Event
Closing event Jane Phillips Award
27th November 2026 - 27th November 2026
7 – 8.30pm, Friday 27th November 2026
Location: Mission Gallery
Refreshments provided.
A goodbye from the Jane Phillips Award.
The Jane Phillips Award is a memorial to Jane Phillips (1957 -2011), Mission Gallery’s first Director. Launched at Mission Gallery in 2011, the award was created as a legacy to Jane’s passion for supporting emerging and early career artists across the Visual and Applied Arts. Following a successful 15 years, the Award comes to an end in 2026.
Mission Gallery and the Jane Phillips Award warmly invite you to celebrate the award’s achievements and to remember Jane alongside family, friends and supporters.
Please RSVP by Saturday 21 November by contacting janephillipsaward@missiongallery.co.uk
About the Award
Created as a memorial to Mission Gallery’s first director, it became possible through the kind and generous artwork donations of many artists; at all levels of their career. These artworks were auctioned as part of an Arts Auction at Swansea College of Art, UWTSD with the funds raised going towards the Jane Phillips Award.
Since its inception in 2011, the Jane Phillips Award has supported 88 emerging and early career artists; with exhibition, showcase or residency opportunities. A number of these opportunities were further strengthened by partnerships with Swansea College of Art UWTSD, elysium gallery, Carmarthen School of Art and Gower College.
Previous artists have included Ryan L. Moule, Helen Dennis, Thibault Brunet, Harry Gammer-Flitcroft amongst many others.
A message from Jane’s family
“Jane was hugely respected in the art world- her dedication and passion, along with a great sense of humour, was highly valued by all involved at Mission Gallery – as a family we couldn’t have been prouder.
The exciting, often controversial and cutting-edge exhibitions were exceptional. The lively private views, generally ending up in the Queens would be an amusing, rememberable night that Jane loved. A sure sign of a good exhibition.
To say Jane is deeply missed is an understatement, however, although the JPA award has come to an end, Jane’s legacy will be affectionately remembered for years to come. “
– Claire Phillips on behalf of Jane’s family.
