Between Sleeping and Waking: Hospital Dreams and Visions
Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, London, London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
14/08/2025 to 08/11/2025
Dreams and nightmares exhibit to open at world’s oldest psychiatric hospital. Artwork and poems from contemporary artists and former Bethlem hospital patients to go on show.
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.
Pamela Thorby Ceramics
Distinguished musician turned artist Pamela Thorby aims to create ‘visual music’ in clay. Currently making high fired porcelain sculptural vessels, imagined but reminiscent of a multiplicity of organic forms. Connecting head, heart and hands, the medium of ceramics presents Pamela with...
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.
Pressed and Pulled: Works of Charlotte Sainsbury
Artizan Printmaking & Sculpture Gallery, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
04/10/2025 to 08/11/2025
From Boatyards to Moorlands: Discover the Textured World of Collagraph Printmaking
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...
Artist Rates of Pay
Artist Union England
A guide to help artists and their employers in England to determine fair pay for artists' labour.
Join Light Up The North for a series of talks exploring the dynamic world of light art
Talk
07/11/2025 to 08/11/2025
Join Light Up The North this November for a series of talks exploring the dynamic world of light art. Hear from exhibiting light artists at Light Up Lancaster and BD: is LIT Bradford on the nature of light art and their creative practice.
Open Call: Miniatures
07/11/2025 Kamnik
Call for entries! 13b is an exciting new project and gallery space looking for artworks up to 10 x 10 cm in size for their next exhibition ‘Miniatures’. This is a great opportunity to expand your network and get greater exposure by exhibiting your work in front of an international audience.
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...
Jilly Lovett
I create one of a kind folk art dolls using reclaimed wool and other vintage finds.
GO! Friends - Oldham Art Fair
Gallery Oldham, Greaves Street, Oldham, United Kingdom
Art fair
15/11/2025
Save the date! On Saturday, November 15th, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, The Friends of Gallery Oldham will host their very first “GO! Artists - Oldham Art Fair.” This exciting event will take place at the Gallery Oldham Education Suite and promises a fantastic day of art, creativity, and community.
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.
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.
The Canvas Club: From Ten Brushes to Your Eyes – Local Art Exhibition in Epsom
The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Exhibition
05/11/2025 to 15/11/2025
Discover From Ten Brushes to Your Eyes at The Horton, Epsom, 5–15 Nov 2025. Ten artists present oils, acrylics, watercolours and mixed media in this free local art exhibition. From landscapes to abstracts, it’s Surrey’s must-see autumn art exhibition near me. All works for sale; artists on site selected days.
The Unfold Project 2025-2026
09/11/2025 UK
Lonely Stone Press (founded in 2023) invites submissions for the third volume of The Unfold Project, an annual project dedicated to showcasing the work of recent graduates across the UK. This year’s theme is Traces — what remains, what lingers, what is left behind.
Contemporary Visual Arts Network England
CVAN England leads a collective agenda for policy change across the visual arts. They campaign to be heard, valued, and recognised so that the sector can thrive now and in the future. Links to nine regional networks across England.
Animate Projects
Animate Projects is an arts agency working at the intersection of film, animation and art, established in 2007 by curator/producers Abigail Addison and Gary Thomas. We're based in Derby and Folkestone. Since 2007 we've worked with over 120 artists, filmmakers and animators to make ambitious...
20th Community Art Exhibition
Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
30/10/2025 to 22/11/2025
Explore a diverse collection of artworks in our unique double-decker bus gallery, showcasing the talent of artists from Bristol and beyond.
The JUST Art Award
09/11/2025
An annual award for artists who want to change the world through the way they live or the work they make. Artists working with themes of environmental and social justice from anywhere in the world are eligible to enter the award.
Mimi
Hi! I'm Mimi, I am a multidisciplinary artist who specialises in large scale abstract paintings, digital portraiture, printmaking and photography. I run NI Studios based in Leeds Corn Exchange. My role at Ni Studios is creating all the artwork we sell in store or online, creating bespoke work...
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #26: Alice Sheppard Fidler
Alice Sheppard Fidler received the Gilbert Bayes Award from the Royal Society of Sculptors, the CAS Emerging Sculptor Development Award in 2023/4, and is an Associate at Spike Island, Bristol. She is a founding member of Studio Voltaire Gallery and Arts Charity and runs the artist-led initiative The Hide Artist Retreat. Before completing her MA in Fine Art at the University of the West of England in 2020, she worked in design for television, film, and fashion.
Dick Onians a retrospective
T&T Gallery, Miry Lane, Thongabridge , United Kingdom
Exhibition
21/08/2025 to 29/11/2025
Dick Onians: A Retrospective Thomas & Thomas is proud to present A Retrospective of Dick Onians, the first major exhibition of Onians' work since 1972. Spanning over five decades, this retrospective celebrates a remarkable body of work rooted in tradition yet driven by continual reinvention. This exhibition brings Onians’ extraordinary vision back into public view.
