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Event

The Horton, Epsom - Festive Makers Market - December 2025

The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Art fair
06/12/2025

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: 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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Artist profile

Teresa Williams

Since completing my Photography MA (Falmouth) in autumn 2019, I have been working hard to establish myself as a visual artist in the digital field. Alongside this I have been a support to my elderly parents and cared for children of key workers in my family during the pandemic . I ...

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Event

One Day Pebble Mosaic Workshop With The Award Winning Olicana Mosaics in Ilkley –11th October 2025

Ilkley Mosaics in central Ilkley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
11/10/2025

Learn how to create a stunning pebble mosaic that will provide a talking point for your garden from David James of Olicana Mosaics.

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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

SPACE BETWEEN 

Ballroom Arts, 152A High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Exhibition
11/09/2025 to 16/09/2025

SPACE BETWEEN 

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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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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

Memento Vivere (Remember to live)

Crypt Gallery, Euston Rd. (Duke's Road Entrance), London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
06/09/2025 to 18/09/2025

Memento Vivere: An evocative art exhibit by SLART at the Crypt Gallery, inviting reflection on life, death, & beauty hidden in plain sight. Opening night 6th September 6-9 pm.

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Upcoming opportunity

Open Call for Artists - 19th Community Art Exhibition

16/09/2025   Bristol, Somerset  

Exhib­it your art­work at Cir­cu­lar Art­Space – East Bristol’s vibrant gallery sup­port­ing emerg­ing and under-rep­re­sent­ed artists

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Curator profile

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...

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Event

Summer Sculpture Exhibition

Artizan Printmaking & Sculpture Gallery, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
05/07/2025 to 20/09/2025

Featuring works of Lucy D'Auvergne, Emmy Palmer, Emma Baldwin and Zoe Clare

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Artist profile

Phil Robinson

I'm an artist based in Annan, a small coastal town in the south west of Scotland. I work on a wide variety of themes using pencil, charcoal, oils, digital and soft chalk pastels. I have a particular interest in classical drawing and the methods used in atelier schools. I'm also interesting in...

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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

At the End of the Day

Solomon Fine Art, Dublin, Balfe Street, Dublin, Ireland
Exhibition
28/08/2025 to 20/09/2025

At the End of the Day: New Paintings

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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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Event

Hebden Bridge Print Fair

Hebden Bridge Town Hall, St Georges Street, Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom
Art fair
20/09/2025 to 21/09/2025

Celebrating a wealth of print makers, this annual fair is a must see. With an excellent reputation and strong social media following this event is run by printmakers Rachel Red and Julia Ogden. With an emphasis on traditional printmaking techniques the fair showcases limited edition prints, textiles and much more.

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Upcoming opportunity

Exhibit in Brazil - Vintage Exhibition

18/09/2025   São Paulo  

A unique opportunity for artists to show their work in a different country without having to be physically present.

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Resource

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

Flourish Award For Excellence in Printmaking 2025

WYPW @ the Piazza Huddersfield, 42-44 Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
19/07/2025 to 21/09/2025

Selected from open submission, the 14th Flourish Award for Excellence in Printmaking brings together a diverse range of printmaking by selected artists from across the UK, presented in venues in the north of England in 2025/26, starting in Huddersfield.

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Curator profile

13 b

13b is an artist run project space and gallery founded by Louise Winter 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...

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Upcoming opportunity

The Edge of Knowing: Art and Uncertainty

19/09/2025   London  

SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN! We are in search of visual artists to submit their art to be showcased in an online exhibition. Artists of all mediums and from all countries are welcome to apply, including painters, sculptors, photographers, designers, and video artists.

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Event

Touchlines of fortitude

The Beach, 197 Waldegrave Rd, Teddington
Exhibition
12/09/2025 to 21/09/2025

Celebrating female resilience, creativity and empowerment through visual art and storytelling. Exhibition will feature works by three local female artists: Touchlines of Fortitude founder Agnieszka Lokaj, Gina DeCagna and Tahira Mandarino.

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Artist profile

Gaynor Leverett-Jaques

Combining a fascination with the meaning of colours-personal, traditional and spiritual-and a heartfelt appreciation of the spaces of Wiltshire has created a practice which conveys the joy of living in a place which makes the soul sing. Layers upon speak to the depth of belonging and those who...

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News article

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.

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Event

18th Community Art Exhibition

Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
04/09/2025 to 27/09/2025

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

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Upcoming opportunity

Abstract Exhibition - Open Call

21/09/2025   Sheffield, South Yorkshire  

Fronteer Gallery are looking for artwork for our annual Abstract exhibition.

