1) A NaMa artist paints pictures because painting pictures is what matters.

2) It is a NaMa artist’s duty to explore his/her neurosis and innocence through the making of paintings and displaying them in public, thereby enriching society by giving shared form to individual experience and an individual form to shared experience.

3) A NaMa artist isn’t mesmerised by the glittering prizes, but is wholeheartedly engaged in the process of painting. Success to a Nama artist is getting out of bed in the morning and painting.

4) NaMa artists calls for an art that is alive with all aspects of human experience; dares to communicate its ideas in primeval pigment; and possibly experiences itself as not at all clever!

5) A Nama artist neither looks backwards nor forwards but is totally engaged with the moment of creation,

6) Nama proposes a model of art which is holistic. It is a meeting of the conscious and unconscious, thought and emotion, spiritual and material, private and public.

7) NaMa is opposed to the sterility of the white wall gallery system and calls for exhibitions to be held in homes and musty museums, with access to sofas, tables, chairs and cups of tea.

8) Nama is the quest for authenticity. By removing the mask of cleverness and admitting where we are, a NaMa artist allows him/herself uncensored expression.

9) Nama embraces all that it denounces. We only denounce that which stops at the starting point — NaMa starts at the stopping point!

This manifesto is adapted from the 1st Stuckist Manifesto written by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson 4.8.99

“Man with Umbrella“ Charles Thomson 2019

NOW YOU can be apply to be part of the first ever Sluckism course (ONLINE)

Applications for this unique remote learning course are open from 01/08/2025

Joining NaMA v.2 is a chance to be part of an incredible artistic community working together to deliver high quality post-graduate education.

+ group session every week

+ frequent tutorials with NaMA teachers and other artists

+ talks and presentations by working artists

+ regular exhibitions at our gallery in Lincoln and at other venues across the UK

+ help and guidance on writing a short research paper

+ and probably most important of all, our total encouragement and belief in you and your art.

NaMA is not an MA

But we aim to make the education and support our NaMAists receive equivalant to what they’d get from any Fine Art MA University course.

If you think you might want to be part of NAMA V.2 (ONLINE) send us an email telling us your reasons why, a bit about yourself and show us some of your art work.
applictions@incllinc.com

NaMA V.2 online sessions will be on Wednesday from 1pm to 4pm GMT

NaMA V.2 starts April 13 2026

NaMA V.2 course fee is £200

Some dates

NaMA V.2 applications open 01/08/2025
NaMA V.2 applications close 30/01/2026
NaMA V.2 online interviews are starting already and are ending 30/01/2026
NaMA V.2 decision emails sent by early February 2026
NaMA V.2 starts April 2026

If you want to know more you can join one of our online (Zoom) open days.
(details and dates coming soon)

NaMA is not an MA, and is not validated by any official body, which is why we are able to charge just a low fee.

NaMA is inspired by ideas developed by :
Black Mountain College
COBRA
FLUXUS
The Stuckist Art Movement
The pioneering research into online art education being conducted by Jonathan Kearney.
Existing students at IncLLinC