Drawing Projects UK is a non-profit centre for research, development, production and promotion of exhibitions, events and workshops in drawing and contemporary art.

Drawing Projects UK provides a space for drawing – where you can see, make and discuss drawing - and aims to promote, develop and build a community through drawing in a local, regional, national and international context.

Formed in 2009 by Professor Anita Taylor to develop and promote research initiatives in drawing, including the Jerwood Drawing Prize, the new centre opened at Bridge House in Trowbridge in 2015.

Built in 1929, Bridge House is a landmark building adjacent to Trowbridge railway station. It houses the Drawing Projects UK office, The Drawing Centre project space and training room, meeting rooms, workspaces for artists, designers, makers and creative, cultural and educational enterprises and Studio Café.

Programmes include exhibitions, drawing sessions, projects, workshops, talks and events and we can provide professional development services for artists, curators and arts organisations.

What's happening at Drawing Projects

In focus: Moonrakers - Anita Taylor

We currently have Moonrakers by Anita Taylor on display in The Entrance Hall at Drawing Projects UK.  Moonrakers (2024) is the first painting in a series of large monochrome works, made with ink, oil, charcoal and pastel on canvas. Gestating during the global pandemic, with a sense of impotence at ‘looking on’ as events unfolded, the implied temporary structures (and interim...

19-09-2026

Trowbridge Stanza - Isabelle Thompson plus an Open Mic - Sat…

Join the Trowbridge Stanza at Drawing Projects UK on Saturday 6 June at 2pm for the launch of Isabelle Thompson's pamphlet, Stalin's Parrot, and join in an open mic. You can find tickets here. Isabelle Thompson is a graduate of Bath Spa University’s MA in Creative Writing, where she now works as a research assistant supporting programmes focused on story and...

24-05-2026

How to Enter the Art World After.. with Hettie Judah & A…

Join us on Sunday 17 May at 2pm for an afternoon with writer and curator, Hettie Judah, author of How to Enter the Art World After... a late start, a first career, illness, raising children, a crisis of confidence, leaving it in disgust... There will be presentations by artists from the Drawing Projects UK community - including Anita Taylor, Aliceson Green...

07-05-2026

From the Blog

Yvonne Crossley, Octogenarian Dancer, 2025

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 - Awardwinning Drawing…

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 - Awardwinners Announced -  Wednesday 16 September 2026 £18,000 of awards were announced at the exhibition launch on Wednesday 16 September - for drawings by Yvonne Crossley, Elena Grossi and Lucie Holzer, with commendations for drawings by Siân Bowen, Gary Lawrence and Simon Page. Congratulations to each artist with a drawing included in the exhibition, selected from...

19-09-2026

Events & Education Programme - Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawin…

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 Education Programme - at Trinity Buoy Wharf and online - 17 September – 4 October 2026We look forward to welcoming everyone to the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 exhibition, and are delighted to present a series of events that invite and encourage everyone to explore and enjoy drawing! The programme is kindly supported by an additional grant...

31-08-2026

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 - Exhibition & Sho…

TRINITY BUOY WHARF DRAWING PRIZE 2026 - Shortlist and Exhibition Announced The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 of £15,000 will be announced on Wednesday 16 September at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London, along with the Trinity Buoy Wharf Student Drawing Award of £2,000, and Trinity Buoy Wharf Three Boroughs Drawing Award of £1,000 (open to those living and/or working in...

17-08-2026

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