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The Copland Foundation Attingham Scholarship The Attingham Trust offers three different programs that explore historic houses, their collections and landscape, as well as English Royal palaces and their collections. The Alexander Ewart Copland Scholarship provides a scholarship for one Australian per annum to attend any one of the Attingham Trust programs. The three programs, which attract participants from all over the world, are: Attingham Summer School Attingham Study Programme Royal Collection Studies In 2010, the Attingham Trust also offered the London House Course. Potential attendees of this course are also invited to apply for the Copland Attingham Scholarship.  The Nina Stanton Attingham Scholarship Nina Stanton was the first Chairman of The Copland Foundation and an ardent supporter of The Attingham Trust. Her generous legacy provides an annual scholarship for one Australian to attend the Attingham Trust's Royal Collection Studies course or the Attingham Study Programme. This scholarship is offered in addition to the Copland Attingham Scholarship. Download Scholarship Guidelines and Application Applications for 2009 have now closed. Please note that the deadline for scholarship applications is the 15th November, 2010. Applications must be submitted in full (including references) by the deadline. Failure to do so will immediately disqualify a candidate. Applications should be submitted electronically. If you wish to send a hard copy, please include a CD with electronic versions of all documents. Scholarship Application  doc/34kB Scholarship Guidelines  pdf/84kB Attingham Summer School This program was first held in 1952. In 1975 Alex Copland was one of two Australians to first attend the Summer School. The Summer School has three main purposes: to examine the architectural and social history of the historic house in Britain and its gardens and landscape setting to study the contents of these buildings- their paintings, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, silver, textiles and other applied arts - as well as the planning, decorative treatment and use of the interiors to stimulate debate on the problems relating to the conservation and presentation of the country house and its contents Attingham scholars usually study approximately 25 country houses - usually on specially arranged visits - accompanied by specialist staff tutors and visiting lecturers. Seminars and lectures set the country house in a broader artistic and social context, and time is given for discussion and for developing contacts, a popular and important ingredient of the course. A specialism cannot always be studied in depth, but there are excellent opportunities to broaden one’s knowledge of architecture and the decorative arts. Royal Collection Studies The Royal Collection Studies was established in 1996 and is an annual course organised on behalf of the Royal Collection Trust by the Attingham Trust. Based near Windsor, with visits to both occupied and unoccupied palaces in and around London, it studies the patronage and collecting of the Kings and Queens of England from the 15th century onwards. The teaching includes lectures and tutorials, as well as visits to both the occupied and unoccupied palaces in and around London. As the School is held during a period when the Royal Family is not in residence, Windsor Castle forms a central theme. The course is primarily intended for those professionally engaged in relevant work, including curators, academics, architects, conservators and art market experts. Attingham Study Programme The Attingham Study Programme is a nine day course studying historic houses and their collections within a social history context in specific regions of Britain and occasionally abroad. Each year there is a completely new programme which concentrates on about twenty houses in a specified region. Comprehensive study of each property includes its architecture, the fine and decorative arts, interiors, garden design and ownership. This programme is designed for museum curators, lecturers, architects, conservationists and art market experts, as well as more general enthusiasts interested in the fine and decorative arts. While many participants have been on other Attingham courses, this is not a pre-requisite for attendance. Applicant Guidelines To be eligible to receive the Copland Attingham Scholarship, an applicant must be: an Australian citizen resident in Australia at the time of application and if selected as the recipient, employed within Australia in: the field of art, including art restoration the field of furniture restoration a fine or decorative art public gallery a historic house museum, or any other museum which is significantly involved in the acquisition and conservation of fine or decorative art, or furniture the field of heritage architecture Applicants should also be aware that they are ambassadors for both the Copland Foundation and the organisation for which they work. Scholarship recipients are expected to conduct themselves accordingly. Additional Criteria Preference will be given to applicants who: are in the middle stage of their career development, and have a proven track record of working with collections, conservation or historic houses. occupy a senior position in their organaisation. give something back to their organisation and/or community above and beyond the requirements of their salaried position. show an ability to significantly contribute to development in the fields of heritage houses, conservation and/or fine and decorative arts within Australia. are highly motivated and committed to further education, and who display confidence when addressing members of general public or a group of their peers. would benefit from exposure to international institutions and professionals, and would be an active contributor to debate during the Summer School. Applications All applications for the Scholarship must be in the form as set out. Awarding of Scholarships The Scholarship will be awarded by the Trustees of the Copland Foundation, based on the recommendations of a pre-selection committee of Australian Attingham alumni. The decision of the Trustees will be final and conclusive, and no correspondence will be entered into. No materials submitted will be returned. Notification of Award The successful recipient will be advised as soon as possible of the award. Acknowledgement & Report Every recipient will be required to acknowledge the assistance of the Scholarship in any reports or articles, either published or unpublished. Copies of such material (including the report sent directly to the Attingham Trust) and any publicity surrounding the Scholarship recipient must be forwarded to the Copland Foundation.  Within 3 months of the conclusion of the Attingham Summer School, a lecture (The Alex Copland Lecture) based on the activity supported by the Scholarship must be presented by the scholarship recipient and hosted by the recipient's employer. The target audience is at the discretion of the employer, however the Trustees of the Copland Foundation must be invited to attend. Attingham Alumni - Australia & New Zealand A. Copland Summer School 1975 T. Lane Summer School 1975 J. Legget Summer School 1980 A. Toy Summer School 1983, Royal Collections 1999 C. Lucas, OBE Summer School 1983 I. Stapleton Summer School 1985 M. Hamilton Summer School 1986 A. Durham Summer School 1994 I. Stephenson Summer School 1995, Royal Collections 1999 R. Aitken  Summer School 1996 T. Avery  Summer School 1998 R. Heathcote Summer School 1999 A. Knight  Royal Collections 1999 S. Carlin  Summer School 2000, Royal Collections 2004 E. Clark  Summer School 2000, Royal Collections 2004 S. Webster Summer School 2000 R. Griffin  Royal Collections 2001 N. Stanton Summer School 2002, Royal Collections 2005 A. Inglis  Royal Collections 2002 D. Reynolds Summer School 2003 L. Le Vaillant Summer School 2004 P. Raissis  Summer School 2004 C. Smith  Summer School 2004 E. Anya-Petrivna Summer School 2005 P. Struthers Summer School 2005 A. Lassig  Summer School 2005 M. FitzGerald Royal Collections 2005 S. Bravery Summer School 2006 M. Scott  Summer School 2006 R. Notman Summer School 2006 R. Brimacombe Royal Collection Studies 2006 M. Stocker Royal Collection Studies 2006 K. Kovacic Summer School 2007 L. Young  Summer School 2007 C Lovitt  Summer School 2007 A Dunsmore Summer School 2007 C. Regault Summer School 2007 R. Reason Summer School 2008 M. Martin Summer School 2009 Back to Top