[Ruggs]

Stewarts Law RCA Secret, the Royal College of Art’s annual postcard art show returns in March 2014.

All will be revealed on 13 March 2014, with the exhibition running until the day of the Sale on Saturday 22 March - your opportunity to snap up a fantastic art bargain.

Exhibition: 13 March – 21 March 2014
Sale day: Saturday 22 March 2014

Royal College of Art
Dyson Building
1 Hester Road
London
SW11 4AN

RCA Secret is a fundraising sale in aid of the RCA Fine Art Student Bursary Fund. For further information and to view last year's postcards, visit www.rca.ac.uk/secret

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[Ruggs]

Anyone from the forum going to this? Postcards will be up for viewing on the 13th.

[Dungle]

i'll definitely be going along.

[Young Squire]

Me too, it will be my 7th year of going to the exhibition. Have been lucky enough to be able to buy on 4 of those . Choose last year as my first year to queue which was chilly in the snow but good fun.

Pez is probably there already!

[jusdeep]

I'll be going along again, especially as the weather will no doubt be a lot better than the snow and blizzards endured by those queuing last year. Will probably pitch up a tent this year and really looking forward to seeing whats on offer and which artists have been confirmed. Hopefully I'll get lucky again with some of my choices and the golden ticket.
Just gotten around to framing a few more from previous years along with some from Pez's Oli Bennett show. Just need to do a wall of postcards when this year is wrapped up.

[Dibbs 45]

Definitely thinking of going along to this.

[Dibbs 45]

For some reason it won't let me register for the number. No matter how many times I stick my password in. Any ideas?

[jusdeep]

Have you registered in previous years? If so you already have a number

[Dibbs 45]

First time registered. I've emailed them so hopefully it will get sorted.

[Ruggs]

I'm hoping to make this event on the 22nd. Just wondered if anyone who has been in the past could PM me details of when to start queuing, how to get one of the first fifty raffle tickets plus any other info etc, etc. Ta!

[Strange Al]

Mar 12, 2014 14:19:13 GMT 1 Ruggs said:

I'm hoping to make this event on the 22nd. Just wondered if anyone who has been in the past could PM me details of when to start queuing, how to get one of the first fifty raffle tickets plus any other info etc, etc. Ta!

The RCA secret website has an FAQ, which answers most of your questions -  home.secret.rca.ac.uk/faqs.html

Pez's blog (written with a friend of his) is also a great source of info - rcasecret.blogspot.co.uk/

[raindogs]

I made the last three RCA Secret, I will not be there this year. I usually started the queue at 5-6 am with at least one hundred or more in front of me, and you have to add the 50 winners of the raffle (they usually arrive smiling at 7-7:30). The queue is anyway a fantastic experience, also last year under the snow!

[Ruggs]

Mar 12, 2014 14:33:46 GMT 1 Strange Al said:

Mar 12, 2014 14:19:13 GMT 1 Ruggs said:

I'm hoping to make this event on the 22nd. Just wondered if anyone who has been in the past could PM me details of when to start queuing, how to get one of the first fifty raffle tickets plus any other info etc, etc. Ta!

The RCA secret website has an FAQ, which answers most of your questions -  home.secret.rca.ac.uk/faqs.html

Pez's blog (written with a friend of his) is also a great source of info - rcasecret.blogspot.co.uk/

Many thanks Strange Al.

[jusdeep]

Mar 12, 2014 14:19:13 GMT 1 Ruggs said:

I'm hoping to make this event on the 22nd. Just wondered if anyone who has been in the past could PM me details of when to start queuing, how to get one of the first fifty raffle tickets plus any other info etc, etc. Ta!

Start queuing whenever you like. It really boils down to if you're going for big names or not. Most of which generally go in the first 50 or so, or to golden ticket winners. You can buy first 50 raffle tickets up until an hour before the place closes ever day: maximum of 10 for £1 each, if my memory serves. They also take your buyers number so you need to register beforehand.
The last couple of times I started queuing at around 5 and 3am. At 5am I was around 240 in line, 3am around 80, (but was snowing). Both times I got all four cards allowed in my top 25 picks.
Best to go with a big list just to be safe.

[nah]

cards are up on the site

just to check, people that registered last year are automatically registered again with the same number, right?

[jusdeep]

Mar 13, 2014 14:29:10 GMT 1 nah said:

cards are up on the site

just to check, people that registered last year are automatically registered again with the same number, right?

yes

[pezlow]

Evening all. Is everyone having fun trying to work out their favourites

[Dr Plip]

Mar 14, 2014 21:26:29 GMT 1 pezlow said:

Evening all. Is everyone having fun trying to work out their favourites

Sort of. The website doesn't make it easy to browse, but there's about 300 I'd like so far...

[jusdeep]

Managed to get my list down to around 80 and feeling confident in my selection. Just need to physically view the cards, get my raffle tickets and work out a final list in order of preference.
Overall a little underwhelmed with this years offererings. I know there are nearly 3000 cards but there doesn't seem the calibre and quality of recent years. Was expecting a few more big names to grace the 20th year.

Their website never makes life easy, but thats the hard bit out of the way. Mainly it's the anticipation, queuing and people attending that makes it a fun day out and a pleasure to take part in.

[jusdeep]

Popped down to Battersea today to view the cards. As always lots that look better in the flesh and get added to the list and loads that get removed as they just don't cut it.
6 tents already and looks like the back carpark has been taken over by workmen and is out of bounds. Not sure how they'll organise the queue and which entrance will be in use this year. Could get interesting