GO! Artists – Oldham Art Fair
Gallery Oldham, Gallery Oldham, Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Art fair
17/10/2026
GO! Artists – Oldham Art Fair brings together 19 artists and makers from in and around Oldham for a day celebrating local creativity. Discover and buy original artwork and handmade pieces, meet the artists, and enjoy an art tombola. Saturday 17 October, 10am–4pm at The Creator Space, Gallery Oldham. £1 entry.
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.
George Sfougaras
George Sfougaras’ work is concerned with the way history, national symbols, myths, and rhetoric shape identity. He has gained recognition with his reconstructed maps and narrative portraits. His ‘Tales from an Old Fort Town’ and the ‘Forgotten Conquerors’ (suites of prints and...
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #32: Darren Calder
Darren Calder is a contemporary tapestry weaver based in Brighton, UK. His practice brings together questions of identity, history, and language, often through unconventional materials. He sees weaving as a way of thinking as much as making.
Autumn Wet Felting Workshop - Yorkshire Landscape
Just Makers Art Gallery, Craven Court, Skipton, United Kingdom
Workshop
17/10/2026
Spend a day with textile artist Katy Small learning the traditional process of wet felting and creating your own wool painting.
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...
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.
Autumn Wreath - Felting Workshop - Himalayan Gardens
Hilamalyan Gardens, The Hutts, Hutts Lane, Grewelthorpe Ripon, HG4 , United Kingdom
Workshop
18/10/2026
Create your own felted autumn wreath in the beautiful surroundings of the Himalayan Garden with textiles artist Katy Small from Felted Yarns. Autumnal Wreath – Sunday 18th October. 10 am – 1 pm. £50 per person.
What We Carry
13/09/2026 London, United Kingdom
CISTA ARTS invites artists to submit work for What We Carry, an online exhibition taking place in October 2026. We welcome submissions from artists working across all visual art disciplines.
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.
Gigi Francis
I am a London-based visual artist exploring identity and duality, often using recycled materials. My practice navigates intersections of belonging as an immigrant, womanhood after motherhood, neurodivergence and mental health, expressing the creative tension and harmony in these layered aspects...
And Then The Artists Moved In
Barnoon Arts, Barnoon ARts, St Ives, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom
Exhibition
23/08/2026 to 26/09/2026
"Then the Artists Moved In" marks Barnoon Arts move to its new home, on the first floor of the former Post Office Building on Tregenna Place in St Ives. The exhibition brings together a diverse group of artists to celebrate this transition and to celebrate the building’s layered history.
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.
KCC Bristol Calendar & Exhibition
13/09/2026 Bristol, United Kingdom
Your chance to be featured in the Knowle Constitutional Club Bristol Calendar 2027 (in association with artful weasels) and exhibit your work in the KCC Bristol Arts Venue
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...
This Is My Brighton
The Vault Conrtemporary Art, 42-43 Kings Road Arches, Brighton
Exhibition
07/09/2026 to 28/09/2026
This Is My Brighton is Wach’Art’s first major civic open-call exhibition: a collective portrait of the city created by artists, photographers, writers, makers and local people.
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.
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Art Now Fair, Unit 0/8 Copeland Park, Peckham - Rescheduled to 18-20 Sept 2026
14/09/2026 Peckham, London, United Kingdom
Take part in our 22nd London event!
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.
SABBATICAL: Online exhibtion
Exhibition
07/09/2026 to 30/09/2026
Decoding a Decade. Ten years of creative self discovery. Ten years to get the answer.
Trish O'Shea
Originally from North Yorkshire, I gained a degree in Fine Art Printmaking at Sheffield Hallam in 1983 and made Sheffield my home. My career as an artist and educator spans over thirty years and I have worked in as a solo practitioner and collaboratively in film, photography, performance/spoken...
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.
Open Call: Wonder Walls at Exhibit Here's Art Now Fair (18-20 Sept 2026)
14/09/2026 Peckham, London, United Kingdom
Exhibit Here’s Wonder Walls are dedicated curated spaces within our art fair created to spark admiration and curiosity with visitors. Artists pay per artwork rather than for a booth space and are not required to be present daily.
Beyond Horizons
Stoberry Park Gardens, Stoberry Park, Wells, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
05/09/2026 to 04/10/2026
A new outdoor sculpture show set to become an annual event. Stunning landscaped grounds offer dramatic views of Wells Cathedral and Glastonbury Tor.
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...
Artist Rates of Pay
Artist Union England
A guide to help artists and their employers in England to determine fair pay for artists' labour.
WRITING with PLACE, Group Residency, Italy
Workshop
01/10/2026 to 08/10/2026
We welcome applications from people working in creative practices, research, writing, poetry, performance, scenography, education etc. and for those who have a strong interest in ‘writing’ as an area of practice.
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'.
Luisa Freitas
My practice is one of storytelling through various mediums, some might be painting with subtle narrative elements, straight forward illustrations or short animations. Mostly, I search for the subtle narrative weaved within aesthetics.
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.
Drawing Club Term 3
Workshop
06/08/2026 to 08/10/2026
The SHARP gallery will be starting term 3 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 or 2.
Open Call: "In Motion". A Curated Photography Exhibition
14/09/2026 North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN: "IN MOTION" – INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION. Allora Gallery invites photographers from around the world to submit work for our upcoming online group exhibition, "In Motion."
Music
15/09/2026 Collect Art, Tbilisi, Georgia
For this open call, we invite artists and musicians to explore the theme of Music.Music is often considered the most visceral form of Art. There is no story, era, ritual, thought, emotion that can not be mirrored to music. It is a very artistic pulse of our lives. Music can be expressed and experienced in endless forms, day by day, moment by moment, and yet, it is unexplainable. It is at everyone's fingerprints, and yet unattainable.
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,...
40th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality
Circular Artspace - MetArtSpace
Exhibition
17/08/2026 to 08/10/2026
Circular ArtSpace presents the 40th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality, a vibrant celebration of creativity unfolding online from the 17th of August to the 8th of September 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.
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.
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.
Rachel Auty
Oil painter based near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. I paint the landscapes and light I know from daily walks - woodland, coastal, country paths - always chasing the moment extraordinary light does something worth holding onto. Fine Art graduate returning to practice after 28 years. Original...
Poison Garden - Healing or Deadly
Artizan Collective, 74 Fleet Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
12/09/2026 to 11/10/2026
A captivating visual journey through the fine line between natural remedy and fatal drop.
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.
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...
Group Residency Programme Italy - Place, People and Time: ART and FOOD
The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Via Collemacchia, Italy
Workshop
09/10/2026 to 16/10/2026
The Group Residency is devised around the relationships of ‘place, people and time’ and residents will be welcomed to Collemacchia, in Italy’s Apennine Mountains and the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise. The aim of the Group Residency is to develop approaches to the relationships between art and food that are experimental and inventive in their form, in a specific environment.
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.
Kimberley Ladd
In the last year I have returned to full time education following a decade of being a stay at home parent. Juggling artistic practices with the mundane and often seeing the world through the eyes of young children curious about the little things. I am a member of Seacourt Print Workshop and...
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.
Autumn Workshops - Halloween Craft - York
Made In Yorkshire Halloween Festival, Parliament Street, York, United Kingdom
Workshop
22/10/2026 to 30/10/2026
Felting Workshops - 3 to choose from!! Sunflower & Pumpkins & Autumn Wreath