Royal Society of Sculptors

Royal Society of Sculptors The Royal Society of Sculptors was created more than 100 years ago to champion contemporary sculpture and the artists who create it.

Last chance to submit work for the Brown Hart Gardens in London's Mayfair as the deadline is Monday 24 August.This is a...
22/08/2026

Last chance to submit work for the Brown Hart Gardens in London's Mayfair as the deadline is Monday 24 August.

This is a brand new opportunity for sculptors to show their work in the heart of London's historic Mayfair for a year, in partnership with Stoneman Collins curators of the project for The Beaumont Mayfair .

We are looking for sculpture for four plinths that are located on the corners of Brown Hart Gardens (outdoors), in Mayfair opposite The Beaumont. It is also the site of a new restaurant, Pearl .mayfair which will be opening in the autumn.

Selected artists will be eligible for an exhibition fee of £5,000 per sculpture, recognising the value of the artworks and supporting artists' participation in the programme. The artworks proposed must be finished and in the UK at the time of the submission and available for the full exhibition period (November 2026 - November 2027).

For more information and to submit your work, please go to our website https://sculptors.org.uk/awards/open-call-public-sculpture-brown-hart-gardens-mayfair (see direct link on our profile)

Deadline: Monday 24 August 2026

Last chance to apply for membership of the Royal Society of Sculptors as the deadline is Thursday 20 August. We recommen...
19/08/2026

Last chance to apply for membership of the Royal Society of Sculptors as the deadline is Thursday 20 August. We recommend applying by 5pm as no tech support can be provided after that time but the application link is live until midnight.

The Society welcomes applications from established, national or international, professional artists who make sculpture in any of its forms as a significant part of a coherent professional practice, whose work adds to the language of sculpture .

Successful applicants will demonstrate a high level of expertise, experience and contemporary understanding. Applicant’s work should be high quality, distinctive and adds to the language of sculpture; whilst also demonstrating the skilled realisation of ideas. The selection panel is keen to see evidence of enquiry and reflection.

Membership gives you access to a community of expert knowledge, as well as advice and opportunities, expands your network and keeps you up to date. It also gives you recognition: Members and Fellows can use professional accreditation after their name, MRSS and FRSS accordingly.

Examples of exhibition opportunities for members include the annual Summer Show, the London Art Fair and group shows at the Roof Gardens, Kensington and the Chapel at Brompton Cemetery while residencies for members include Eilean Shona in Scotland, Awakenings at Wick in Somerset, The Hugo Burge Foundation in the Scottish Borders, as well as Thread in Sinthian, Senegal and Carraig-na-gCat residency, West Cork, Ireland both in partnership with the Albers Foundation, and Hong Kong in partnership with Crafts on Peel. Members are now also eligible for residencies at Dora House in London following the completion of our 'Creating a Home for Sculptors' project.

Click on our profile for a direct link to the online application form and to hear from our members about their experience of membership.

ABOUT MEMBERSHIP: https://sculptors.org.uk/membership (scroll down for testimonials)
APPLY HERE: https://www.curatorspace.com/opportunities/detail/membership-applications-summer/10473

Still a week to submit your work for the new opportunity for sculptors to show their work in the heart of London's histo...
18/08/2026

Still a week to submit your work for the new opportunity for sculptors to show their work in the heart of London's historic Mayfair for a year, in partnership with Stoneman Collins curators of the project for The Beaumont Mayfair

Today we're pleased to present the judges who will select the sculptures that will be installed on the four plinths in the Brown Hart Gardens for a year!

Meet Georgia Stoneman and Lizzy Collins, founders of Stoneman Collins Art Advisors

Stoneman Collins was founded in April 2025 by art advisors Georgia Stoneman and Lizzie Collins. Stoneman Collins specialises in forming art collections in major build and renovation projects across sectors to deliver a world class visual experience. Georgia and Lizzie bring a meticulous eye together with their 40 years combined art world experience as gallerists and art advisors and wide network of contacts to offer a seamless, high-level service.

Working closely with architects, interior designers and private clients they deliver both large-scale projects and smaller, more site-specific curations. Specialists in modern and contemporary British art, Stoneman Collins carefully craft meaningful collections of art that reflect the individual narrative of each project.

For more information and to submit your work, please go to our website https://sculptors.org.uk/awards/open-call-public-sculpture-brown-hart-gardens-mayfair (see direct link on our profile)

Deadline: Monday 24 August 2026

Still a week to submit your work for the new opportunity for sculptors to show their work in the heart of London's histo...
18/08/2026

Still a week to submit your work for the new opportunity for sculptors to show their work in the heart of London's historic Mayfair for a year, in partnership with Stoneman Collins curators of the project for The Beaumont Mayfair .

