This year's auction will go live online on the 32 Auctions portal from 5pm on Friday 25 October, and bidding will close at 10pm on 7 November 2024.

The Secret Postcards will be available to view at the RWA from Tuesday 29 October - Thursday 7 November 

Our Artists this year so far include:  

Ashar ∙ Julia Adams ∙ Malcolm Ashman RWA RBA ∙ Lucy Austin RWA ∙ Vicki Atkinson ∙ David Backhouse FRBS FRSA RWA ∙ David Bailey CBE ∙ Louise Balaam RWA ∙ Derek Balmer PPRWA ∙ Olivia Bax ∙ Denis Baxter RWA ∙ Nicola Bealing RWA ∙ Judith Beeby ∙ Martin Bentham RWA ∙ Iain Biggs RWA ∙ Jane Boot ∙ Vera Boele-Kelmer RWA ∙ Olwyn Bowey RA ARCA RWA (Hon) ∙ Sir Frank Bowling RA RWA (Hon)  ∙ Bronwen Bradshaw RWA ∙ Martyn Brewster ∙ Emma Burleigh ∙ Peter Burke RWA ∙ John Butler RWA ∙ Prof. David Carpanini RWA PPRE Hon. RWS NEAC ∙ Nigel Casseldine RWA ∙ Jane Carpanini RWA ∙ Jill Carter ∙ Ian Chamberlain RWA ∙ Nancy Chambers ∙ Ann Christopher RA RWA (Hon) ∙ Lisa Christopher ∙ Jessica Cooper RWA ∙ Niamh Collins ∙ Eileen Cooper RA RWA (Hon) ∙ Richard Cox ∙ Elaine Collett ∙ Dallas Collins RWA ∙ Louisa Crispin ∙ Yvonne Crossley PhD RWA  ∙ Rosalind Cuthbert RWA ∙ Esme Clutterbuck ∙ Toni Davey RWA ∙ Anne Desmet RA ∙ Simon Drew ∙ Sara Dudman RWA ∙ Deborah Duffin MRSS ∙ Chris Dunseath RWA ∙ Keshani Douglas ∙ Julie Dyer ∙ Sir James Dyson OM CBE FRS RDI FREng FIEE HonFIED M.Des RCA ∙ Adrian Edwards ∙ Seyed Edalatpour RWA ∙ Martin Edwards ∙ Gareth Edwards RWA ∙ Paul Emsley RWA ∙ Wendy Elia RWA ∙ Denise Ferran PPRUA ∙ Brian Ferran HRHA HRUA ∙ Rebecca Fortnum ∙ Anthony Frost ∙ Christopher Glanville RWA ∙ Sarah Gillespie RWA ∙ Anna Gillespie RWA ∙ Paul Gough PhD MA RWA FRSA ∙ Frances Gynn RWA ∙ Trevor Haddrell RWA ∙ Niki Hare ∙ Mark Haddon ∙ Maggi Hambling CBE ∙ Susie Hamilton ∙ Nicola Hancox ∙ Marcelle Hanselaar ∙ Janet Haigh ∙ Andrew Hardwick RWA ∙ Tim Harrisson RWA ∙ Rodney Harris ∙ Grace Hannell ∙ Thorie Hinds ∙ Fiona Hingston ∙ Prof. Stephen Hoskins RWA ∙ Terri Hogan ∙ Henry Jabbour ∙ Stephen Jacobson RWA ∙ Dr Kurt Jackson RWA ∙ Vanessa Jackson RA ∙ Tess Jarray RA ∙ Luke Jerram RWA (hon) ∙ Lesley Jones ∙ Judith Jones RWA ∙ Sean Julian ∙ Janette Kerr PhD PPRWA ∙ Catherine Knight ∙ Abigail Lane ∙ Andrew Lanyon ∙ Debbie Lee RWA ∙ Fan Lee ∙ Cynthia Lear RWA ∙ Ellika Larsson ∙ Kim Lintern ∙ Sir Richard Long CBE RA RWA (Hon) ∙ Danny Markey ∙ Barry Martin ∙ Francesca Berlingieri Maxwell ∙ Annie McGrath ∙ Abigail McDougall ∙ Ian Middleton RWA  ∙ Lucile Montague ∙ Lucille Moore ∙ Mali Morris RA ∙ Tom Mole ∙ Alice Mumford RWA ∙ Sally Muir ∙ Aleks Mloduchowska ∙ Maureen Nathan ∙ Camilla Nock RWA ∙ Nina Ogden ∙ Alison Orchard ∙ Nick Park CBE ∙ Ana Maria Pacheco ∙ Jenny Partridge ∙ Howard Phipps RWA ∙ Janine Partington ∙ Giles Penny RWA ∙ Brian Pearse ∙ Sandra Porter RWA ∙ Michael Porter RWA ∙ Nik Ramage RWA ∙ Peter Randall-Page RA ∙ Charlotte Price RWA ∙ Rosalind Robinson RWA SWA ∙ Fiona Robinson PRWA ∙ Carol Robertson RWA ∙ Anne Rothenstein RWA ∙ Cecilia Rouncefield ∙ Mary Rouncefield ∙ Rebecca Salter PRA RWA (Hon) ∙ Paul Seed ∙ Terry Setch RA RWA ∙ Mark Stopforth ∙ Trevor Sutton ∙ Penny Simons ∙ Jennie Slater ∙ Laurel Smart ∙ Mellony Taper ∙ John Taulbut RWA ∙ Louise Thompson ∙ Nicholas Turner RWA ∙ Patricia Volk RWA ∙ Janet Watson RWA ∙ Chez Watts ∙ Alison Wilding RA ∙ Melanie Williams ∙ Richard Wilson RA ∙ Lucy Willis RWA ∙ Bill Woodrow RA ∙ Joy Wolfenden Brown ∙ Lisa Wright RWA ∙ Hamish Young RWA

Why get involved 

The RWA now has no regular public funding at all, and we rely on fundraising events 
such as the Secret Postcard Auction so that we can continue to bring great art to Bristol, 
and to work in partnership with many underserved communities across Bristol.
Last year, the work of over 850 artists was shown in our galleries, 150,000 people 
visited the RWA – many for the first time - and 3,500 people took part in a creative 
activity, tailored to suit their needs, including children with profound and multiple 
disabilities and adults living with dementia.
By supporting the Secret Postcard Auction, you will be helping us to offer creative 
opportunities that enhance lives for people living in the most challenging of 
circumstances.
Kate Foster, Head of Development

See The Secret Postcard FAQ and T&C's

The Big Reveal
We'll publish the names of the artists and the work they created in our newsletter after the auction closes and the postcards have been safely delivered to the lucky winners. If you don't want to miss the Big Reveal, sign up for our newsletter.

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Image: Montage Secret Postcards 2023

This event has been kindly sponsored by Nicholls Stevens, St Cuthberts Mill, and the The Print Co.