‘Just Imagine’ asked creatives to do exactly that – to reimagine what a sustainable future could look like through art. Entrants were encouraged to take inspiration from Sir David Attenborough’s recent film, A Life On Our Planet, in which he reflects on the changes to the natural world during his lifetime and presents his hopeful vision for the future. The nationwide call-out saw creative responses to the solutions and messages seen in the film.

The inaugural BODY and PLACE funded residencies aim to reframe the drawing of the body within unusual contexts outside the confines of the life room. Drawing and mark making is a recognised way to access and unleash the creative process. As it falls out of favour in art schools and in the art curriculum generally, we invite artists across generations to rethink drawing the body as an essential and key part of their artistic practice.

Women Make Sculpture aims to dispel the myth that women artists do not (or cannot) make engaging, ambitious and, if desired, large scale outdoor works. Women Make Sculpture is an award of £15,000 towards the making of work: be it new or stemming from an idea long under consideration. The brief was open as to material, narrative and theme but the work must demonstrate an interest in making and materials or be inspired by the context for the work.

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The winner of Women Make Sculpture commission is Rachel Ara. Ara’s work will be exhibited in the University College London (UCL)’s Bloomsbury Campus from mid-October 2019.