Today we're pleased to present the judges who will select the sculptures that will be installed on the four plinths in the Brown Hart Gardens for a year!

Meet Richard Faber, Director of The Beaumont, Mayfair

Richard Faber is a specialist hospitality investment advisor, with extensive experience across some of the world’s most prestigious luxury hotels. In 2018, Richard founded Spartan Advisors which advises private investors, family offices and institutional capital on the acquisition, development, asset management and strategic positioning of luxury and super-prime hospitality projects.

Richard’s track record includes involvement with landmark hospitality assets such as The Ritz London, The Beaumont Mayfair, Admiralty Arch, the Six Senses Hotel and Spa at The Whiteley, and the London Marriott Grosvenor Square, where he provides unparalleled insight into the evolving luxury hotel landscape alongside support on strategic development and positioning.

For more information and to submit your work, please go to our website https://sculptors.org.uk/awards/open-call-public-sculpture-brown-hart-gardens-mayfair (see direct link on our profile)

Deadline: Monday 24 August 2026

Still a week to submit your work for the new opportunity for sculptors to show their work in the heart of London's histo...
18/08/2026

Still a week to submit your work for the new opportunity for sculptors to show their work in the heart of London's historic Mayfair for a year, in partnership with Stoneman Collins curators of the project for The Beaumont Mayfair!

Today we're pleased to present the judges who will select the sculptures that will be installed on the four plinths in the Brown Hart Gardens for a year!

Meet Lisa Edwards, Curator, The Grovesnor

Lisa is an art collection management specialist and has worked with museums, historic houses and private collectors in managing significant cultural collections. For over ten years she has held the role of Curator at Grosvenor, in which she is responsible for the care and management of the family’s private art collection, working with internationally important paintings, sculptures and other decorative artworks spanning the classical to the contemporary.

For more information and to submit your work, please go to our website https://sculptors.org.uk/awards/open-call-public-sculpture-brown-hart-gardens-mayfair (see direct link on our profile)

Deadline: Monday 24 August 2026

This autumn, we are delighted to be working with Maisongb to bring to you 'Sculpting with Flour' a very delicious worksh...
14/08/2026

This autumn, we are delighted to be working with Maisongb to bring to you 'Sculpting with Flour' a very delicious workshop to mark The Big Draw, the world’s largest annual celebration of drawing.

In this workshop, hands-on food play translates ideas, memories, and feelings into an edible artefact using flour: Everything is edible, but also possible. Through this perspective, we'll explore how flour can become a material to build, think, and express ideas.

The workshop ends by sharing a light community meal and reflecting together on what we created together.

Maisongb is a studio funded by Giuseppe Burdo, using food as a material for art, branding and self expression. The practice rotates around how we can find new ways to perceive what's around us, in a playful yet thoughtful way. Maisongb organises community and cultural events, including the upcoming Food Art Fair at Ladbroke Hall.

Alongside Maisongb the workshop will also be led by Ananya Jain, curator and creative practitioner based between London and Delhi. As a facilitator she explores everyday acts of care and resistance, with a particular interest in community building through food and textiles.

To find out more and book (only 10 places per workshop) https://sculptors.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/sculpting-flour-maisongb

Join us on Sunday 20 September & explore 'What Does Home Mean To You?' with Arpita Shah as part of our Year of the Home ...
14/08/2026

Join us on Sunday 20 September & explore 'What Does Home Mean To You?' with Arpita Shah as part of our Year of the Home celebrations 🎉

This year is an exciting one for the Society as we mark 50 years since Cecil Thomas OBE FRBS generously bequeathed his home and studio, Dora House, to us. To honour this milestone, we’re calling 2026 ‘Year of the Home’ and are excited to bring you a packed season of events, exhibitions and activities on that theme, including the grand completion of our project, Creating a Home for Sculptors.

As part of our re-opening weekend, the galleries at Dora House will be open so you can explore the Summer Show 2026 and also join our drop in creative workshop 'What Does Home Mean To You?' with artist and educator Arpita Shah

Visitors of all ages will be invited to write, draw, or describe the meaning of ‘home on a tag, then tie it onto our community home installation using colourful ribbons. A large table will be fully stocked with stationery, ribbons, and coloured paper.

This will be an opportunity to drop in, enjoy tea, juice, biscuits, and meaningful stories together.

More information here: https://sculptors.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/what-does-home-mean-you

One of the exciting things about Dora House reopening is that we are able to host events such as book launches! 📚We hope...
14/08/2026

One of the exciting things about Dora House reopening is that we are able to host events such as book launches! 📚

We hope you can join us on Monday 12 October for the launch, at Dora House, of Totem: The Untold Story of Sculpture by Jo Baring, art historian and curator. Jo is also the host of the podcast Sculpting Lives and in 2023 was elected as the Frankland Visitor to Brasenose College, Oxford. She is the Director of the Ingram Collection of Modern British and Contemporary Art and a former Director of Christie's UK.

