APT & Fenton Arts Trust Mentoring Awardees Announced…..

A.P.T is pleased to announce that the recipients of the new A.P.T & Fenton Arts Trust Mentoring Award are Ned Armstrong and Lottie Stoddart. 
 
Both Awardees join us in July, from Turps Studio Programme and shall have a free studio space at APT for one year. 
 
In addition to their free studio space, each Awardee will receive advice and guidance on their fine art practice, to help them release their full potential.  This mentoring opportunity will be provided by esteemed professional artists at A.P.T: Mali Morris and Rebecca Harper. 
 
Starting in July 2021, this unique programme is designed to provide support during the period between education and professional life, in a collaborative one-to-one mentoring relationship.     
 
The Mentoring Award will benefit the mentees by helping them develop their practice, broadening their experience within a working studio community / gallery complex.   
 
A.P.T was established 25 years ago by a group of artists and has been delivering graduate programmes for many years.   As a charity, A.P.T is in a unique position with over 40 studio artist-members who have extensive knowledge and valuable experience and are willing to pass on their expertise to the next generation of visual artists. 
 
In this current climate, as we navigate through a post COVID world, continued learning is so important.   This Mentoring Award will provide a safe space for exploration in a well-known studio complex and gallery, in a creek-side building with an interesting history, which has been lovingly preserved by A.P.T from Deptford’s industrial past.  
 
 
Ned Armstrong, Awardee said 
"I am delighted to have received the support of the Fenton Art Trust. The time and space offered by the award is invaluable, and I cannot wait to get going." 
 

Lottie Stoddart, Awardee said 
I feel very lucky and excited to have the award's structure and support within the APT artist community. A year's mentoring without studio fees is a huge gift to a new graduate and I can't wait to get started.  


More information about the programme can be found here


This programme has been funded by Fenton Arts Trust