23rd - 25th April 2024
At The Royal College of Art

Darwin Building, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, South Kensington SW7 2EU

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Young Art is an annual exhibition of children’s paintings, drawings and prints, held for one week a year at the Royal College of Art.

 

Over the last 31 years Young Art has raised more than £1,350,000 towards vital research into childhood cancers and clinical trials at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.

The Exhibition

To see what will be happening throughout the week and find out where you need to be, please click the button below.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the exhibition will be finishing earlier than planned on Thursday, 25 April at 6.30pm.  It will therefore not be open to the Public and School groups on Friday 26 April.  We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

  • 4.00-6.00pm:
    Private View for R-Yr 1 exhibitors and parents

    5.00pm:
    Prize Giving R-Yr 1

    6.00-8.00pm:
    OPENING NIGHT PARTY

    7.00pm:
    Prize Giving Yr 7-9, Year 10 &11 including Art, Drawing and Printmaking

    Private View for Yr 7-13 including Art, Drawing and Printmaking

  • 10.00am-3.00pm:
    Open to Public and School Groups

    4.00pm-6.00pm:
    Private View for Yr 2-3

    5.00pm:
    Prize Giving Yr 2-3

  • 10.00am-3.00pm:
    Open to Public and School Groups

    2.30pm:
    Vice Chancellor’s Prize Giving Yr 12&13

    4.00-6.30pm:
    Private View for Yr 4-6

    5.00pm:
    Prize Giving Yr 4-6

Check out the Sponsors page for exciting news about prizes

Our partnerships are an important part of the exhibition and today Young Art have two additional prizes:
• For Printmakers and Printmaking Teachers from the Royal Academy Schools
• For Yr 4-6 pupils from the V&A

Art, Drawing and Print Making

Enter your work and come and celebrate with us. This year is already oversubscribed so you can only enter through your Young Art registered school reps. Entries close on 19 January 2024.

Please liaise with your rep to arrange a date for the artwork to be collected or delivered in the week preceding to ensure that the deadline is met.

The exhibition is running from the 23rd - 25th April at The Royal College of Art.

Children helping children

Over 7,600 young people aged from 4 to 18 from more than 90 schools – mainly in London – enter the competition every year. The pictures are judged by a panel of leading contemporary artists and this year over 800 have been selected to be exhibited.

Judge’s Wall

This year’s exhibition includes a display of works for sale by our esteemed and talented judges.

All funds raised will support specific research into childhood cancers at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.

 

“The importance of art in the school curriculum cannot be overstated, it helps prepare children for their future life and makes that life richer. The Young Art exhibition is part of that process as well as providing funds, through your generosity, to help with UCL’s vital research into childhood cancer.”

— Prof Ken Howard OBE RA

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