Christmas Contemporary Art Auction - Call For Submissions
09/11/2025
Sell your work to our international art collectors in our 'Living Artists Contemporary Art Auction. The auction will take place on LiveAuctioneers, the largest online auction platform in America. It will also be listed on our auction site for the UK and European markets.
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'.
Flex & Fluff
ACME Glassyard Studios, 276 Oak Square, London, London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
05/11/2025 to 30/11/2025
TwoPlusTwo is pleased to announce 'Flex & Fluff'', curated by Linda Khatri and Sam Haynes, showcasing 21 emerging and established artists working across a wide range of media including painting, sculpture, collage, textiles and photography. Private view, Wed 5th Nov, 6-8pm with an artist talk, moderated by gallery owner Domo Baal, on Sunday 30th Nov, 3-5pm.
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...
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.
'A RETURN AFLAME' - E-ZINE #1 - BARZAKH
10/11/2025 Sharjah
BARZAKH invites artists and writers to submit works responding to the theme 'A Return Aflame', exploring the hidden self, refuge, and transformation. Open to all disciplines: visual art, sound, writing, and mixed media. No AI-generated work accepted. Selected works will be featured in BARZAKH’s first online e-zine with an accompanying interview.
Folded Realities
The Mill Gallery, Unit 5 Cardinal House, Swinnow Grange Mills, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
14/11/2025 to 12/12/2025
Folded Realities: Where stories bend, zines speak, and imagination unfolds, a snapshot of DIY culture in motion.
Lynn Cox
As a blind artist who has lost her sight slowly over 30 years, I’m interested in how much of seeing is through the eyes compared to perceptions, sensations, memories and intuition. I essentially draw lines to investigate this relationship between visual and other ways of appreciating the...
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #26: Helen Thompson
Helen Thompson's art practice focuses on the body, movement, and embodied experience, with a strong emphasis on mark-making and line. She works intuitively to create drawings, paintings, and mixed media pieces that explore and express these themes drawing upon personal experiences.
Capturing Moments in Time — Works by Jo McChesney
Artizan Printmaking & Sculpture Gallery, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
15/11/2025 to 24/12/2025
Discover the fleeting beauty of the natural world in Capturing Moments in Time, a new exhibition by printmaker Jo McChesney, launching with an exclusive artist preview on 14th November.
Fruitmarket
Fruitmarket is a free, public space for culture in the heart of Edinburgh, the Fruitmarket provides inspiration and opportunity for artists and audiences.
We programme, develop and present world-class exhibitions, commissions, publications, performances, events and engagement...
Textile Art - Open Call for Exhibition
10/11/2025 Halifax, West Yorkshire
The Open Gallery is looking for artworks on the theme of 'Textile Art' for an exhibition in December 2025. This is a fantastic opportunity for UK-based artists to showcase their work at the Open Gallery in Halifax and connect with a new audience.
Funding library
The White Pube
This library is a resource of successful funding applications that you can learn from to write your own bids. It also includes links to other resources such as application templates and crib sheets.
Circular ArtSpace Members Exhibition 2025
Circular Artspace - MetArtSpace
Exhibition
14/02/2025 to 31/12/2025
The Members Exhibition is Now Online in our MetArtSpace in Virtual Reality!
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.
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...
Becki Zaffino
My practice explores landscape as a contemporary and evolving discipline, rooted in the traditions of academic art yet driven by personal experience and emotional investigation. I approach the landscape not simply as a subject to be represented, but as a living space of memory, movement, and...
The Blood Bag Project: Scotland
Exhibition
08/10/2025 to 31/01/2026
A call-out for Scottish artists and makers to submit textile 'blood bags' for exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh 2026. The Blood Bag Project is a socially engaged craftivist project that aims to raise awareness of the rare blood condition Diamond Blackfan Anaemia, and highlight the importance of blood donation!
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #26: Sam Ivin
Sam Ivin is a photographic artist who explores social issues and the people connected with them. By documenting their stories and perspectives he hopes to provide a more personal, tangible understanding of them. His process often involves hosting photography workshops, where he creates collaborative artwork with project participants.
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #26: Milly Aburrow
Through a playful colour palette and a comical stylisation, Milly Aburrow's work characterises the parameters of commercialisation, consumerist society, and particularly contemporary food culture. She was a recipient of the Kenneth Armitage Young Sculpture Prize 2023 and exhibits in galleries across the UK.
Felting Retreat: Working with Luxury Fibres
Rydal Hall, Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
25/02/2026 to 26/02/2026
On this course, students will learn how to create gossamer weight felt to make beautiful wraps and scarves.
Emanuela Cusin
I am a visual artist and educator based in Cambridge, UK, with a studio at Wysing Arts Centre.. My practice is currently focused on the concept of uprootedness, materiality and meaning and themes of movement and inertia, vulnerability and resistance.
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.
Soulful Creativity
Rydal Hall, Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
21/04/2026 to 22/04/2026
Using stories of wandering in the wilderness and facing the wildness of life's storms, we will explore how Jesus triumphed over the temptations and tempests of life. Through exploration of stories and passages in the gospels in which Jesus amazed individual characters & crowds we will creatively engage with the 'awe and wonder' of Christ