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

Darius Martisius

Darius Martisius hails from Lithuania and is currently based in Derby, United Kingdom. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from the University of Derby in 2019. In 2024, he is set to pursue a Master of Arts in Fine Art at the School of Art, Birmingham City University.

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Event

Community Artists' Fair - Spring Edition

The Vassall Community Hub, Gill Avenue, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Art fair
21/03/2026

Community Artists’ Fair – Spring Edition is a one-day event celebrating local artists, makers and creativity in a welcoming spring atmosphere. Hosted by Circular ArtSpace at The Vassall Community Hub as part of the Bristol Gallery Weekend, the fair invites visitors to discover original art, handmade works and independent design from Bristol’s creative community.

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #30

Anna Li, Ziyan Liu, Alison Lowry, Dominika Jackowska

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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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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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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

Tethered Lines; Matter Becoming

No.6 Bruton, 6 High Street, Bruton, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
05/03/2026 to 08/03/2026

A solo exhibition by Fiona Campbell, featuring some of her latest sculptures, installations, drawings, collages, and a film.

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Upcoming opportunity

Open Call: 13b Virtual Gallery (3rd online exhibition)

04/03/2026     

13b Virtual Gallery (online exhibition). Our aim it to showcase talented artists from around the globe, not limited by the cost of travel/postage and the usual expenses associated with exhibiting. We plan to run monthly exhibitions in parallel to our physical gallery in Slovenia. These exhibitions encourage full creative expression and will often have no specific theme, enabling you to connect with artists, audiences and curators worldwide in a fun and affordable way. As artists ourselves, we know how important it is to make yourself visible!

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Artist profile

Sabine Kussmaul

My current practice is in the field of expanded Drawing. I am exploring the relationships between self and environment through a drawing practice on different environments. This is part of practice-based PhD studies at the University of Chester.

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Event

STRATIFIED: Memory, Material & Meaning

Mid Street Lab & The Vault, 80 St Georges Road & 42-43 Kings Road Arches, Brighton, United Kingdom
Exhibition
19/02/2026 to 09/03/2026

The title STRATIFIED: Memory, Materials and Meanings refers both to the physical language of the works and to their conceptual depth. Each piece functions as a cross-section, holding traces of earlier actions, partial erasures and renewed gestures. Memory is embedded in material. Meaning is not imposed but accumulated.

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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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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

Ariella Green - Library of Moments

Highgate Gallery, Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, Highgate, London, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
06/03/2026 to 19/03/2026

Ariella Green works in textile collage, painting, mosaic, and most recently ‘Papier Collé’ (paper-cut collage) - http://ariellagreen.com/. Her work has always been a highly personal, colourful, artistic response to her experience of home, identity, memory, and current life. This show covers her recent work from 2023 -2026.

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Upcoming opportunity

Spring Issue

04/03/2026   Tbilisi, Georgia  

This open call invites artists working in various media, including painting, drawing, collage, installation, illustration, photography, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, assemblage, fiber art, paper art, printmaking, 3D digital art, glass art, metalwork, and more.

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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

35th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality

Circular Artspace - MetArtSpace
Exhibition
26/02/2026 to 22/03/2026

Circular ArtSpace presents the 35th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality, a vibrant celebration of creativity unfolding online from 26 February to 22 March 2026. This immersive digital showcase brings together a wide range of artistic voices, offering global audiences an engaging and interactive way to experience contemporary art.

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Resource

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.

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Event

Friends of Photography Exhibition

The Mill Gallery, Unit 5 Cardinal House, Swinnow Grange Mills, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
27/02/2026 to 27/03/2026

Friends of Photography: A Community in Focus, a joyful and inclusive exhibition celebrating the work of a local photography collective that meets monthly in the gallery.

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Artist profile

Jenny Baines

Jenny Baines is an artist whose practice explores the relationship between the body, screen and space. Working predominantly with 16mm film, she performs repeated often absurd actions for the camera, pushing the limitations of her own physical endurance.

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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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Event

23rd Community Art Exhibition

Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
05/03/2026 to 28/03/2026

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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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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Upcoming opportunity

VOLUME 100/ Anniversary edition

04/03/2026   Tbilisi, Georgia  

For the anniversary edition, we invite artists working in various media, including painting, drawing, collage, installation, illustration, photography, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, assemblage, fiber art, paper art, printmaking, 3D digital art, glass art, metalwork, and more.

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Event

Kinetic Sculpture - Short 4 Day Residency - April

Art fair
02/04/2026 to 05/04/2026

A short kinetic sculpture meet up with a few fellow artists. I am a kinetic wind sculptor and keen to explore and share ideas with others

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Upcoming opportunity

101 Contemporary Artists and more.../ Book Edition

04/03/2026   Tbilisi, Georgia  

Collect Art continues publishing books of '101 contemporary artists and more...', which include painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, sculpture, textile, illustration, collage, digital art, installation, architecture, and, in addition, literature, research-based texts, fictional and non-fictional stories, poems, and short stories.

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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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Event

Jim Souper - Encounters with the Calder

The Photography Gallery, D Mill Dean Clough, Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
04/03/2026 to 05/04/2026

Encounters with the Calder is a personal exploration of the human relationship with landscape and nature, viewed through both historical and contemporary lenses.

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Resource

YVAN

YVAN is made up of Visual arts professionals, individual artists and makers, studios, collectives, Higher and Further Education departments and professionals, visual arts organisations and artist networks in Yorkshire. Alongside region-specific advice, opportunities, events and support, they have also gathered regional and general resources to support artists in developing their practice.

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Artist profile

Katie Barnsley

I investigate humanity through diverse media, exploring my relationship with my body. I express my experience of womanhood, inviting audiences to consider questions relevant to themselves. My work relates to the ‘body positivity movement’, which challenges present-day beauty standards and...

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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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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

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

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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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Upcoming opportunity

Women Art/ Special Edition

05/03/2026   Tbilisi, Georgia  

This open call invites Women Artists, working in different media, such as painting, drawing, photography, textile, digital art, collage, illustration, sculpture, ceramics, installation, design, contemporary objects and many more...

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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

Men Art

05/03/2026   Tbilisi, Georgia  

This open call invites Men Artists, working in different media, such as painting, drawing, photography, textile, digital art, collage, illustration, sculpture, ceramics, installation, design, contemporary objects and many more...

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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

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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Artist profile

Paula Armstrong Ceramics

I'm a ceramic sculptor who loves clay. The infinite possibilities of clay as a medium appeals to my need to constantly evolve my work as well as my love of learning and challenging myself. I love trying new techniques and pushing the boundaries with much of my work now single fired. Teaching...

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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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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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Resource

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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Curator profile

b-side

b-side is an arts organisation based in Dorset, UK. We work with and commission artists to make new site-responsive work revealing the marginal, often forgotten and less commercial aspects of our coastal towns and communities. We invite professional artists to make artworks in response to...

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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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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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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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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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Artist profile

Laura Lee

Hi. My name is Laura Lee and my principal interest is wildlife and landscape photography in the Western United States and Canada. I reside in far north Idaho in Bonners Ferry, but have also lived in Montana, California, Utah, and Colorado. My work is primarily realistic, but I love finding...

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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: 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

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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