
Natalie Toplass
I’ve been trying to get to the root of why I paint what I paint, after much ruminating I think I’ve realised the different avenues my mind travels down. I’ve become more interested recently in a still life aspect to my work, looking at old toys and discarded objects and it’s the stories...
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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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!

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.

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.

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...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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'.
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...

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.

Broken / Makeshift - Zine Open Call
21/09/2025 Leeds, West Yorkshire
Submit your zine or book to be part of the Zine Library for our upcoming exhibition that celebrates contemporary craft and explores how our emotional attachment to everyday objects can survive a break, fracture, or tear.

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.

Rachel Clarke
Rachel was born in Southampton and is a sculptural ceramic artist living in South Wales where she has her own small studio. After spending many years in general medical practice as well as in the legal world, she decided to follow a lifelong ambition to practise art. She obtained a first class...

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.

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.

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...

Open Call: Public Art Opportunity in Purley, Croydon for 3 Sculptures
21/09/2025 Purley, Croydon, London
Three public artworks are to be commissioned for two significant new residential developments in Purley, Croydon. One artist will be appointed to commission three total artworks in two different site locations. Although the two projects were given separate planning consent, they will be satisfied by a unified public art strategy that covers this area of Higher Drive.

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.

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

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.

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
Natalya Griffin
My work is inspired by Mycelium and the kingdom of Fungi, nature, and walking. I visualize a myriad of seen and unseen paths, and imprints, made by many walkers, animals, and plants as forces that connect us. Through layering and the process of making, I look to connect with work and find a ...

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.

Untamed Art : Solo Exhibition By Anne Bardsley
The Pop Up, Merseyway, Stockport, United Kingdom
Exhibition
27/10/2025 to 02/11/2025
Explore a vibrant collection of wildlife inspired artwork by Anne Bardsley, celebrating endangered animals through expressive styles and storytelling. Featuring original pieces, prints, and gifts, this free exhibition invites visitors of all ages to connect with nature and creativity.

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.

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.

Kathleen Ellen Theriault
“My art is an exploration of life, translated through layers of paint and personal experience,” says Theriault. Her pieces, not just abstract forms, are reflections of emotion, memory, and place. Each painting is a dialogue between intention and improvisation, shifting dynamically as it...

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.