THE JOHN RUSKIN PRIZE 2015 | RECORDING BRITAIN NOW: SOCIETY

26 February – 17 April 2016, The New Art Gallery Walsall

A Fall of Ordinariness and Light, 2014

Organised by The Big Draw in collaboration with the Guild of St George and The Pilgrim Trust. 

Jessie Brennan's A Fall of Ordinariness and Light (2014) has won Second Prize in the John Ruskin Prize 2015. REGENERATION! (published 2015) was also shortlisted for the prize. The 30 prize finalists were selected from over 700 artists (1,653 artworks were considered). The exhibition is held at The New Art Gallery Walsall until 17 April 2016. It is accompanied by a programme and catalogue linking to the V&A’s historic ‘Recording Britain’ collection. 

See the full press release here.

SELECTION PANEL: Adam Dant (Artist), Gill Saunders (Senior Curator of Prints,V&A Museum) , Stephen Snoddy (Director, The New Art Gallery Walsall), Sue Grayson Ford (Big Draw President), Clive Wilmer (Master, The Guild of St.George)