Wild Lives – Exhibition Closing Event
Gallery Oldham, Greaves Street, Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Exhibition
07/11/2026
Wild Lives is a free solo exhibition by Oldham wildlife artist Anne Bardsley, celebrating the character, beauty and vulnerability of the animal world. The exhibition comes to an end on Saturday 7th November, with a special closing event from 2pm–4pm at Gallery Oldham.
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.
Kate Crumpler
Kate is a London based artist specialising in large scale sculpture and installation. Her monumental sculptures and vulnerable performances are simultaneously bold, theatrical and sensitive.
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.
Gold Leaf Wooden Mandala Workshop
Sunfyr Barns, Manor Farm Barns, Manor Farm Barns, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Workshop
08/11/2026
Spend four relaxed hours creating your own personally engraved wooden mandala with Indian gold ink, gold leaf and acrylic colour markers. Guided by artist Amber Stefani, work slowly and intuitively, with no creative experience needed. All materials, a drink and cake included. £65 per person. 10:30am–2:30pm.
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...
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.
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.
OPEN CALL for artists and writers - Labour Repetition of the Print Process
06/11/2026 Worldwide!
Art and written open call submissions on the theme of LABOUR REPETITION of the PRINT Process for Issue 76 of Haus-a-rest
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.
Joanne Tiffany
Joanne Tiffany’s work is a multi-disciplinary practice that explores the hidden within society and the social contract with elements of lived experience of disability and chronic illness.
'The Places We Become' Portable Altar Workshop
Carlton Club, 113 Carlton Road, Manchester , Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Workshop
07/11/2026
Redacted, who will be joined by Cheng, are both artists who will guide you through the process of making your own portable tin altar. We invite you to bring along small personal objects, photographs, fragments, or found materials that hold meaning for you and can fit inside a small tin. Aiming to explore how these fragments can be brought together to create a personal collection of memories.
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?
Transcendence - 4th edition Call For Artists
06/11/2026 London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Will future generations grasp the depth of our love, the transformations we undergo, and the mysteries we conceal just beneath the surface?
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...
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.
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.
DREDGE - a collective exhibition OPEN CALL
07/11/2026 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
DREDGE - a collective exhibition at The Gate Art Space, Gloucester Samson Arts Gloucester is looking for artworks to be involved in the upcoming exhibition DREDGE, being exhibited at The Gate Art Space, Westgate Street, Gloucester. DREDGE is fishing for artists describing their connection to Gloucestershire and its local aquatic life, and any feelings of loss or deficit. Eco friendly or recycled works desirable.
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.
Wild Lives: Solo Exhibition By Anne Bardsley
Gallery Oldham, Greaves Street, Oldham, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
05/09/2026 to 07/11/2026
Wild Lives is a free solo exhibition by Oldham wildlife artist Anne Bardsley at Gallery Oldham. Through colourful acrylic, oil and mixed media paintings inspired by animals in conservation-focused zoos and wildlife parks, the exhibition celebrates wildlife, personality and conservation.
Rowan Bridgwood
Rowan is a textile artist based in West Yorkshire. She draws inspiration from folklore and the natural world to create embroidered pieces full of narrative and meaning. By meticulously hand stitching onto inherited and reclaimed fabrics, Rowan breathes new life and new stories into materials...
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.
Red, Green and Gold
07/11/2026 Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Fourth Wave present Red, Green and Gold, an alternative festive exhibition showcasing affordable art. Exhibiting on Brighton seafront in the Fishing Quarter Gallery from December 8th - December 12th.
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.
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...
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.
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
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'.
Miss Edge Illustration
For over 20 years Claire Edge has been working as a printmaker in South Wales, producing collagraph and relief prints. Recently she has focused her practice under the moniker ‘Miss Edge Illustration’, creating reduction lino prints featuring animals, flowers, plants, still life, and interiors.
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.
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.
The FLUX Review Edition 15
08/11/2026
International Open Call for Artists | The FLUX Review Edition 15
Camden Art Centre Winter Ceramics Market
08/11/2026 London, London, United Kingdom
Camden Art Centre is inviting ceramic makers to take part in our Winter Ceramics Market, taking place on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November 2026, 11am–5pm. The market will bring together emerging and established ceramicists across Gallery 3 and the Drawing Studio, offering visitors the opportunity to discover and buy unique handmade work directly from makers. A limited number of stalls are still available for one or both days. Places are confirmed on a first-completed basis following approval, once both payment and signed Participant Terms & Conditions have been received. Applications may close early if we receive a high volume of submissions. We particularly welcome makers producing ceramic work suitable for seasonal gifting.
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 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!
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.
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.
Andrea Hobson
Winner of art battle Manchester Dec 2018 and a long standing student of Artworks art school on Halifax. I have my own studio at home where I work. I have had an exhibition Hebden Bridge which launched my art business. I show work locally in Halifax and have commissions on the go most of the...
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.
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.
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...
Dark to Light
Art Central, King's Square, Barry, United Kingdom
Exhibition
31/10/2026 to 09/01/2027
The 'South Wales' showing of the show that was first exhibited in the Royal Cambrian Academy in Conwy, North Wales.
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.
Sally Hunter Philburn
I am a Yorkshire lass from Barnsley. I recently graduated from Hull with a fine art degree. I have immersed myself in creativity to cope with a long term illness fibromyalgia. Using open water swimming and the combination of a fibre arts based creative practice has seen i through difficult times.
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.
The Expressions
The Media Centre, 7 Northumberland Street , Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
24/11/2026 to 14/01/2027
An exhibition of the experimental expression paintings of Alice Farrar's work so far.