Fine Arts Awards

Fine Arts Awards

Amba Sayal-Bennett, Lor, 2022.
Lara Smithson, Unnamed saint, 2022.
Barbara Walker, Marking the Moment 6, 2020-2022.

Sainsbury Scholarship (three months)

The British School at Rome (BSR), in partnership with the Linbury Trust, is pleased to offer the Sainsbury Scholarship — a transformative three-month residency in Rome, running from 25 September to 19 December 2025. This opportunity is open to an exceptional early-career artist working in any medium.
This scholarship is specifically designed to support artists from Black, Asian, and minoritized ethnic backgrounds, who remain underrepresented in the arts and at the BSR.

Eligibility: Open to UK or Commonwealth nationals or residents. Reserved for artists from a Black, Asian, or Minoritized Ethnic Background

Application Deadline: 10 August 2025

Click here to learn more and apply here.

Latest Events

Latest Events

ITALY
Lecture | Palladio goes to war
There are problem-solving architects: “give me a client, a site and a budget, and I’ll give you a design.” And then there are architects who
8 October 2025
18:00 - 19:30
ITALY
Material Environments | A new, environmental history of Early Rome and its Republic
This is the first in a series of lectures on Material Environments, hosted jointly between the American Academy in Rome and British School at Rome
21 October 2025
18:00 - 19:30
ITALY
Black History Month | Catching Resounding Whispers
Helen Cammock lives and works in North Wales and London. Her interdisciplinary practice spans film, photography, print, text, song and performance, and engages with historical and
22 October 2025
18:00 - 19:30

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