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

Stuart Jones

I am a British artist working out of a studio in Hertfordshire, near to London. I have been practising as an artist for 20 years. I incorporate traditional and contemporary artistic techniques to create an altered sense of reality. I explore the complex relationship between human life and the...

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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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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #31

The CuratorSpace Artist Bursary is a quarterly award to support contemporary artists to develop their practice. The artists selected for CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #31 are Emma Bolland, Lucy Mulholland, Maybelle Peters, Cameron Lings, and Blandine Martin. Their projects span sculpture, performance, light, 3D scanning, film, and sound.

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Event

Soil Chromatography

Photofusion, UNIT 2 2 BEEHIVE PLACE, BRIXTON, London, United Kingdom
Workshop
22/08/2026

Join photographer Aindreas Scholz for a hands-on soil chromatography workshop in Brixton. Using a cameraless photographic process from biodynamic agriculture, you will collect local soil, make 2 to 3 circular “soil portraits”, and learn how their colours and patterns can reveal vitality, care, pollution, memory, and inequality in the land beneath our feet.

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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

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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Event

Nothing But Pictures Workshop

Paul Regan Studio, 1A Cadbury Close, Whetstone
Workshop
24/05/2026

Workshop creating colourful and fun works of art with artist Celestine Thomas, inspired by her latest exhibition, Nothing But Pictures

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Upcoming opportunity

The Hepworth Wakefield Harvest Festival 2026

25/05/2026   Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom  

We are delighted to announce the return of The Hepworth Wakefield Harvest Festival on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September 2026. Applications are now open for artists, designers, makers, food and drink producers/providers, and specialist retailers/store owners to host a stall.

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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

25th Community Art Exhibition

Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
30/04/2026 to 23/05/2026

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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Artist profile

Dominika Jackowska

I’m a visual artist and animator based in Edinburgh, and I love creating interactive experiences that mix technology with animation. My focus is on making art accessible to everyone, especially for disabled and neurodivergent audiences. Through projection mapping, I invite people to engage...

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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

Collective Voices Exhibition 2nd Edition

Safehouse 1, 139 Copeland Road, London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
22/05/2026 to 25/05/2026

Collective Voices 2nd Edition continues JustArt’s commitment to building a shared space for artistic exchange, dialogue, and visibility. This exhibition brings together a mix of returning artists from the first edition alongside new voices, creating a conversation between continuity and emergence, familiarity and discovery.

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Upcoming opportunity

OPEN CALL - Quote & Curate Summer Curation - Opportunity to exhibit at DESIGN CENTRE CHELSEA HARBOUR

25/05/2026   London, London, United Kingdom  

Open Call for Artists to submit work for the Quote & Curate Summer Curation. Showcase your art at The Design Centre Chelsea Harbour in June 2026 and open up opportunities directly with Interior Designers.

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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

37th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality

Circular Artspace - MetArtSpace
Exhibition
03/05/2026 to 26/05/2026

Circular ArtSpace presents the 37th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality, a vibrant celebration of creativity unfolding online from the 3rd to the 26th of May 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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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.

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Upcoming opportunity

Open Call for JustArt Newspaper Club Issue 6

25/05/2026   United Kingdom  

JustArt Collective is an artist-led initiative, founded in Hong Kong and now active in the UK, dedicated to supporting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists.

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Event

Archetype

Glena Art Studio, 26 St, Albans Lane, London , Greater London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
07/05/2026 to 28/05/2026

"an evocative art exhibition exploring timeless symbols and universal human stories. Experience bold visuals and deep emotions that connect past, present, and imagination."

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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

Julie Clive - B.A, M.A Fine Art

I'm a painter, drawing from nature, and seeking the symbiotic relationships and wellbeing that the natural world can bring. My paintings varying in scale, with smaller, more intimate surreal-like painted works forming installations. A process- based and curiosity driven practice, painting...

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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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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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Upcoming opportunity

OPEN CALL - ARTISTS OF THE SEASON

25/05/2026   London, London, United Kingdom  

OPEN CALL ARTISTS OF THE SEASON - Submit Now for an opportunity to get featured for the SUMMER SEASON!

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Event

Strata Stories

Artizan Collective, 74 Fleet Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
19/05/2026 to 31/05/2026

Unearth the Nar­ra­tive of the Rocks: Stra­ta Sto­ries at Arti­zan Gallery.

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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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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

Strata Stories - Geopark Festival Events Programme

Artizan Collective, Unit 5 Fleet Walk Shopping Centre, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
19/05/2026 to 31/05/2026

Strata Stories is a collaborative showcase featuring our studio members alongside guest artists - Part of the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark Festival 2026

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Upcoming opportunity

Abstract Art

26/05/2026   Tbilisi, Georgia  

We are accepting submissions for the next edition of our curated art publication and online exhibition, themed 'Abstract Art'.

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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

26th Community Art Exhibition

Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
28/05/2026 to 20/06/2026

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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Artist profile

Scapa Joe

We are a collaboration making climate change art and sculptures. We aim to help increase awareness of deforestation, habitat loss, extinction, pollution and other global environmental issues.

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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

Bone Deep

The FG Gallery, Boots Green Lane, Nr Knutsford, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
06/06/2026 to 21/06/2026

The FG Gallery is pleased to present Bone Deep, a group show of 11 painters. Exhibiting artists: Elvira Bernhard, Karl Bielik, Nan Collantine, Jenny Eden, Sarah Grant, Scott McCracken, Gavin Shepherdson, Mikey Thomas, Henry Ward, Harriet Westgarth and Matilda Wainwright. 6th – 21st June 2026, Preview Opening 6-9 pm June 5th 2026.

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Upcoming opportunity

Drawings

27/05/2026   Tbilisi, Georgia  

We are accepting submissions for the next edition of our curated art publication and online exhibition, dedicated to Drawings

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Curator profile

Harriet Titlow

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

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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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

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

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

Lucy Sugden

I am a tapestry weaver working from a small studio space at our family home in Hertfordshire.

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Event

21 Journeys

Artizan Collective, 74 Fleet Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
07/06/2026 to 05/07/2026

Expe­ri­ence the endur­ing lega­cy of the 21 Group of Artists in their lat­est exhi­bi­tion, 21 Journeys.

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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

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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Artist profile

Helen Drye

I am a silver jewellery designer. My work is inspired by Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, behind my studio, near York. I love to create 3D jewellery: little pictures featuring the woodland, with robins and blackbirds, and the moon peering through the trees. I work in sterling silver...

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Event

Drawing Club Term 2

Workshop
02/06/2026 to 23/07/2026

The SHARP gallery will be starting term 2 of their 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. If you are unable to come to all the classes but would still like to join some, that is not a barrier. You do not have to have done term 1.

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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

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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