Event

Intro to Ecological Film Making Workshop

The Quaker tapestry Museum, The Quaker Tapestry Museum, KENDAL, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
16/08/2025

This workshop offers an easy and experimental introduction for anyone interested in making moving-images responding to the natural world. The workshop provides an overview to non-fiction filmmaking (AKA creative documentaries), enthusing participants with the techniques to play with creative approaches towards documentation in their own lives.

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Case study

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.

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Artist profile

Martyn Smith

I am a printmaker and artist living in Otley, West Yorkshire. I have made art all my life, but printmaking has driven me to take art-making more seriously. I love to draw, and this has helped me lean into and enjoy the process and technique of print making. I mainly work with Japanese Vinyl,...

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Event

Japanese Papercut Workshop

The Quaker tapestry Museum, The Quaker Tapestry Museum, KENDAL, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
06/09/2025

In this mindful and session, professional artist Pui Lee will help you to create your own unique design to be cut into paper to create a wonderful artwork to take home with you

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News article

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.

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Event

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!

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Curator profile

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...

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Resource

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.

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Event

Anise Academy | Summer 2025

Anse Gallery, 27-33 Malham Road, London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Workshop
17/07/2025 to 18/07/2025

Join us on 17 & 18 July 2025 for 2 days of talks, discussions and workshops lead by Gallerists, Directors, Art Critics, Artist and other art professionals. We'll cover a wide range of topics to help you navigate the commercial art scene.

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Upcoming opportunity

Lent 2026: God's Presence

11/07/2025     

Karis Worship is commissioning original artwork to inspire worshipers in their Lenten journeys and serve as a centerpiece for our Lenten worship resource guide. This art piece complements our thematic focus for the season of Lent: God's presence. The primary textual companion for this season is Psalm 51, with its profound themes of renewal, restoration, and the abiding presence of God even in our brokenness. While the artwork should appeal intergenerationally, special consideration should be given to engaging children ages 5-12, whether that be through imagery, characters, colour, or form.

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Artist profile

Ben Winter

I’m a UK artist based in Leeds and I’ve taken part in open call exhibitions across the UK (Art of music, King street gallery, Lancaster winner of special selection). Recently I had a solo exhibition at the ORBS walls, Leeds. My work is predominantly oil painting on canvas and wooden board.

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Event

New materialism feminism theatre: The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes, Ground Floor G05, St. James’ Hatcham Church (exhibition space & labs), Hatcham Church Hall, St James’s, London, London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
17/07/2025 to 19/07/2025

This leaking-out film disguised as live performance investigates how nonhuman matter choreographs human bodies. Free tickets available.

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News article

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.

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Case study

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.

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Event

Feathers & Fields - An exhibition of watercolours by Cat Barrett

Ilkley Arts Studio, 4 Castle Yard, Ilkley , United Kingdom
Exhibition
19/07/2025 to 20/07/2025

Ilkley Arts is delighted to host a brand new solo exhibition by local artist and Ilkley Arts trustee, Cat Barrett, taking place over the weekend of Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th July at the Ilkley Arts Studio. This pop-up show, titled Feathers & Fields, brings together Cat’s latest collection of watercolour and ink paintings inspired by open skies, birdlife, and the quiet poetry of landscape.

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Curator profile

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...

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Upcoming opportunity

Fried, Frozen and Wrapped Open Call - Submit Work for Summer Exhibition at Redcar Palace

11/07/2025   Redcar  

‘Fried, Frozen and Wrapped’ kicks off the summer at Redcar Palace with a group exhibition that explores this national love affair with the takeaway and the celebration of all the different stories and peoples that make up the Britain we know and love.

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Event

FLUX Exhibition 2025

The Bomb Factory, 206 Marylebone Road, London, London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
17/07/2025 to 20/07/2025

FLUX Exhibition returns for 12th Edition at The Bomb Factory Marylebone 80 international artists, live performances and a new collectors’ lottery club are hitting London – 17-20 July 2025.

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Resource

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.

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Curator profile

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...

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Event

History of Modern and Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Online, London, United Kingdom
Talk
22/06/2025 to 27/07/2025

Exploring the Art of MENA Led by a renowned art historian, critic, and Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS, University of London, this online course examines modern and contemporary art from the Middle East and North Africa. Covering key movements since the 1930s, it explores global influences, curatorial trends, and the role of diaspora across diverse media, from painting to performance.

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Artist profile

Qinlin Yang

A drawer, printmaker, and book artist based in London.

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News article

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.

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Event

16th Community Art Exhibition

Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
03/07/2025 to 27/07/2025

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!

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Upcoming opportunity

Soft Data: – Open Call for Artists

13/07/2025   London, London  

Not all signals can be decoded, but they still flow. We are searching for those emotional echoes that are beyond the logic of technology.

