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

Ms Lucy A Best-Shaw

I come from a family of painters and studied Fine Art at 'A' Level. I have been painting landscapes regularly since 2013 and, having retired from a career in nursing in 2015, am now a full time artist, painting and drawing and have studied portraiture under Andres Jaroslavsky and Luke...

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News article

A New Approach to Artist Bursaries at CuratorSpace

CuratorSpace has updated its bursary programme to better support the realities of working as an artist. The new model removes the administrative barriers and fixed deadlines that often make funding difficult to access.

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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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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

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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Upcoming opportunity

Art As A Response to Mental Health Exhibition 2026 - 7th Edition

31/05/2026     

We're thrilled to announce the launch of the call for submissions for the upcoming "Art as a Response to Mental Health 2026" online exhibition, now in its 7th edition. We extend an open invitation to aspiring, emerging, and established artists worldwide to contribute their work to this significant project. As the global conversation around mental health continues to evolve, art has emerged as a powerful medium for self-expression.

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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

Tendai Chitima Harcup

My work is a reflection of the scars left on me from the horrors of my past. Though my emotions are constantly evolving, an undercurrent of suffering persists. The pain I’ll always remember. I strive to create art that captures the complexities within my subconscious. Raw, unadulterated, free....

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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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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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Upcoming opportunity

The Problem With AI

31/05/2026   San Francisco, United States  

How do you see AI as a problem?

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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

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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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

ZOZOBRA II

31/05/2026   Canada  

Zozobra is a Spanish word for distress. This call is for artists to step up and fulfill their duty as harbingers of truth and guardians of cultural history against the growing threats of totalitarianism and environmental destruction.

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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

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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Artist profile

tehiladesigns.art

Hi I'm Veronica. I create art jewellery, homeware and lifestyle products. Previous background working as a Health Librarian in various trade associations until 2008. After the recession I decided to retrain and went on to study Jewellery manufacture and design at the British Academy of...

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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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Upcoming opportunity

The Horton, Epsom - August Marketplace 2026

31/05/2026   EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom  

Calling all Artists and Makers! We are planning our next curated arts and craft market, which will be on Saturday 29th August 2026!

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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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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

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

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: 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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Artist profile

Chris Wilmott

I integrate climate ecology art with art about womb ecology.

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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

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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Upcoming opportunity

Home/Away; Photography Exhibition

31/05/2026     

Our exhibitions will explore the polarities of our lives and the world around us. These themes, shaped by your involvement, will give rise to exhibitions that are engaging, reflective, and thought-provoking. For this exhibition, we have chosen the theme, Home / Away. The Exhibition will take place in July 2026

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Upcoming opportunity

Hebden Bridge Print Fair 19th and 20th September 2026

31/05/2026   Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom  

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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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

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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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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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

Chloe Smith

An artist and printmaker from Leeds, Chloe Smith is inspired by the world around her and makes paintings, fine art prints, cards and textiles.

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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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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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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

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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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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Artist profile

Orlanda Cooper Art

My work is mainly mixed media, using acrylics, inks and home made collage papers. For me I love the whole process of creating art. I have a very basic idea of where I want to go, because I work intuitively, that often changes as I work through the process, which for me is the fun part.

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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

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

Online
Workshop
26/05/2026 to 28/07/2026

This course aims to address the major historical, conceptual, theoretical and aesthetic issues that inform the region’s modern and contemporary art paradigm. Arranged largely in chronological order, it will explore the art of MENA region, with particular attention to Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco and Egypt, by tracing the underpinning discourses that have shaped artistic practices in the region.

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