The Horton, Epsom - May Marketplace
The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Art fair
02/05/2026
The Horton Marketplace - approximately 40 stallholders selling their handmade items which include jewellery, textiles, ceramics, artwork and much more!
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.
Sharon James
I am a multidisciplinary artist, based in Dorset. I am a full time artist but also a mother of three. I work figuratively and abstractly predominantly I’m a painter. I have a B.A. Hons in Printmaking 2:1 and an M.A in Printmaking with Distinction from Camberwell School of Art. I am prolific...
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!
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.
The Horton, Epsom - February Marketplace
The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Art fair
28/02/2026
The Horton Marketplace - approximately 40 stallholders selling their handmade items which include jewellery, textiles, ceramics, artwork and much more!
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...
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.
Pop-Up Art Exhibition
The Crafty Egg, 780 Fishponds Road, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
14/01/2026
Circular ArtSpace, in collaboration with The Crafty Egg is launching a new pop-up art programme, bringing contemporary art into the café space.
Sunny Bank Mills Print Festival 2026 | Open Call for Stallholders, Workshops & Demonstrations
13/01/2026 Leeds, West Yorkshire
Sunny Bank Mills' annual Print Fair is back for its 5th year! Join us on 7th & 8th of March 2026 on the first floor of our iconic 1912 Mill.
Richard73
Sunderland is a painter and drawer living and working in Plymouth, England. His work is constantly referencing the changes in time, light and shadow, and where man-made or natural forms co-exist in the environment. Originally from Leeds, he studied drawing, painting and sculpture at Bradford and...
Holding space
The laundrette, 145 Cheltenham Rd, Bristol
Exhibition
15/01/2026 to 18/01/2026
Nine established artists from across Britain come together at The Laundrette in Bristol for a captivating exhibition exploring the relationships between objects, bodies, and space.
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.
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.
Fables
The Mill Gallery, Unit 5 Cardinal House, Swinnow Grange Mills, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
09/01/2026 to 30/01/2026
APS presents Fables: eight emerging artists showcase their first collaborative exhibition, nurtured through Resilient Roots.
The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair 2026
14/01/2026 Wakefield, West Yorkshire
We are delighted to announce that The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair returns on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 June 2026. The fair will host around 60 artists, collectives and galleries displayed across a range of table top stalls and booths - with all works for sale. Deadline for applications is 12:00pm Wednesday 14 January 2026.
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...
The Blood Bag Project: Scotland
Exhibition
08/10/2025 to 31/01/2026
A call-out for Scottish artists and makers to submit textile 'blood bags' for exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh 2026. The Blood Bag Project is a socially engaged craftivist project that aims to raise awareness of the rare blood condition Diamond Blackfan Anaemia, and highlight the importance of blood donation!
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.
The Paradigm of Looking
Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
08/01/2026 to 31/01/2026
Circular ArtSpace opens the third members’ exhibition. Exploring the range of members’ art through the lens of points of view and perspectives.
Kelly Boyle
Kelly Boyle works with an automatic drawing process, allowing freedom to explore playfully whilst connecting to different levels of emotion and consciousness. Predominantly using ink, acrylics, and pyrography. The collections change organically with the artists' personal experiences,...
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.
34th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality
Circular Artspace - MetArtSpace
Exhibition
11/01/2026 to 31/01/2026
Circular ArtSpace presents the 34th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality, a vibrant celebration of creativity unfolding online from 11 - 31 January 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.
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.
Colours - Open Call
14/01/2026 Halifax, West Yorkshire
Call for Artists: ‘Colours' Exhibition – February 2026. Open Gallery is inviting submissions of original artworks on the theme ‘Colours’ for a vibrant Winter exhibition in February 2026. 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.
Modern & Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa: Movements and Discourses - PART 2
Online (Zoom)
Talk
11/01/2026 to 15/02/2026
Part II of our online course, Modern and Contemporary Art of the MENA, explores key movements, debates and artistic practices from the 1930s to today. Led by Dr Hamid Keshmirshekan, it examines modernism, conceptualism, new media and globalisation. Part I is not required; you may register directly for Part II. Places are limited — secure your spot now.
"Plural" - online photography exhibition. Open Call
15/01/2026 Cambridge
Submit your photographic project for our second curated online exhibition. We want to see all kinds of photographic approaches — any techniques are welcome!
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...
Medieval Objects & Materials Intro Course @ Bristol Folk House
Bristol Folk House
Workshop
14/01/2026 to 18/02/2026
This introduction to medieval art will focus on materials and object and not primarily on periods and dates. Each meeting will address one sort of material or object, ranging from gems and reliquaries to manuscripts, ivories, painted altarpieces & textiles. The lecturer, Dr Maeve O'Donnell, is specialised in medieval art history and has 15 yrs of experience in museums and higher education.
