Event

The Horton, Epsom - August Marketplace

The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Art fair
29/08/2026

The Horton Marketplace - approximately 40 stallholders selling their handmade items which include jewellery, textiles, ceramics, artwork and much more!

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Case study

Case Study: Alan Dunn

Alan Dunn is an artist, lecturer, curator, and Reader in Art & Design at Leeds Beckett University where he lectures on the MA Fine Art course. Through his collaborative projects, he has worked with Bill Drummond, Douglas Gordon, Yoko Ono, Bikini Kill, Philip Jeck, redmentv, Pauline Oliveros, Einstürzende Neubauten and Brian Eno.

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Artist profile

Melissa Jane Hampson-Smith BaHons

Sculpture,performance, installation, painting, film, craft, public festivals, large community wall spray artworks/murals, thought-provoking heirloom jewelry/wearable sculpture. Exploring themes of past,present,future,spirituality,environments on earth, medical, space travel and navigation,...

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Event

The Horton, Epsom - May Marketplace

The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Art fair
02/05/2026

The Horton Marketplace - approximately 40 stallholders selling their handmade items which include jewellery, textiles, ceramics, artwork and much more!

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #30

The CuratorSpace Artist Bursary is a quarterly award to support contemporary artists to develop their practice. The artists selected for CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #30 are Anna Li, Ziyan Liu, Alison Lowry and Dominika Jackowska. Their projects span installation, animation, projection mapping, sculpture, photography, textiles, and performance.

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Event

Pop-Up Art Exhibition

The Crafty Egg, 780 Fishponds Road, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
06/05/2026

Circular ArtSpace, in collaboration with The Crafty Egg is bringing contemporary art into the café space.

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Curator profile

13 b

13b is an artist run project space and gallery founded by LJW at her home in the medieval town of Kamnik, Slovenia. Born out of a desire to create a space for artists to show their work and try out ideas outside of the traditional white cube, the gallery explores questions of what art is, how...

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Resource

Leeds Arts Health and Wellbeing Network

A network to champion, support and connect people interested in how arts and culture can have benefits for health, care and wellbeing in the Leeds City Region. Focus on Place-Based Arts and Health, Creative Ageing, Creativity Wellbeing, Creativity Workforce Wellbeing. Regional and general resources available.

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Event

Community Artists' Fair - Arts & Crafts MARKET - Summer Edition

The Vassall Community Hub, Gill Avenue, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Art fair
27/06/2026

Community Artists' Fair returns to Fishponds in Bristol this summer with expanded programme

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Upcoming opportunity

Open call for Horror shorts

17/04/2026   Leicestershire, United Kingdom  

We want your CREEPY films for an online gallery exhibition!

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Case study

Case study: The Dispensary Gallery

The Dispensary Gallery is a research-led art gallery in Wrexham. Its dynamic programme of exhibitions and events brings together local, national and international artist-researchers, providing a supportive hub and a space to display their work.

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Event

SHED Art Club

The Bradbury Makers Shed, Hillsborough Park, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
11/11/2025 to 21/04/2026

Join award winning artist Donna Brewins-Cook for a monthly relaxing, friendly, adult mindful art club that will SHED the stresses of the day!

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Artist profile

Ali Barker

My work expresses music and sound in colour. I create abstract paintings, mixed-media work and installations inspired by my personal experiences of sound-colour synaesthesia – when I listen to music, each note of the musical scale is perceived as a specific colour. I completed my MA in Fine...

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News article

How to Crowdfund Your Project

With traditional funding routes increasingly constrained, filmmaker Dan Edelstyn shares a practical perspective on building ambitious projects outside conventional systems. Drawing on firsthand experience of taking independently crowdfunded films from idea to international platforms and nationwide screenings, he outlines why developing a direct relationship with your audience may be one of the most viable routes for artists working today.

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Event

Fun, Family & Group Friendly Felting Workshops

Bardsey Arts Studio, 42a Church Lane, Bardsey, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
14/02/2026 to 25/04/2026

Workshop Menu You can choose the workshop you would like. On any of the dates; you can choose from the following Menu: * Wet Felt a Picture of your choice * Wet felt your own bag * Wet felt your own bowl * Nuno felt Cowl onto silk In each session you will learn from your tutor Katy, the processes of agitation; fulling and finishing your felted Picture / Bowl / Bag or Cowl. Refreshments

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Upcoming opportunity

The Watchers of York Sculpture Design Commission

17/04/2026   York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom  

Make It York is inviting artists from across the UK to get involved in a new city-wide sculpture trail running from 29 June to 31 August 2026. Developed in collaboration with York Minster and launching alongside the legendary York Mystery Plays, this carefully curated summer trail offers a unique opportunity in one of the UK’s most historic cities.

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Curator profile

Alice Bradshaw

Alice Bradshaw is an artist, curator and writer. She is interested in discarded, everyday materials and words. Recycling and repetition are important strategies in her work, which sets up a dialogue around the value of rubbish through objects, publications, exhibitions and events. Alice's...

