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.
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.
Jan Lee
I am a photography bases contemporary artist. Using black and white images with an aerial perspective to give voice to children and motherhood.
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.
21st Community Art Exhibition
Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
27/11/2025 to 20/12/2025
Explore a diverse collection of artworks in our unique double-decker bus gallery, showcasing the talent of artists from Bristol and beyond.
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...
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.
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.
Winter - Open Call
08/12/2025 Halifax, West Yorkshire
Call for Artists: ‘Winter' Exhibition – January 2026. Open Gallery is inviting submissions of original artworks on the theme ‘Winter’ for a vibrant Winter exhibition in January 2026. 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.
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.
Art by Elesha
I am a self taught artist who enjoys using acrylic and watercolours to create bright beautiful paintings. I take a lot of my inspiration from nature and geometrical patterns and enjoy experimenting with abstract themes as well.
English Riviera Winter Open Exhibition and Launch
Artizan Collective, 74 Fleet Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
09/11/2025 to 24/12/2025
Launching on Saturday 8th November, Celebrate the season with a vibrant showcase of contemporary art at the English Riviera Winter Open Exhibition 2025.
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.
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...
Meet The Locals 2026 - open call for artists from South Yorkshire and surrounding counties
08/12/2025 Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Fronteer Gallery are looking for artwork for our annual exhibition of work by artists local to South Yorkshire and the surrounding area.
L8ER
Queen's Street Gallery, Oxford Street, Neath, United Kingdom
Exhibition
06/12/2025 to 27/12/2025
This is the 'Grand Finale' exhibition round-up of 'The 8 Small Shows' Welsh Group series that started in March 2024.
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.
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.
33rd Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality
Circular Artspace - MetArtSpace
Exhibition
10/12/2025 to 30/12/2025
Circular ArtSpace presents the 33rd Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality, a vibrant celebration of creativity unfolding online from 10 - 30 December 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.
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...
Karls Berzins
I'm a self-taught artist. I've learned different new skills all my life. Today my passion is painting in oil.
The Horton, Epsom - February 2026 Marketplace
10/12/2025 EPSOM, Surrey
Calling all Artists and Makers! We are planning our next curated arts and craft market, which will be on Saturday 28th February 2026!
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: 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'.
Veins of Time: Continuity and Becoming
10/12/2025 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.
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...
Holding space
The laundrette, 145 Cheltenham Rd, Bristol
Exhibition
15/01/2026 to 18/01/2026
Nine established artists from across Britain come together at The Laundrette in Bristol for a captivating exhibition exploring the relationships between objects, bodies, and space.
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.
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.
Artist Call for “Left, Right, and Everything In Between” – Small Scale Disabled Artists Exhibition
10/12/2025 Brighton
“Left, Right, and Everything In Between” is a small-scale exhibition for disabled artists, prioritising A5 prints (A3 max). The theme focuses on journeys, detours, and different ways of navigating the world. It reflects how disabled artists often create our own paths, inviting viewers to rethink movement, making, and belonging.
Fables
The Mill Gallery, Unit 5 Cardinal House, Swinnow Grange Mills, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
09/01/2026 to 30/01/2026
APS presents Fables: eight emerging artists showcase their first collaborative exhibition, nurtured through Resilient Roots.
Lucy Churchill
Lucy Churchill's taboo-breaking sculpture is as beautiful & finely crafted as it is confrontational. With a frank female gaze she addresses women’s sexuality and the right to body-autonomy using a visual language that is original whilst referencing diverse cultural imagery.
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...
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!
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.
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.
Mural LAB: Artist Training Programme + Bursary Call-Out
10/12/2025 Leeds
We Belong Here CIC, in partnership with Active Leeds and Leeds City Council through the Active Travel Social Prescribing Pilot, are offering four bursaries for emerging or early-career artists based in West Yorkshire, with a focus on supporting Global Majority artists who want to gain hands-on experience in public art, muralling, and community-engaged practice.
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.
Platforma Arts and Refugee Network
Platforma arts and refugee network supports and develops arts and culture by, about and with refugees and migrants. Platforma is managed by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with organisations across the country. Every two years they run the Platforma Festival in a different part of England. They also provide one-to-one information to artists and organisations on subjects including, access to opportunities, contacts, project development and fundraising.
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...
Charlotte Gower
Owner of Homeware and Jewellery brand Pipit. Originally from Holmfirth Charlotte moved to Cardiff where she studied for her degree in Fine Art, after a decade in Wales she moved back to Yorkshire. Charlotte uses an art led design process where she explores a concept through art work which then...
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!
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.
eiyia
EIYIA is a group of artists, born from the deepest love for art, for the thrill of being able to create ideas that at first seem impossible, parallel to our reality, worlds that seem to seek answers to the most complex questions we all ask ourselves.
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
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.
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’.