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It brings together the activities of the many different societies, academic institutions and individuals who share an interest in Ruskin and in the many different aspects of his work. This website serves as a noticeboard to draw attention to the many Ruskinian events that take place across the world.</em></p> <p></p> <p>RUSKIN TO-DAY CELEBRATES RUSKIN’S BIRTHDAY ON 8th FEBRUARY WITH NEWS OF THE<br>RUSKIN PRIZE</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TimParry-Williams-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-872" srcset="https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TimParry-Williams-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TimParry-Williams-300x200.jpg 300w, https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TimParry-Williams-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TimParry-Williams.jpg 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p class="has-small-font-size">Tim Parry-Williams “Dinner Service” photo courtesy@brandonfew</p> <p>Visual literacy charity The Big Draw, together with the Prize founders and sponsors, The Guild<br>of St George, are delighted to present the 7th John Ruskin Prize. Entrants were asked to<br>explore the theme “From the Eye to Hand”. From an entry of nearly three thousand the winners<br>were:<br>1st Prize £3000: Tim Parry-Williams “Dinner Service”<br> 2nd Prize: £2000: Sarah Casey “Weather Eye”<br> Highly Commended: Julie Heaton “It Had to Be So”<br> Highly Commended: Kathryn Poole “Ford”</p> <p> The Alan Davidson Under 26 Prize: £1000: Alice Goehrs – 120 m² de geste dans le<br>vaste (120 m² of gesture in the vastness)<br> The Alan Davidson Under 26 Highly Commended: Hannah MacCaig “Redwood”<br> The International Prize £1000: Aleksandra Czuja “Disappear”<br> The International Prize Highly Commended: Eamon O’Kane “Baum Test Series”<br> Innovation Prize £500: Carali McCall “Running Restraint” (Live performance) 2024</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="805" src="https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Sarah-Casey-Weather-Eye-1024x805.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-873" srcset="https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Sarah-Casey-Weather-Eye-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Sarah-Casey-Weather-Eye-300x236.jpg 300w, https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Sarah-Casey-Weather-Eye-768x604.jpg 768w, https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Sarah-Casey-Weather-Eye-1536x1208.jpg 1536w, https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Sarah-Casey-Weather-Eye-2048x1611.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p class="has-small-font-size">Sarah Casey “Weather Eye”</p> <p>The John Ruskin Prize, organised by Parker Harris, under the administrative umbrella of The<br>Big Draw, is supported by The Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust.</p> <p></p> <p class="has-text-align-center has-large-font-size">“All Great Art is Praise”</p> <p class="has-text-align-center">A celebration in words and music of the 200<sup>th</sup> Birthday of John Ruskin, 1819-1900</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe title="“All Great Art is Praise” A celebration in words and music of the 200th Birthday of John Ruskin" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tHoUe8ZtbY4?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">Readers:</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">Michael Palin and Dan Draper</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">Tenor:</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">Richard Edgar-Wilson</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">Coull Quartet:</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">Roger Coull (violin)</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">Philip Gallaway (violin)</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">Jonathan Barritt (viola)</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">Nicholas Roberts (cello)</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">Composer, and realiser of Ruskin’s words:</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">Sarah Rodgers</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">Visuals devised by Gavin Mackinnon-Little</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">Performance devised and directed by Robert Hewison</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">The evening at the Royal Academy was recorded on 8 February 2019</p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">It is introduced by Rebecca Salter, now President of the Royal Academy</p> <p class="has-small-font-size"> A recording of Sarah Rodgers’ “The King of the Golden River”, with Richard Edgar-Wilson and the Coull Quartet, is available at Sarah Rodgers, “Music for Tenor and String Quartet” SOMMCD 222<br></p> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><br></p> <p></p> <p style="font-size:14px"></p> <p class="has-normal-font-size"></p> </div> <div class="right"> <a href="https://ruskinto-day.org//the-stones-of-venice"><div class="calendar-homepage"> <h2><a href="https://ruskinto-day.org//the-stones-of-venice">The Stones of Venice</a></h2> <div class="project-item"> <p>Selected, introduced and read by Robert Hewison.</p> <p>A reading in twenty episodes, sponsored by Sovereign Films, with special thanks to Donald Rosenfeld and Andreas Roald.<br><br> <a href="https://ruskinto-day.org//the-stones-of-venice">Listen here</a> </p> <img loading="lazy" src="https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Accademia_-_Procession_in_piazza_San_Marco_by_Gentile_Bellini-1024x503.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-483" srcset="https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Accademia_-_Procession_in_piazza_San_Marco_by_Gentile_Bellini-1024x503.jpg 1024w, http://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Accademia_-_Procession_in_piazza_San_Marco_by_Gentile_Bellini-300x148.jpg 300w, https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Accademia_-_Procession_in_piazza_San_Marco_by_Gentile_Bellini-768x378.jpg 768w, https://ruskinto-day.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Accademia_-_Procession_in_piazza_San_Marco_by_Gentile_Bellini.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" width="1200" height="590"> </div> </div></a> </div> </div> </article> </main> </div> </div> <footer id="colophon" class="site-footer"> <div class="site-info"> © 2025 Ruskin To-Day <br> Sponsored by the Bowland Charitable Trust </div> </footer> </div> <script> (function () { document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function (e) { if (document.hasOwnProperty("visibilityState") && document.visibilityState === "prerender") { return; 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