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Event

Beneath the Surface

Artizan Printmaking & Sculpture Gallery, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
28/08/2025 to 27/09/2025

Dive beneath the sur­face and explore the cap­ti­vat­ing marine world through the eyes of Corn­wall-based artist Beth Munro

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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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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

One Day Pebble Mosaic Workshop With The Award Winning Olicana Mosaics in Ilkley – 27th September2025

Olicana Mosaics in central Ilkley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
27/09/2025

Learn how to create a stunning pebble mosaic that will provide a talking point for your garden from David James of Olicana Mosaics.

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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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Upcoming opportunity

Miniatures exhibition - open call

21/09/2025   Sheffield, South Yorkshire  

Fronteer Gallery are looking for small artworks for our exhibition Miniatures.

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Event

No Place Art: Materiality Edtion one

The Handbag Factory,, Loughborough Street , Vauxhall, London, London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
27/09/2025 to 29/09/2025

Edition One: Materiality is a special exhibition opportunity for artists, collectors and respected arts organisations to start collaborative relationships. Selected by five renowned and experienced judges, and partnered with 14 prestigious award givers. All of which are hand-picked to promote growth and creative development for the exhibiting artists.

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Artist profile

Janet Phillips

I'm a new graduate of Fine Art working in pen and ink and I love to capture the little details of the world around me in Yorkshire. I've come to art after a career in archaeology, where observing and drawing the small details was an essential part of my role. These technical archaeological...

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News article

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.

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Event

30th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality

Circular Artspace - MetArtSpace
Exhibition
11/09/2025 to 02/10/2025

Circular ArtSpace presents the 30th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality, a vibrant celebration of creativity unfolding online from 11 september to 2 October 2025. 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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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

Expressive Charcoal Drawing 2nd & 3rd Oct 2025

The Old Lock Up Gallery, 19 The Hill , Cromford, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
02/10/2025 to 03/10/2025

Charcoal is one of our most ancient and direct drawing mediums, naturally suited to dynamic, expressive techniques. On this comprehensive two-day workshop with charcoal artist Tansy Lee Moir, you will work from natural objects, photo and video references to create a portfolio of drawings exploring the exciting properties of this magical material.

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Upcoming opportunity

Winter Maker's Showcase

21/09/2025   Holmfirth, West Yorkshire  

Affordable artworks, editions and products sought for a maker’s exhibition/shop at the Sculpture Lounge.

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Resource

Contract of Self Care

Luminara Florescu

This toolkit supports a best practice model for artists who have a social practice as well as the participating members of the public involved in their projects. It explores ways of working as a social practice artist that are sustainable for artists, including those with physical and mental health disabilities. Funded by a-n Artist Bursary 2021 TIME, SPACE, MONEY.

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Event

5 Years in the Wild

The Horsebridge: Gallery 1, 11 Horsebridge Road, Whitstable, Kent, United Kingdom
Exhibition
24/09/2025 to 06/10/2025

Kent-based artist Kim O’Neil presents a powerful collection of large-scale biomorphic abstract paintings created through an immersive collaboration with nature.

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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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Curator profile

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...

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Event

WILD COLLECTIVE: EnviroPainters

The Horsebridge: Gallery 2, 11 Horsebridge Road, Whitstable, Kent, United Kingdom
Exhibition
24/09/2025 to 06/10/2025

Wild Collective is the debut exhibition by the EnviroPainters, a recently formed collective of artists dedicated to immersing themselves and creating art in natural environments, using found objects sympathetically as tools, pigments and media.

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Artist profile

David Sowerby

I am a visual artist, taking material influence from my context and the technology I encounter; I make works that begin and end with the body, seasoned with an existential narrative.

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News article

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.

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Event

Planted

The FG Gallery, Boots Green Lane, Allostock
Exhibition
26/09/2025 to 12/10/2025

A group show of Contemporary Painting examining the relationship between practice and the growing world

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News article

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.

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Event

Modern and Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Movements and Discourses

Online
Talk
21/09/2025 to 26/10/2025

Duration: 6 weeks Schedule: Sundays, 4:00–6:00 PM GMT Start Date: September 21, 2025 End Date: October 26, 2025 Subject: Modern and Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Movements and Discourses Language: English Location: Online Tutor: Dr Hamid Keshmirshekan Certification: Participants will receive a certificate upon completion

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Artist profile

Abdullah Adekola

I am a son, an older brother and a husband. I am a reader and I try to be mindful and a humanitarian. I have Yoruba heritage and I am from Yorkshire. I am a baller (Basketball and football) and lover of learning and languages such as English, Yoruba, Arabic and Spanish to name a few. I like...

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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

One Island - Many Visions

Portland Sculpture & Quarry Trust, Drill Hall Gallery, Easton Lane, Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
06/09/2025 to 31/10/2025

A Portland Sculpture Quarry Trust collaboration with Royal Society of Sculptors members involving 27 artists’ residencies and research outcomes over 18 months, leading to an exhibition of site-responsive artworks, symposium and community events, focusing on environment. Located across 2 sites: Drill Hall Gallery and Tout Quarry Sculpture Park & Nature Reserve

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