Interior Monologues : making and unmaking
The Hive, Vittoria Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Workshop
19/01/2027
Explore expanded drawing practices, including bilateral, blind and touch led approaches using the gallery space at The Hive in BIrmingham.
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.
Celestine Thomas
Celestine Thomas, influenced by her dyslexia, finds solace in the vibrant world of art. Through captivating paintings, she communicates her inner language of colors, surpassing traditional means. Her semi-abstract pieces provide a glimpse into an imaginative realm, reminiscent of a child's...
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #35: Kate McDonnell
Kate McDonnell is an installation artist based in Bath, UK. Through processes of crushing, twisting, redacting, scribbling and binding, she transforms feelings into physical forms. Using everyday materials and found objects that carry traces of lived experience, she creates works that explore anxiety, insomnia, loneliness, isolation and complex family relationships.
Salon des Refusés – Opening Night
Studio BRUT, Arclite House, Century Road, Peatmoor, Swindon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
04/12/2026
Opening night of Studio BRUT's Salon des Refusés: work that got turned down, hung with its rejection story. Fri 4 Dec 2026, 7-9pm, Arclite House, Swindon. Free.
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...
Contemporary Visual Arts Network England
CVAN England leads a collective agenda for policy change across the visual arts. They campaign to be heard, valued, and recognised so that the sector can thrive now and in the future. Links to nine regional networks across England.
The Art of Ink - Make and Explore
Barnoon Arts, Tregenna Place, St. Ives, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom
Workshop
10/12/2026
Learn how to make drawing ink and explore!
Call for Papers: ALEA – Revue Internationale d'Art et de Recherche, Inaugural Issue 2026
15/11/2026 Paris, France
ALEA — Revue Internationale d'Art et de Recherche (ISSN 3130-477X) is a new annual, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal published in Paris by the Association de la Lueur Éclairante de l'Art (ALEA). The editorial board invites short research articles (up to 3,000 words) in art history, visual and performing arts, music, curatorial studies, design, architecture, fashion, visual communication and media, arts education, and practice-based and interdisciplinary research for the inaugural issue (N° 1 | 2026), to be published online in the first quarter of 2027. Submission and peer review are free of charge. Deadline: 15 November 2026.
Christine Eltherington
Hi, I’m Christine Eltherington, an abstract artist/curator and founder of Proclaiming Art. My passion lies in creating bold, expressive pieces that the heart sing. Since 2007, I’ve been bringing my artistic vision to life, sharing my work through exhibitions and connecting with art lovers...
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.
Make a leather gift workshop
the Hive, 43-47 Vittoria St, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Workshop
01/12/2026
In this two-hour workshop you will make a leather cardholder or keyring; learn how to use leather making tools safely and to hand sew leather.
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #34: Dan Harland
Dan Harland is an artist based in Leeds, UK. Working from memory rather than direct observation, his practice examines memory as a fluid construction that fragments, distorts, and merges with other experiences or even figments of the imagination. Using drawing, painting and material experimentation, his work asks the question: how reliable are the stories people tell themselves about their own lives?
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...
Screening Opportunity for Moving Image Works - Temperature Check
15/11/2026 London, United Kingdom
We are welcoming submissions of Moving Image works and Artist Films showing, questioning, employing or relating to energy, its usage and its products. Deep Focus’ Winter programme aims to conduct a temperature check for the present, presenting works that will respond to three main concepts: HEAT – movement, presence, an abundance of energy; COLD – absence and stillness, a lack of energy or the refusal to produce energy at all; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM – bodies touching and adjusting their energy exchange until they reach the same temperature.
Art Lab November 2026 : Alexandra Mueller
Everybody Gallery, Shaw Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
28/11/2026
Presenting: Alexandra Mueller
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.
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...
Ellie Hawkes
Ellie Hawkes is a Yorkshire-based contemporary artist whose interdisciplinary practice explores the relationship between nature, technology and memory. Working across photography, digital imaging, printmaking and installation, she creates immersive works that celebrate the transient beauty of...
See My World Film Festival
Contact Theatre, Oxford Road, Manchester , United Kingdom
Festival
21/11/2026
A day dedicated to Pan-African and Global Majority films from the North of England at the first ever SEE MY WORLD FILM FESTIVAL. On Saturday 21 November, SEE MY WORLD will bring its inaugural Film Festival to CONTACT, Manchester, for an evening of Pan-African and Global Majority film, culture, conversation and community.
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #33: Junshu Gu
Junshu Gu is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and flâneuse, working across painting, sculpture, installation and time-based media. Her current research centres on the absent figure of the female flâneur within historical narratives and contemporary urban discourse. Through walking-based fieldwork, writing, sound and object-making, she explores how women move through, read, and are interrupted by public space.
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.
