their careers and creative practice at a series of informal 10-minute talks.
Mon 14 October
– Antony Gormley
– Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director, Young Vic
– Basma Kahlifa, Film-maker, stylist, writer and art director
Mon 18 November
– Vicky Grout, Photographer specialising in fashion and street photography.
– Sadie Clayton, Designer and Sculptor
– Aoife Dunne, Artist and Creative Director
Mon 25 November
– Sadie Clayton, Designer and Sculptor
– Alicia Pearl-Cato, Artist and co-founder of Represent
– ARTiculation prize winner, winner of the nationally acclaimed public speaking initiative designed to promote the appreciation of visual culture.
DJ takeover with Slow Dance
8pm - 9.30pm all evenings
Emerging London record label Slow Dance curate a line up of DJs and live acts.
Mon 14 October
18 Nov and 25 Nov line-up to be announced.
'Aether', a digital artwork
On display all evenings, 6.30 - 9.30pm
Experience an immersive installation by digital designer and art director, Despoina Zachariadou, and designer Arsenios Zachariadis. Their artwork explores the connections of the human body with the architecture around us, through an interactive live projection mural accompanied by an evolving soundscape.
Exhibition talks with ARTiculation
Drop in all evenings, 7pm - 9.30pm
Alumni from ARTiculation, the public speaking initiative designed to promote the appreciation of visual culture will present 10 minute pop-up talks within the Antony Gormley exhibition.
Speakers include:
Ezra Jackson took part in the ARTiculation Prize in 2019 and was one of two winning speakers at the Royal Academy of Arts, and went on to speak at the London Final at the National Gallery. Ezra is now reading Classics and Arabic at Brasenose College, Oxford.
Lottie Simpson took part in the ARTiculation Prize in 2019 and won the London Regional Heat at the Whitechapel Gallery. Lottie is in her second year of sixth form at Kingsdale Foundation School, Dulwich.
Freya Mears is an A-Level student studying Art, History of Art and Maths at Ibstock Place School in Roehampton. She was one of two winners at the ARTiculation London Regional Heat at the Royal Academy. She also exhibited at the Royal Academy Young Artists' Summer Show 2019 and is applying to study Fine Art at university.
Myles Green represented Graveny School in the ARTiculation Prize 2019, winning the London Regional Heat at The Lightbox, where he spoke about the materiality in the work of Richard Deacon RA. He is now at Kingston University studying for an Art Foundation Course.