News: DRAW 13, the Society's 92nd Annual Open Exhibition, will run from 30 September to 12 October at the Menier Gallery in London. Entry forms are now available here. And all twelve award-winning artists from DRAW 12 talk about their art -- and why they draw -- in our blog The SGFA Journal here.

The Society of Graphic Fine Art is the only national society in the UK dedicated exclusively to drawing. Founded in 1919, the Society promotes fine drawing skills in both traditional and contemporary media. Today there are more than 100 elected members of the Society across the UK. We're professional artists from all areas of the art world who work in all drawing and printmaking media. 

The Society organizes activities throughout the year, culminating in the Annual Open Exhibition in October. Our next members-only exhibitions are:

• SGFA Southwest - Octagon Theatre, Yeovil BA20 1UX from 26th June til 22nd July 2013. For more information please click on the exhibition poster at right.

• Paper Works - RK Burt Gallery, Bankside, London SE1 1SG from 15 - 26 July 2013.

We publish articles, reviews and gems unearthed from the archives in our blog, the Journal of the Society of Graphic Fine Art. To go to our blog just click here.

The Society is funded solely by members' subscriptions and is governed by an elected Council which meets regularly to administer its affairs. Membership applications are welcome and are reviewed twice a year.  

The next deadline for new membership applications is 20th September 2013. For more details please see Join the Society or click here.

AWARD-WINNING ARTWORKS FROM DRAW 12

Awards are listed in order of presentation, with many thanks to our selector, John Yardley RI, and to our official opener and presenter Prof Ken Howard OBE RA Hon SGFA. Presentations were made on Tuesday 2nd October 2012 at the Menier Gallery in London.

  1. The Daler-Rowney Award for the Best Work in the Exhibition    
      Sponsored by Daler-Rowney Limited
      cat 178 Stuart Stanley ASGFA: Spencer House at Dusk (acrylic)
    

  2. The Award for a Highly Commended Work
      Sponsored by STABILO International Gmbh
      cat 43 Anne Carpenter ASGFA: Somerset Levels II (fabric collage)

  3. The Stabilo Award for Drawing
      Sponsored by STABILO International Gmbh    
      cat 168 Annie Ridd ASGFA: Dante Deo (For the Love of God) (graphite)

 4. The Award for a Highly Commended Drawing
      Sponsored by STABILO International Gmbh    
      cat 89 Ken Head SGFA: Ropes and Pulleys – HMS Victory (watercolour)        

5. The Artistpapers Award for a Work in Colour    
    Sponsored by Artistpapers.co.uk, UK Distributors for Strathmore Papers
    cat 2 Sue Andrew ASGFA: Paraguayan Dream no.1 (gouache)

 6. The Award for a Highly Commended Work in Colour
    Sponsored by STABILO International Gmbh
   cat 67 Chris Forsey RI, SGFA: Fence, Stack & Towers, Geevor (watercolour, ink, crayon

 7. The Derwent Award for a Print    
    Sponsored by Derwent at the Cumberland Pencil Company
    cat 62 Melvyn Evans ASGFA: Weaving Branches (lino print)

 8. The Award for a Highly Commended Print
     Sponsored by STABILO International Gmbh
     cat 71 Michael Gage ASGFA: Sissinghurst (linocut)

 9. The Arqadia Award for a Work in Monochrome
     Sponsored by Arqadia Limited
     cat 85 Barry John Harrison SGFA: Specimen ( pencil)

10. The Award for a Highly Commended Work in Monochrome
     Sponsored by STABILO International Gmbh
     cat 63 Bernard Fleming: Still life (charcoal)

11. The St. Cuthbert’s Mill Award for a Work on our Theme  ’Drawing Breath’
      Sponsored by St. Cuthbert’s Mill
cat 149 Dr Sumi Perera RE, MSDC, SGFA: Displace (etching, aquatint, collagraph, stitch)

12. The Award for a Highly Commended Work on our Theme  ‘Drawing Breath’
     Sponsored by Jackson’s Art Supplies
     cat 169 Annie Ridd ASGFA: Beatus (A Blessed One)

13. The President’s Choice Award            
      Sponsored by the Society of Graphic Fine Art
      cat 147 Katherine Peeke: Matt Series (acrylic)