The Artist Book Online Residency 2027
15/11/2026 online
Call for book artists to participate in TABOR, a year-long online residency bringing together eight book artists from varied backgrounds to infuse each other’s work, develop their professional practice, and make new work for an online joint group exhibition at the end of the residency.
Autumn Exhibition
Earlestown Arts Club and Gallery, 64 Market Street, Newton Le Willows, United Kingdom
Exhibition
31/10/2026 to 21/11/2026
Join us at Earlestown Arts Club and Gallery for our Autumn Show, bringing together talented artists from across the North West and beyond in one creative space. From painting and photography to sculpture, textiles, jewellery and mixed media, the exhibition will showcase a diverse collection of original artwork, celebrating different perspectives, styles, stories and creative ideas.
DiversaMente Art Prize - Autumn Edition
15/11/2026
DiversaMente Art Prize – Autumn Edition 2026 is an international art prize open to contemporary artists worldwide. Applications are free. Selected artists will be invited to participate with a €30 fee and will receive publication in the official catalogue, publication of the artwork on diversamentearte.com, a Certificate of Merit, and promotion through the DiversaMente Arte social media network, reaching 15,000+ global followers. One winner will receive additional dedicated recognition and a six-month virtual solo exhibition on Arte Galleria.
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,...
The Wild Within Art Exhibition part of the VAA Open Spaces Global Arts Trail
Art at Vixen home gallery, 87 Town Lane, Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley
Exhibition
07/11/2026 to 21/11/2026
A free exhibition of contemporary animal portraits by Lancashire artist, Kirsten Todd as part of the VAA Open Spaces Global Art Trail
Helen Chadfield
I started out in art creating pencil pet portraits for friends and family. When these proved popular, I branched out and began experimenting with a variety of media, and a variety of subjects. I am always learning, and thoroughly enjoying the process. I decided to take the plunge and set up a...
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.
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.
31st Community Art Exhibition
Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
28/10/2026 to 21/11/2026
Explore a diverse collection of artworks in our unique double-decker bus gallery, showcasing the talent of artists from Bristol and beyond.
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'.
PEOPLE - Virtual 3D Exhibition: Worldwide Artist OPEN CALL
15/11/2026 Dresden, Germany
We invite artists from around the world to share their personal perspectives on the theme People. The subject may be approached through portraiture, figurative art, abstraction, symbolism, or experimental forms. Artists from all backgrounds and at all stages of their careers are welcome to apply. We accept works in a wide range of media and techniques, including painting, drawing, collage, digital art, photography, and sculpture. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: November 15, 2026. EXHIBITION DATES: January 01 - January 31, 2027.
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...
43rd Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality
Circular Artspace - MetArtSpace
Exhibition
09/11/2026 to 30/11/2026
Circular ArtSpace presents the 43rd Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality, a vibrant celebration of creativity unfolding online from the 9th of November to the 3oth of November 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.
New Ground: Art and Belonging, Open Call for Essays
15/11/2026
ODRA Platform, a non-profit magazine about contemporary art of Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus, announces its third open call for the essays section titled New Ground: Art and Belonging. We invite contributions exploring how your creative practice and perception of the world have changed since you moved abroad. We want to hear your voice, whether you are an artist, a curator or a researcher.
Gen Doy
I am interested in myth, history and ways in which the historical can collide and interact with the contemporary. Giving voice to, and making visible, people and events which have been ignored or marginalised is important to me, as is the creation of a political artistic practice.
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.
The Horton Epsom - Festive Makers Market - December 2026
The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Art fair
04/12/2026 to 05/12/2026
The Horton Marketplace - approximately 40 stallholders selling their handmade items which include jewellery, textiles, ceramics, artwork and much more!
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.
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...
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.
Winter Open Studio event
Cyan Clayworks, 5 Commercial Street, Edinburgh
Exhibition
26/11/2026 to 12/12/2026
I'll be taking part in our studio's open event and exhibition this winter in Edinburgh, as part of the Leith Creative Trail and Fair Saturday.
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.
Wood-Water-Ink Mokuhanga prints by Christina Crews
Christina is a European visual artist using drawing, non toxic printmaking and a combination of both to create embossed drawings and prints. She lives and works between Kent in the UK and the Maranges Valley in Burgundy where she finds peace in the geometry of the vineyards, the ‘terroir’...
Artizan Winter Showcase: Sale of Work in Support of Rowcroft Hospice
Artizan Collective, 74 Fleet Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
11/11/2026 to 24/12/2026
Art with heart this festive season! Join us for Artizan Collective’s final 2026 exhibition supporting @RowcroftHospice
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.
PAPER
Barnoon Arts, Tregenna Place, St. Ives, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom
Exhibition
14/11/2026 to 08/01/2027
Mixed Group show featuring works on or made with paper.