The Jerwood Drawing Prize aims to promote and reward excellence and talent in contemporary drawing through the support and recognition of the work of established and emerging artists in this field. The annual exhibition project provides a forum to test, evaluate and disseminate current drawing practice, and to gain knowledge and understanding about the field through the artists currently making work within the discipline. The exhibition is open to all artists resident or domiciled in the UK, and works are submitted from throughout the country via the collections centres, which in 2011 were located in Cardiff, Cheltenham, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Liverpool, London, Norwich, Penzance and Southampton