Antigua Residency

The Antiguan Teaching Residency is generously being supported by the Jumby Bay Fund and The Halo Foundation, Antigua and Barbuda. The residency aims to encourage interest in visual arts education in secondary schools in Antigua.

The purpose of the residency is for two Royal Drawing School artists to work alongside the Antiguan Ministry of Education to run a series of workshops for high school students aged 14 – 18 in order to develop the students’ skills and help them peruse their interest in art. The teaching targets students who already have a vested interest in the arts to help expand their knowledge and technical ability.

Resident artists teach for two days a week, teaching 25 young people split into two groups (one group each day).  For the remaining time artists are provided with a studio space for their own self-directed practice. The residency is an ideal opportunity for alumni who teach on the Royal Drawing Schools Young Artists programme. Teaching artists design workshops for the students and offer them a programme of activities and learning resources once the residency is finished. As part of the teaching programme, sessions may be filmed to share with future visual art teachers. 

Artists in residence act as ambassadors for the Royal Drawing School. Sharing the School’s mission to offer in-depth, high-quality tuition in drawing from observation and to raise the standard and profile of drawing through teaching and practice.

The residency opportunity is fully funded. Artists in residence will be provided with the following:

  • Accommodation
  • Studio space
  • Return airfare
  • $300/ week paid to each artist, to cover 2 days/week of teaching

Applications are now closed for the Antigua teaching residency.

The residency is only open to alumni of the Royal Drawing School’s postgraduate programme, The Drawing Year and to Faculty of the Royal Drawing School. Artists must have two years teaching experience minimum. If you have any questions regarding the residency, please contact Janet Casey at residencies@royaldrawingschool.org.