Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2016
13 June-21 August 2016
I am very excited and honoured that “Furnace Wood” and “Climping Beach” have been selected for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition this year
submission process
Two pieces of work can be entered – the entry deadline was 12 February or when 12,000 entries are received
11 March: notification that work had been shortlisted for delivery to the RA
Delivery pack arrived to label artwork
12 or 13 May dates to deliver 2 dimensional artwork to the RA
19 May: notification that work is still under consideration
28 May confirmation that both pieces were selected and hung
varnishing day 3rd June 2016
On Friday 3rd June I join the other Royal Academy of Arts Non-Members for Varnishing Day, historically an opportunity for artists to “varnish” and touch up their work, now a celebration of the Summer Exhibition where refreshments are served and prizes given and an opportunity to see our work hung before the exhibition opens to the public.
Prior to the reception we are greeted in the Annenberg courtyard of the Royal Academy by a steel band which leads the procession along Piccadilly to St James’s Church where a service for the artists is held before returning to party in the galleries.