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Event

24th Community Art Exhibition

Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
02/04/2026 to 25/04/2026

Explore a diverse col­lec­tion of art­works in our unique dou­ble-deck­­er bus gallery, show­cas­ing the tal­ent of artists from Bris­tol and beyond.

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Shape Arts

Shape Arts is a disability-led arts organisation which works to improve access to culture for disabled people by providing opportunities for disabled artists, training cultural institutions to be more open to disabled people, and through running participatory arts and development programmes.

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Upcoming opportunity

2026 LEEDS SUMMER GROUP SHOW

17/04/2026   Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom  

Leeds Summer Group Show 2026 – Open Call for UK based artists

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Event

Artizan Women's Open Exhibition 2026

Artizan Collective, Unit 5, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
22/03/2026 to 26/04/2026

Come and experience the powerful work of the artists selected for this year's Artizan Women’s Open exhibition.

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Case study

Case Study: The Kent Downs AONB

The Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a nationally protected landscape stretching from the white cliffs of Dover to the Surrey and London border. With ancient bluebell woodlands, rugged chalk coastline, internationally rare chalk grassland, and ragstone villages, there is beauty to explore all year round. The North Downs Way National Trail, one of 15 national trails in England and Wales, is home to the arts trail, and much of it follows the legendary Pilgrims Way from Canterbury to Winchester.

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Artist profile

Sam Batley

Im a self taught multi disciplined artist basing my work in film photography, analogue collage and poetry. All of which compliment each other in some respects working toward the same goal through different narratives.

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Event

ENCAUSTIC HIVE UK ‘The Art of Place’

Exhibition
30/09/2025 to 28/04/2026

UK Encaustic wax artists Julie Wrathall and Lyn Kirkland have set up an online project group called ENCAUSTIC HIVE UK. The purpose is to foster a stronger connection amongst UK encaustic artists. To encourage creative exploration, in a supportive space. A series of informal zoom calls to make connections, culminating in an online exhibition of UK encaustic titled ‘The Art of Place’.

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #29

The CuratorSpace Artist Bursary is a quarterly award to support contemporary artists to develop their practice. The artists selected for CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #29 are Henry Cottam, Ngo Chun Tse, Tom Fairlamb, and Maija Liepins. Their projects span photography, video installation, sculpture, and drawing.

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Upcoming opportunity

Waiting to Exhale

18/04/2026   Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom  

THIS IS A CALL FOR ARTWORK WHICH INVOKES OR REFLECTS A MOMENTARY CALM, ALLOWING US A PAUSE FOR BREATH AS WE NEGOTIATE THESE TURBULENT AND UNCERTAIN TIMES

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Event

Drawing Club

Workshop
26/02/2026 to 29/04/2026

The SHARP gallery will be starting an online drawing group for anyone who wants to start drawing or build on their skills and experiment with new ways of working. The gallery is for anyone who feels art will help with their mental health.

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Curator profile

Animate Projects

We support artists to experiment, collaborate and produce bold animation projects. We are a catalyst for connection. We believe that artists’ animation empowers people to see their world differently. The guiding principles that underpin our work are: curiosity, collaboration, support,...

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Event

BEARING

The Mill Gallery, Unit 5 Cardinal House, Swinnow Grange Mills, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
10/04/2026 to 15/05/2026

Join us for the Preview Evening of Bearing on Friday 10 April, 6:30–9:00pm at The Mill Gallery, Bramley.

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Resource

Case studies for reducing your carbon footprint

Sustainable Arts in Leeds

SAIL are a group of organisations, individuals and networks, working together to promote a zero carbon / zero waste future for the cultural and creative industries of Leeds and beyond. Their website features case studies of how SAIL members on how they’ve managed to reduce their carbon footprints.

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Case study

Case Study: Fronteer

Fronteer is run by Michael and Sharon Borkowsky and began as a freelance arts initiative to provide exhibition spaces and host open calls for artists. In October 2020 they opened a gallery of their own; Fronteer Gallery in Sheffield and have established the annual art prize 'The Fronteer Open'.

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Event

Drawing A Line

The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Exhibition
06/05/2026 to 15/05/2026

'Drawing A Line' Exhibition The Horton Arts Centre Epsom 6th - 15th May 2026 Meet The Artist: Saturday 9th May 2-4pm Glynis Lamond is a multi-disciplinary contemporary artist engaged with social and ecological concerns. The exhibition 'Drawing A Line' at the Horton Arts Centre is her first solo exhibition.

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Artist profile

Rhiannon Kendall

Rhiannon Kendall is a Contemporary Artist and experienced Prison Art Lecturer and Workshop Facilitator who lives and works in North Yorkshire, UK (b. 1996). Rhiannon holds a First Class BA & MA in Fine Art specializing in drawing, as well as a PGCE in Post‑Compulsory Arts Education. Her art...

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News article

CuratorSpace launches new 0% commission art selling platform

CuratorSpace is excited to introduce the launch of Exhibtd, a new online marketplace that connects artists and buyers, offering a fair and transparent way to buy and sell original art and limited editions without commission or listing fees.

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Event

Stone Carving Retreat: Stone Carving for Beginners

Rydal Hall, Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
27/05/2026 to 29/05/2026

This is a high quality workshop where participants will be taught how to create a small stone sculpture that they can keep.

