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Christmas Lunch
Wed. 25 December - 12:00
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New Year’s Eve: 1920s Dinner & Music Extravaganza
Tue. 31 December - 21:00
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Walton Song Celebration with Siân Dicker
Fri. 17 January - 18:30
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Chinese New Year Celebration with Daren Liew
Mon. 20 January - 12:00
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Burns Night Supper
Thu. 23 January - 18:45
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ROSL at ENO’s The Pirates of Penzance
Fri. 24 January - 17:15
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New Year’s Concert by Candlelight
Fri. 31 January - 18:30
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Public Affairs Series: RT Hon Michael Gove
Mon. 10 February - 18:30
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ROSL Annual Music Competition 2025 – Season Ticket
Tue. 11 February - 18:30
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Wind, Brass & Percussion Section Final 2025
Tue. 11 February - 19:00
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Launched in 1984, ROSL’s visual arts programme provides support and exhibition opportunities for emerging visual artists. We have a dedicated exhibition space hosting a rolling programme of exhibitions, presenting contemporary works of art in a historic setting in the heart of St James’s.
Annually, we offer creative residencies for artists from Commonwealth countries and our biennial Photography Competition showcases the best photographic talent from around the world expanding our reach far beyond our London clubhouse. We regularly partner with other arts organisations, galleries and exhibition spaces and welcome opportunities to collaborate.
Current Exhibition
RAFT
10th December 2024 – 2nd March 2025
ROSL Arts is delighted to present ‘RAFT’, an exhibition that rethinks the relationship between Britain’s waters and the wider world, through the ongoing movements of people across and between these spaces. The exhibition investigates how people think about the role of water in relation to diasporas in different places. It challenge us all to rethink this in ways that strengthen international relations rather than breaking them down.
VIEW OUR CURRENT EXHIBITION
The public can view our rolling programme of visual arts exhibitions in the Central Lounge, Over-Seas House.
Visual arts
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International Residency
ROSL’s partnership with The Art House, Wakefield (TAH) provides two residency opportunities each year for artists living and working in a Commonwealth (or former Commonwealth) country, the USA, EU and EEA countries or Switzerland who have not yet exhibited or worked in the UK.
ROSL PHOTO
Established in 2019, ROSL PHOTO is a biennial photography competition, free to enter via digital submission. Now in its third iteration, ROSL PHOTO has continued to build on its reputation and tripled the number of entries in 2023.
Artist in Residence
In 2021, the Royal Over-Seas League commissioned Nisha Duggal, an established London-based artist, experienced in working with young people, to deliver an exciting new project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, in partnership with Riverley Primary School in Leyton, East London.
Ceramics & Glass Award
Since 1985 ROSL have annually purchased an artwork from a graduating MA Ceramics & Glass student at Royal College of Art to be awarded to the winner of the Overseas Prize.
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International Residency
ROSL’s partnership with The Art House, Wakefield (TAH) provides two residency opportunities each year for artists living and working in a Commonwealth (or former Commonwealth) country, the USA, EU and EEA countries or Switzerland who have not yet exhibited or worked in the UK.
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ROSL Photo Competition
Established in 2019, ROSL PHOTO is a biennial photography competition, free to enter via digital submission. Now in its third iteration, ROSL PHOTO has continued to build on its reputation and tripled the number of entries in 2023.
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Artist in Residence
In 2021, the Royal Over-Seas League commissioned Nisha Duggal, an established London-based artist, experienced in working with young people, to deliver an exciting new project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, in partnership with Riverley Primary School in Leyton, East London.
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RCA Ceramics & Glass Award
Since 1985 ROSL have annually purchased an artwork from a graduating MA Ceramics & Glass student at Royal College of Art to be awarded to the winner of the Overseas Prize.
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PORTALS
PORTALS is a group exhibition about introspection, consisting of 13 artists who graduated from UK art schools this year.
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Notes from the Future
Notes from the Future is an international group exhibition of members of the Royal Society of Sculptors.
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RBA Rising Stars 2024
RBA RISING STARS, produced in partnership with the Royal Society of British Artists, showcases the extraordinary talent of 41 artists shortlisted for RBA Rome Scholarship 2024.
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International Exhibition 2023
International is a survey show of twelve ROSL supported artists from the past decade; Isabella Agbaje, Joey Chin, Viil Coward, Madhu Das, Nisha Duggal, Muhammad Amdad Hossain, Tirtha Lawati, Shake Makelele, Cole Ndelu, Samuel Nnorom, Shubhodeep Roy and Dimple B. Shah, raising awareness of the important work that the Royal Over-Seas League has done in establishing […]
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Maldives | Shifting Tides 2023
The Maldives, an Indian Ocean archipelago comprising 1192 low-lying islands of 26 natural coral atolls nestled in the heart of the Indian Ocean, represents a striking example of the intricate interplay between nature, culture, and the imminent perils of climate change.
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British Council UK | Vietnam Season 2023
British Council’s UK/Viet Nam Season 2023 came to ROSL last Friday as we launched The Return of The Spoon-Billed Sandpiper, a one-week exhibition of Vietnamese illustration in partnership with Pop Up Projects (on view until 3 December).
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Les Animaux Modèles 2022
Les Animaux modèles introduces the work of Matilda Barretta, Laura Bygrave, bill daggs, Yun Kim, Miro King and Kalman Pool, six contemporary artists invited to produce stage pieces for the forthcoming concert of Poulenc’s ballet score. The exhibition also contains two contextual works by influential modern artist Marc Chagall (1887 – 1985).
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The ROSL Photo prize money enabled me to elevate my practice, from equipment upgrades to forming a security team to travel with me to complete two major photojournalism stories, and make a small donation to the Ikate community, where the subjects of my winning image, Holding Hands, are from.
Isabella Agbaje
2019 ROSL Photo Competition Camera Winner
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