Jerwood Foundation is an independent grant-making foundation in the

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. In 1999 the Jerwood Foundation established the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, a

registered charity A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, Religion, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definitio ...

under English law.

History

The Jerwood Foundation was established in 1977 by

Alan Grieve Alan Thomas Grieve, (22 January 1928 – 14 May 2025) was a British lawyer, company director and chairman of the Jerwood Foundation. Life and career Alan Grieve was born in London, England on 22 January 1928. He was educated at Aldenham School ...

for John Jerwood, an international businessman and philanthropist. Since Jerwood's death in 1991 it has been administered by Grieve. The Jerwood Foundation is a patron of the

arts The arts or creative arts are a vast range of human practices involving creativity, creative expression, storytelling, and cultural participation. The arts encompass diverse and plural modes of thought, deeds, and existence in an extensive ...

. The Foundation has made strategic capital grants reflecting its support for the arts and education. In 2012 the Foundation placed the Jerwood Collection of 20th and 21st Century works of art in the public domain on display in the

Jerwood Gallery The Hastings Contemporary is a museum of contemporary British art located on The Stade in Hastings, East Sussex and is a not-for-profit organisation. The gallery opened in March 2012 as the Jerwood Gallery and cost £4m to build. The gallery co ...

Hastings Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to th ...

, but in 2019 the Gallery cut ties with the Foundation amid a funding dispute and the Foundation withdrew its collection while the gallery rebranded to be called Hastings Contemporary (as a venue for temporary exhibitions) though remaining in the building owned by the Jerwood Foundation. Other capital grants made by the foundation include: * Jerwood Library: Trinity Hall, Cambridge * Jerwood Gallery:

Natural History Museum A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history scientific collection, collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, Fungus, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleo ...

, London *

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, London * Jerwood Vanburgh Theatre:

RADA The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, also known by its abbreviation RADA (), is a drama school in London, England, which provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in Bloomsbury, Central Lond ...

, London * Jerwood Studio:

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, East Sussex (Gus Christie interview.) * Jerwood Medical Education Centre:

Royal College of Physicians The Royal College of Physicians of London, commonly referred to simply as the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of ph ...

, London * TS ''John Jerwood'': Sea Cadets Association * Jerwood Hall: LSO St Luke's, London * Jerwood Centre at

Wordsworth Trust The Wordsworth Trust is an independent charity in the United Kingdom. It celebrates the life of the poet William Wordsworth, and looks after Dove Cottage in the Lake District village of Grasmere where Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordswor ...

, Grasmere * Jerwood School of Design:

Oakham School Oakham School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) in Oakham, Rutland, England. The school was founded in 1584 by Archdeacon Robert Johnson, along with Uppingham School, a few miles away. They share a common b ...

, Rutland * Jerwood Kiln Studio:

Aldeburgh Aldeburgh ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk District, East Suffolk district, in the English county, county of Suffolk, England, north of the River Alde. Its estimated population was 2,276 in 2019. It was home to the comp ...

, Suffolk

Jerwood Collection of Modern and Contemporary British Art

The Jerwood Collection of Modern and Contemporary British art is a privately owned collection of 20th- and 21st-century British art. The Jerwood Collection is home to a sizable collection of paintings, works on paper, sculptures, and prints by British artists such as

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Order of the British Empire, CBE (8 June 1912 – 26 January 2004) was one of the foremost British Abstract art, abstract artists, a member of the influential Penwith Society of Arts. Early life Wilhelmina Barns-Grah ...

Barbara Hepworth Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a leadin ...

, John Piper,

Stanley Spencer Sir Stanley Spencer, CBE Royal Academy of Arts, RA (30 June 1891 – 14 December 1959) was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if ...

, Barbara Walker and Rose Wylie. The entire collection can be seen on Art UK and are available for loan. The Jerwood Collection was established with the goals of increasing public access to a privately owned collection and fostering appreciation for this era of British art. The collection continues to grow with new acquisitions and donations and is widely accessible through loans to national and international institutions.

Prizes

Prizes funded by the Foundation include the

Jerwood Award The Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Awards for Non-Fiction were financial awards made to assist new writers of non-fiction to carry out new research, and/or to devote more time to writing. The awards were administrated by the Royal Society of ...

, the Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Painting Prize and the

Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize The Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize was a promotional initiative and literary award for British writers of outstanding works of fiction. History Fiction Uncovered was established as a promotional tool in 2010 by The Literary Platform, supported b ...

. The Evelyn Walker Drawing Prize was introduced in 2017, in association with the Evelyn Williams Trust. Worth £10,000, the prize is intended to support an individual artist with a significant track record to develop and make new drawings for a solo exhibition.

References

External links

*{{official, https://jerwood.org/ Charities based in England Funding bodies in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 1977

History

Jerwood Collection of Modern and Contemporary British Art

Prizes

See also

References

Further reading

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