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Upcoming opportunity

The Work of Holding: On Care, Continuance, and the Quiet Labour of Sustaining

18/04/2026   London, United Kingdom  

CISTA ARTS invites artists to submit work for its April 2026 online group exhibition. The Work of Holding brings together works that reflect on care, endurance, and the quiet labour of sustaining. Moving beyond moments of change, the exhibition focuses on what must be carried, maintained, and held over time—through repetition, attention, and persistence. It invites practices that engage with fragility, continuity, and the often-unseen efforts that support both material and lived experience.

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Upcoming opportunity

OPEN CALL for Artists - BRIGHTON ART FAIR

19/04/2026   Brighton, United Kingdom  

This is your chance to exhibit in a fantastic space in central Brighton this May during Artists Open Houses and Fringe Festival month.

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Event

Group Residency Programme, Orkney: Air, Sea and Soil: MICRO-MACRO

The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Palace Village, Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
Workshop
20/06/2026 to 27/06/2026

Welcome to all creative practitioners and researchers interested in making, thinking and being in experimental ways. This Group Residency will take you out and about in Orkney, introduce you to the impact of climate crisis, to vast skies and the archipelago that has long been shaped by the sea.

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Curator profile

Karen Sherwood

Cupola Contemporary Art was established in 1991 and has grown to become on eof the largest most highly respected privately run contemporary art galleries in the North of England.  With a reputation for quality shows and innovation, the gallery regualrly hosts approximately 10 themed or solo...

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Artist Rates of Pay

Artist Union England

A guide to help artists and their employers in England to determine fair pay for artists' labour.

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Event

Group Residency Programme, Orkney - Air, Sea and Soil: SOUNDINGS and SURROUNDINGS

The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Palace Village, Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
Workshop
27/06/2026 to 04/07/2026

The Group Residency is offered for creative practitioners working in all creative disciplines and for those who have a strong interest in the investigation of the Group Residency themes in relation to space, sound and visuals. The group will comprise of approx. eight international participants.

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Case study

Case Study: Benji Appleby-Tyler

Benji Appleby-Tyler is an emerging artist turned curator, who is currently studying Fine Art at University. He create an open call on CuratorSpace to work with other artists on his participatory project 'IDEA Portable Protest Kit'. Artists followed instructions to construct a 'soap box' and create an individual performance which was collated into a showreel.

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Artist profile

Louise Wiseman

I am a Derbyshire based photographer and printmaker. I work in a variety of techniques: screenprinting, intaglio, relief and cyanotype. I am also a silversmith/jeweller.

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Event

Nature Making: The Artist’s Way

Rydal Hall, Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
13/07/2026 to 16/07/2026

This retreat is a spiritual and creative journey, a cocoon of connection, to ourselves, to each other and to God.

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #28

The CuratorSpace Artist Bursary is a quarterly award that supports contemporary artists working across a wide range of disciplines, helping them to test new ideas and develop their practice. The artists selected for CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #28 are Caitriona Dunnett, Natalia Janula, Emanuela Cusin, and Holly Foskett-Barnes. Their projects span photography, sculpture, performance, and socially engaged practice and each artist is using the bursary to explore new materials, processes, and ways of connecting with audiences.

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Curator profile

Saltaire Inspired Team

Saltaire Inspired is an ambitious arts charity, creating quality contemporary arts events in unique settings.

We have a vision to establish Saltaire as an internationally recognised centre for the visual arts, inspiring people of all ages and...

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Event

Cyanotype: design, print, make

Rydal Hall, Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
23/07/2026 to 24/07/2026

Learn about and practice the unique art of Cyanotype on this 2 day course.

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #27

The CuratorSpace Artist Bursary is a quarterly award to support contemporary artists to develop their practice, The artists selected for CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #27 are Kenny Ros, Kerrie Hanna, Amy Jackson, and Chloe Monks.

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Event

WRITING with PLACE, Group Residency, Italy

Workshop
01/10/2026 to 08/10/2026

We welcome applications from people working in creative practices, research, writing, poetry, performance, scenography, education etc. and for those who have a strong interest in ‘writing’ as an area of practice.

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Artist profile

James Stephenson

I am a British sculptor working primarily in stone, exploring reduction, balance and material clarity. With a background in industrial design, my practice centres on distilling form to its essential structure, creating works that bring weight, tactility and quiet presence.

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Case study

Case Study: ARTbound

ARTbound is an arts organisation, developed and managed by photographer and curator, Meg Oxford. It began in 2014 and primarily creates events and exhibitions, by building partnerships with other art organisations, galleries and creative venues, to support artists in showing and selling their work.

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Event

Group Residency Programme Italy - Place, People and Time: ART and FOOD

The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Via Collemacchia, Italy
Workshop
09/10/2026 to 16/10/2026

The Group Residency is devised around the relationships of ‘place, people and time’ and residents will be welcomed to Collemacchia, in Italy’s Apennine Mountains and the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise. The aim of the Group Residency is to develop approaches to the relationships between art and food that are experimental and inventive in their form, in a specific environment.

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