Mentoring Awards
APT Mentoring Award
This year will be the first year of The APT Mentoring Award. Following on from previous awards like The Clyde Hopkins Mentoring Award and The APT and Fenton Arts Trust Mentoring Award, APT strives to continue providing a space for two mentees to join our community for the year.
The yearlong award is designed to provide space and support during the period between education and professional practice, with a communal mentoring relationship. The Award provides mentoring and a free studio space for a year, for two recent graduates, with any practice. Awardees will receive communal mentoring from various APT members and have a 1 week exhibition at APT Gallery at the end of their award.
Clyde Hopkins Mentoring Award
The Clyde Hopkins Mentoring Award will provide a legacy for former A.P.T Artist and Honorary Member, the late Clyde Hopkins. In honour of the positions, he held as Head of Art Department at both Winchester School of Art and Chelsea College of Art, the Award will support emerging artists to bridge the gap between education and professional practice.
The Award provides mentoring and a free studio space for a year, for two emerging artists or recent graduates, whose practice is focused on painting. Awardees will also receive advice and guidance on their fine art practice from an A.P.T artist member, who will act as their mentor, helping them release their full potential whilst at A.P.T.
APT & Fenton Arts Trust Mentoring Award
Initiated by APT Artist Member Mali Morris, the APT & Fenton Arts Mentoring Award ran from 2020 – 2024 and was funded by The Fenton Arts Trust.
The yearlong award was designed to provide space and support during the period between education and professional life, with a collaborative one-to-one mentoring relationship. The award benefitted mentees by helping them develop their practice and broadening their experience within a working studio-community/gallery-complex.