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Upcoming opportunity

Voices of Dissent: An Interview Series

13/07/2025     

IOAEA is thrilled to announce the second round of our interview series, "Voices of Dissent: Art and Politics," dedicated to showcasing the powerful work of artists who create politically-charged art as a platform for social commentary and transformative change.

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Event

Summer Exhibition

The Mill Gallery, Unit 5 Cardinal House, Swinnow Grange Mills, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
20/06/2025 to 03/08/2025

The Mill Gallery Presents Summer Exhibition 2025. A vibrant celebration of contemporary creativity!

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Case study

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'.

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Curator profile

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...

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Event

Artist Talk: Natalia Millman and Kate Ray, Founder, Art of Grieving

St Peter's Church, St Albans , Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Talk
13/08/2025

Natalia Millman, lead artist of "Letters to Forever" project in conversation with Kate Ray, the founder of Art of Grieving. Artist Talk: Natalia Millman & Kate Ray. 13th August, 1-2PM

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Resource

Artist Rates of Pay

Artist Union England

A guide to help artists and their employers in England to determine fair pay for artists' labour.

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Artist profile

Sinead Barker

I live in York and create intricate free motion machine embroidery, bringing wildlife to life with layered fabric and stitching. My work is inspired by my deep connection to nature, exploring the beauty, personality, and symbolism of each animal I create.

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Event

Retrospective - Works of Brenda Hartill

Artizan Printmaking & Sculpture Gallery, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
12/07/2025 to 16/08/2025

Welcoming prominent collagraph artist and fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, Brenda Hartill for a retrospective of her works

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News article

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.

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Upcoming opportunity

Open Call: One-Sentence Voices for Nüshu Sound Installation at Edinburgh Fringe

13/07/2025   Edinburgh, London  

We are inviting women from around the world to contribute a one-sentence voice or video recording for Nüshu: Written for Her, on Her, by Her—a sound-based live performance and installation premiering at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Inspired by Nüshu, the ancient script created by Chinese women to communicate in secrecy, this project weaves personal memory, language, and collective expressions of womanhood into a powerful sonic landscape of remembrance and resilience.

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Event

Change, release, Belonging for the Ukrainian community

St Peter's Church, St Peter's Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
17/08/2025

Self-discovery, stree release and gentle movement practice in Ukrainian language. 17th August, 1-4.30PM

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Curator profile

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...

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Upcoming opportunity

Fashion, International Photography Exhibition

14/07/2025   Glasgow  

Call for entries for an International Photography Exhibition. This exhibition in December will be a photography exhibition with the theme Fashion. Free to submit, open to everyone.

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Event

Mindful Clay

St Albans Museum & Gallery, St Peter's Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
19/08/2025

A mindful clay workshop to gently explore loss through creating personal grief jars in a supportive space. 19th August, 1-3PM

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Resource

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.

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Case study

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.

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Event

Caring for Carers: for companions of people with dementia

St Peter's Church, St Peter's Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
20/08/2025

A creative wellbeing workshop for companions of people with dementia to explore self-care through movement, writing and art. 20th August, 1-3.30PM

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Artist profile

Carys Reilly

Carys Reilly is a contemporary artist living in Glasgow. Her practice combines sculpture, photography and body art. Her work is influenced by the 'Pictures Generation' artists, and the radical narcissism of 1970s feminist performance art. The narratives of her practice are shaped by her own...

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News article

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.

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Event

English Riviera Summer Open Exhibition

Artizan Collective, 74 Fleet Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
29/06/2025 to 24/08/2025

A vibrant celebration of contemporary visual art.

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Curator profile

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...

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Event

Letters to Forever

St Peter's Church, St Albans , Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
06/08/2025 to 28/08/2025

Letters to Forever is a project by artist Natalia Millman that explores how personal stories of loss are retold through visual art.

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #23: Gil Mualem-Doron

Gil Mualem-Doron is a transdisciplinary artist working across photography, film, large-scale installation, and textile art. His work focuses on decolonial practices, intersectional identities, everyday urbanism, and social and climate justice. While his practice is research-based and socially engaged, it is deeply influenced by his lived experiences as a neurodiverse, queer, Jewish migrant, and is firmly rooted in activism.

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Artist profile

Kavel Rafferty

I am a multi-disciplinary artist, working in collage and assemblage art. In my work I examine the possibilities available when using found materials and appropriated images. I mix abstract shapes, redact, edit and censor the photographs and text to create new stories about form, negative and...

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Event

‘Letters to Forever’: Performance and Experimental Film Screening

St Peter's Church, St Albans , Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
28/08/2025

A collaborative performance blending experimental film, sound and live readings to explore the grief, memory, and transformation.

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Case study

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.

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Event

The Horton, Epsom - August Marketplace

The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Art fair
30/08/2025

The Horton Marketplace - approximately 40 stallholders selling their handmade items which include jewellery, textiles, ceramics, artwork and much more!

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