The Horton, Epsom - Festive Makers Market - December 2025
The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Art fair
06/12/2025
The Horton Marketplace - approximately 40 stallholders selling their handmade items which include jewellery, textiles, ceramics, artwork and much more!
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.
Jamie Holman
Holman works with traditional making practices and processes, that he subverts with contemporary content, challenging both the currency of craft as a nostalgic strategy for making, and our perceptions of what constitutes ‘heritage.’ Holman is a non executive director of The National...
One Day Pebble Mosaic Workshop With The Award Winning Olicana Mosaics in Ilkley –11th October 2025
Ilkley Mosaics in central Ilkley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
11/10/2025
Learn how to create a stunning pebble mosaic that will provide a talking point for your garden from David James of Olicana Mosaics.
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.
SPACE BETWEEN
Ballroom Arts, 152A High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Exhibition
11/09/2025 to 16/09/2025
SPACE BETWEEN
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...
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.
Memento Vivere (Remember to live)
Crypt Gallery, Euston Rd. (Duke's Road Entrance), London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
06/09/2025 to 18/09/2025
Memento Vivere: An evocative art exhibit by SLART at the Crypt Gallery, inviting reflection on life, death, & beauty hidden in plain sight. Opening night 6th September 6-9 pm.
Net-Zero Press - Call for Workshop Participants
15/09/2025 Dundee, United Kingdom, Angus
In histories of art as in contemporary practice, we rarely consider where ink wiped off a printing plate ends up or how reams of trial proofs get recycled. When we celebrate end products of creation, we silence and conceal the flows of waste to which all making inevitably contributes.
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...
Summer Sculpture Exhibition
Artizan Printmaking & Sculpture Gallery, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
05/07/2025 to 20/09/2025
Featuring works of Lucy D'Auvergne, Emmy Palmer, Emma Baldwin and Zoe Clare
Nicky Cure Artmaker
Artist, multimedia, cross disciplinary, process hacker, intuitively following the process, expecting the unexpected, looking for the unknown.
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #27
The CuratorSpace Artist Bursary is a quarterly award to support contemporary artists to develop their practice, The artists selected for CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #27 are Kenny Ros, Kerrie Hanna, Amy Jackson, and Chloe Monks.
At the End of the Day
Solomon Fine Art, Dublin, Balfe Street, Dublin, Ireland
Exhibition
28/08/2025 to 20/09/2025
At the End of the Day: New Paintings
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.
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.
Gardens of Life – Golden Connections (POSK Gallery, 29 November-12 December London, 2025)
15/09/2025 London, London
“Golden Connections” is the next chapter of the Gardens of Life exhibition series, inviting artists to explore the invisible threads of connection — between people, memories, and the natural world. The exhibition will take place both online and in London at POSK Gallery, 29 November – 12 December 2025
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.
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...
Open Call — Recent Graduates & Emerging Artists: Exhibit in Paris (Le Marais Gallery)
15/09/2025 Paris
We welcome recent graduates and emerging artists from around the world to participate in Scentless Depths, a 3-day group exhibition organised by Sol de Paris and Zhen Yi Gallery. The exhibition is themed around water — not merely as subject, but as method, rhythm, and resonance — inviting works that explore stillness that carries force and silence that speaks.
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.
Louise Mackenzie
I am a contemporary visual artist working across sculpture, installation, new media (bio) art and sound. Based in the North East of England, I exhibit nationally and internationally. I have a PhD in Fine Art from BxNU Institute of Contemporary Art, Northumbria University (2018). My...
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.
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!
Black Britain Open Call
15/09/2025 Rochester, Kent
Black Britain is an open call exhibition coming to The Halpern Pop, Rochester. It will be curated by photographer and artist Michi Masumi in collaboration with The Black Art Hub CIC to celebrate Black History Month.
Beneath the Surface
Artizan Printmaking & Sculpture Gallery, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
28/08/2025 to 27/09/2025
Dive beneath the surface and explore the captivating marine world through the eyes of Cornwall-based artist Beth Munro
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'.
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...
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.
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.
Autumn - Open Call
15/09/2025 Halifax, West Yorkshire
Call for Artists: ‘Autumn' Exhibition – October 2025. Open Gallery is inviting submissions of original artworks on the theme ‘Autumn’ for a vibrant autumn exhibition in October 2025. This is a fantastic opportunity for UK-based artists to showcase their work at the Open Gallery in Halifax and connect with a new audience.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
Open Call- Liminal Spaces
15/09/2025 Brooklyn
Ready for an exhibition in New York? Apply to Space in Transit-- Liminal Spaces. Share your unique interpretation of the theme Liminal Spaces by September 15th. We welcome any medium abstract/ representational/ or any other combinations.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
Willie Robb
I am a Scottish photographer, filmmaker, artist and educator who lives in Lewes, East Sussex. Being brought up on a farm has contributed heavily towards my practice. I enjoyed a lot of freedom, but my existence was quite isolated which, in hindsight, instilled an ability to work alone and an...
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.
Planted
The FG Gallery, Boots Green Lane, Allostock
Exhibition
26/09/2025 to 12/10/2025
A group show of Contemporary Painting examining the relationship between practice and the growing world
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.
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: 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.
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