As New Art West Midlands enters its 5th year of providing excellent opportunities for the regions graduates, we want to take the opportunity to celebrate the success of our graduates in this important regional art exhibition, which we are very proud to be a partner in.

This year we have 4 of our brilliant graduates selected for the exhibitions, selected from across the region, we are proud of Lindy Brett, Damian Massey, Lisa Nash and Jenna Naylor.

Selected Arts graduate from across the region at New Art West Midlands Opening Night 2017

In addition, this year, two of our students have won prizes: Congratulations to Damian Massey who has been awarded £250 of art supplies by Cass Art, the principal sponsor of New Art West Midlands, plus he has also been selected by Grasslands to undertake a residency place in spring 2017. Grasslands is an artist-led project space that explores group activity and collaboration from a domestic garden site in Birmingham, founded by Dan Auluk.

Lisa Nash, Damian Massey and Jenna Naylor at the opening, standing in front of Jenna’s installation.

Well done to Jenna Naylor, who has been awarded a commission by Treeline, an artist-led project delivered through the Herefordshire-based environment organisation New Leaf.

Over the five years that New Art West Midlands has been going, our graduates have consistently done brilliantly, and continue to do us proud. New Art West Midlands also offer important professional development support for Artists and Curators in the West Midlands – keep in touch with the network here: http://newartwestmidlands.co.uk/