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.
Claire Cansick
I'm a painter of nature, climate, weather and natural phenomenon using recessive colours, working in Norfolk, UK. My work is associated with embracing the shadow side of the natural world, themes of non self, and a deep concern for the state of the climate. I predominantly use oil forlandscapes...
The John Ruskin Prize Exhibition
Trinity Buoy Wharf, 64 Orchard Pl, London , London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
29/01/2026 to 21/02/2026
The John Ruskin Prize showcases talent in all media, encouraging interdisciplinary works responding to this year’s theme, Patience in Looking, Truth in Making. Open: 29 Jan - 21 Feb., Wed-Sun, 11-5pm weekdays, 10-5pm weekends. Free entry.
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.
Felting Retreat: Working with Luxury Fibres
Rydal Hall, Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
25/02/2026 to 26/02/2026
On this course, students will learn how to create gossamer weight felt to make beautiful wraps and scarves.
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'.
Art in Your Eyes
16/01/2026 Boar Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Art in Your Eyes is an opportunity for all Artists to exhibit their work in a beautiful venue in the Centre of Leeds, close to City Square and the railway station and next door to the well-known Trinity Shopping Centre. This event will be held on 8th, 9th and 10th May 2026, with a preview evening on 8th May 2026.
22nd Community Art Exhibition
Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
05/02/2026 to 28/02/2026
Explore a diverse collection of artworks in our unique double-decker bus gallery, showcasing the talent of artists from Bristol and beyond.
Call for Submissions: Living Artists Auction of Contemporary Artworks
18/01/2026
Sell your work to our international art collectors in our 'Living Artists Contemporary Art Auction. The auction will take place on LiveAuctioneers, the largest online auction platform in America. It will also be listed on our auction site for the UK and European markets.
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...
Ariella Green - Library of Moments
Highgate Gallery, Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, Highgate, London, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
06/03/2026 to 19/03/2026
Ariella Green works in textile collage, painting, mosaic, and most recently ‘Papier Collé’ (paper-cut collage) - http://ariellagreen.com/. Her work has always been a highly personal, colourful, artistic response to her experience of home, identity, memory, and current life. This show covers her recent work from 2023 -2026.
Diana Ali
I was born in Manchester to Bengali parents and is now based in Nottingham, UK. I actively work nationally and internationally taking my practice to different cities and spaces. She is a visual artist, international curator, creative mentor, art lecturer and tutor, workshop leader, on the board...
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.
Kinetic Sculpture - Short 4 Day Residency - April
Art fair
02/04/2026 to 05/04/2026
A short kinetic sculpture meet up with a few fellow artists. I am a kinetic wind sculptor and keen to explore and share ideas with others
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.
b-side
b-side is an arts organisation based in Dorset, UK. We work with and commission artists to make new site-responsive work revealing the marginal, often forgotten and less commercial aspects of our coastal towns and communities. We invite professional artists to make artworks in response to...
SHED Art Club
The Bradbury Makers Shed, Hillsborough Park, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
11/11/2025 to 21/04/2026
Join award winning artist Donna Brewins-Cook for a monthly relaxing, friendly, adult mindful art club that will SHED the stresses of the day!
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.
Soulful Creativity
Rydal Hall, Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
21/04/2026 to 22/04/2026
Using stories of wandering in the wilderness and facing the wildness of life's storms, we will explore how Jesus triumphed over the temptations and tempests of life. Through exploration of stories and passages in the gospels in which Jesus amazed individual characters & crowds we will creatively engage with the 'awe and wonder' of Christ
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.
Ross Belton
Ross’ practice is centred around nature in an urban environment, a sense of place, utilising and repurposing found and recycled materials are key to both sustainability & minimising my artistic footprint. Examining the relationship with nature that surrounds us; time, identity, consumption and...
ENCAUSTIC HIVE UK ‘The Art of Place’
Exhibition
30/09/2025 to 28/04/2026
UK Encaustic wax artists Julie Wrathall and Lyn Kirkland have set up an online project group called ENCAUSTIC HIVE UK. The purpose is to foster a stronger connection amongst UK encaustic artists. To encourage creative exploration, in a supportive space. A series of informal zoom calls to make connections, culminating in an online exhibition of UK encaustic titled ‘The Art of Place’.
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.
Stone Carving Retreat: Stone Carving for Beginners
Rydal Hall, Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
27/05/2026 to 29/05/2026
This is a high quality workshop where participants will be taught how to create a small stone sculpture that they can keep.