This year, the panel members decided to grant a 'drawing' bursary, drawing being at the root of all work featured in DE activities - Tom Coates commenting that "Drawing is the basis of everything; a starting point for all. Whichever way an artist choses after that is up to them."

The 2005 award, of £1,000, was open to anyone via an advertisement in the Artist Newsletter magazine, artists being invited to submit up to six transparency slides or digital images of their work, along with a written application giving their reasons for deserving the bursary and telling DE how they would spend the money. The Board was mindful not to define 'drawing', to enable the broadest possible interpretation.

The advertisement generated a response of 32 applicants and Board members met on 13 October to review and discuss the applications. They were impressed by the high quality of the works submitted and the variety of media and the approaches and techniques used. Willa Beckett said that she was "glad that there were different interpretations of 'drawing', both representational and conceptual. Drawing informs an artist's practice."

Four finalists were chosen - Joan Gabie, Susanna Harris-Hughes, Annabelle Shelton and Tiziana Mazzoli.

A selection of the finalists' work was put on display at the 2005 DE Exhibition and the winner of the bursary was chosen and announced at the Artists Private View on Thursday 17 November.

This year's winner was Joan Gabie.

 

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