RWA

The Royal West of England Academy is Bristols first art and design museum. The artists programme does not just focus on well known artist names but also new and established artists from Bristol. The Royal West of England Academy is one of only five self supporting Royal Academies of Art in the UK.

The RWA publishes its own magazine quarterly called Art. Most galleries have a gift shop similar to the one at the RWA, the gift shop offers merchandise that mirrors the exhibitions. However the museum also offers the own Art scheme, making it easy and affordable to buy works of art from £100-2000. The cost is spread over ten monthly payments and is interest free. Another area that particularly interested me about the museum was the Mary Feddern Limited edition prints. The prints feature some of the artists favourite motifs,and have been created using a digital process and are reproduced using guaranteed light-fast pigmented inks onto cotton fibre papers. This was of interest because it relates to my specialist pathway graphic design and is an example of how work can be created for the purpose of an art print.