Space is strictly limited so book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/totem-the-untold-story-of-sculpture-by-jo-baring-tickets-1992208860330

In this accessible, story-led journey into the heart of sculpture, renowned art historian and curator Jo Baring explores creativity, memory and why we have been driven to make art in this medium since the very beginning of humanity.

Jo examines sculptures from the pre-historic Lion Man figure found in a German cave to an ancient Mayan pyramid that conjures a serpent made of shadows and icons of the Italian Renaissance such as Michelangelo's devastating Pieta. Along the way we encounter in a fresh light the work of twentieth century and contemporary giants such as Alberto Giacometti, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Constantin Brancusi, Louise Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama and Antony Gormley, among others. Lyrical and beautifully illustrated, Totem is a celebration of art, those creating it and those it means something to.

This coming September, get creative with our new hands-on workshops led by artists Violaine Verry and Lisa Dear!As part...
14/08/2026

This coming September, get creative with our new hands-on workshops led by artists Violaine Verry and Lisa Dear!

As part of our re-opening programme, in September you can visit our Summer Show 2026 'There's No Place Like It' curated by Henry Holland and featuring work by more than 30 of our members and fellows. You can visit the show Monday to Saturday (11am - 5pm) until 28 November and you can also join one of our creative workshops. Space is very limited so if interested, book asap.

Saturday 26 September: join artist and basket maker Lisa Dear to learn about willow weaving and create your own beautiful platter using British grown, natural materials. You will learn a number of different basketry weaving techniques and we will discuss the sustainable, tactile qualities of coppiced willow and it's different applications. https://sculptors.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/willow-platter-weaving-workshop

Sunday 27 September: Join ceramic artist Violaine Verry for a reflective pottery workshop exploring the idea of home through clay. Homes are shaped not only by the spaces we inhabit, but by the objects we live with: vessels that hold, protect and gather meaning over time. In this guided hand-building session, participants will create small ceramic vessels inspired by their personal sense of home, whether that is a memory, ritual, place or feeling. https://sculptors.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/vessel-home-hand-building-pottery-workshop

📸courtesy of the artists

As we we get ready to reopen Dora House in September, we're thrilled to present our programme of exhibitions and events....
11/08/2026

As we we get ready to reopen Dora House in September, we're thrilled to present our programme of exhibitions and events... Keep an eye out for more announcements throughout the week...

We are delighted the Summer Show is coming back to Dora House this year and curated by acclaimed designer Henry Holland whose chosen theme is 'There's No Place Like It' and it explores the idea of home through the language of sculpture.

'I am looking to bring together works that reflect comfort, memory, ritual and belonging. Works that consider the spaces we create around ourselves and the objects that quietly shape and bring joy to our everyday lives. From the intimate to the architectural, the show invites entrants to reflect on what home truly means to them personally, emotionally, physically and culturally.'

The Summer Show will be at Dora House until Saturday 28 November so we hope you get a chance to visit and see work by the selected artists:

Madi Acharya-Baskerville MRSS, Helen Barff MRSS, Amanda Benson MRSS, Philippa Beveridge MRSS, Barbara Beyer FRSS, Suzanne Blank Redstone MRSS, Ben Branagan MRSS, Tere Chad MRSS, Alison Cooke MRSS, Michael Coombs MRSS, Dido Crosby MRSS, Ali Darke MRSS, Sally De Courcy MRSS, Ebru Döşekçi MRSS, Stephen Duncan FRSS, Annie Edwards GBA, Victoria Ferrand Scott MRSS, Susan Francis MRSS, Nick Gordon Smith MRSS, Poojan Gupta MRSS, Kate Hammersley MRSS, Sharon Haward MRSS, Harriet Hellman MRSS, Joseph Hillier FRSS, Nick Hornby VPRSS, Linda Hubbard MRSS, Steve Johnson FRSS, Maureen Jordan MRSS, David Kefford MRSS, Juliette Losq MRSS, Kate Maestri MRSS, Julie Major MRSS, Aaron McPeake MRSS, Seamus Moran MRSS, Nicolas Moreton MRSS, Jane Morgan MRSS, Nathan Murphy MRSS, Abigail Norris MRSS, Kim L Pace MRSS, Gary Power MRSS, Meitao Qu GBA, Nik Ramage MRSS, Gabriele Risso MRSS, Marie-Thérèse Ross MRSS, Alexandra Searle MRSS, Alice Sheppard Fidler MRSS, Isobel Smith MRSS, Neus Torres Tamarit MRSS, Stephen Turner MRSS, Poppy Whatmore MRSS, Hamish Young MRSS, Isabel Young MRSS.

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