MINI TEXTILE HANGINGS WORKSHOP
The Quaker tapestry Museum, The Quaker Tapestry Museum, KENDAL, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
25/05/2024
Do you have a collection of natural treasures that you’d like to use in your work but are not sure how? This workshop will explore ways of combining fabrics, found objects, natural treasures such as feathers and shells and hand embroidery to create beautiful mini hangings.
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.
Jane Hardstaff
Having enjoyed various crafts throughout my life, I found bookbinding 5 years ago, and was immediately hooked! Since then, I have taken many courses, enjoying learning traditional and new techniques on an inspirational journey. I now sell my handmade books through local craft shops, have...
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #22: Rebecca Korn
Rebecca Korn's interdisciplinary practice stems from a fascination with the intersections between art and science. Her recent interests explore the posthuman body, investigating ideas around symbiosis, sympoiesis and speculative futures, re/imagining how bodies may adapt/evolve through learning from and with non-human counterparts.
Calligraphy Workshop
The Quaker tapestry Museum, The Quaker Tapestry Museum, KENDAL, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
05/07/2024
Learn how to write gorgeously swirly modern calligraphy with your tutor Claire Gould, of ‘By Moon & Tide’. You’ll have fun getting to grips with a dip pen and copperplate nib in this friendly and relaxed calligraphy workshop. From initial scratches and swirls you’ll soon be learning how to write beautiful letters, all in the space of a couple of hours!
The Art House
The Art House provides studios and programmes offering time, space and support for artists and associates to develop their creative practice and progress their professional careers.
The Art House building is home to 45 artists' studios and three makerspaces - a print studio, ceramics...
Artist Rates of Pay
Artist Union England
A guide to help artists and their employers in England to determine fair pay for artists' labour.
Summer Meadow Wool Painting - Create your own artwork - Learn Wet Felting
Bardsey Arts Studio, 42a Church Lane, Bardsey, , Leeds, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
20/07/2024
10am-3pm: Learn how to create your own unique wool painting artwork using the ancient craft of Wet Felting: Katy, your tutor will teach you the basics of wet felting: Free parking: Materials, equipment & instruction included. Goody bag: Tea, coffee, cake available. Beautiful, bright studio space overlooking Yorkshire countryside: £65.00: katy@feltedyarns.co.uk
Historical Experience of Families at the Workhouse
30/04/2024 Ripon
Ripon Museums Trust (RMT) seeks to engage an artist or a group of artists to undertake a community art project which will explore the stories and experiences of families from the past and how they interacted with the social welfare system, specifically in Ripon Workhouse, from the mid-1800s to the 1920s.
Angela Charles / Blackwell
A visual artist recently registered Severely Sight Impaired.(Blind) Formerly combined a career as an artist and curator. Goldsmiths graduate 1989.
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #22: Natalia Janula
Natalia Janula is a Polish-born artist of Roma heritage, currently based in London. Their artistic practice spans sculpture, moving image, installation and performance. They are interested in urban and natural environments and the slippage between the two. Repeated themes within their work include domestic and fictional landscapes, object oriented ontologies, queer interspecies bodies and the natural world.
Flatland
The FG Gallery, Knutsford, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
19/04/2024 to 05/05/2024
Flatland is an exhibition of contemporary painting from the Northwest.
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.
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...
Fevered Imagination Online Gallery
30/04/2024
Display your artists' books in our online gallery 'Fevered Imagination'.
This Is The Seventh Wave
The Regency Town House, 13 Brunswick Square, Brighton & Hove, United Kingdom
Exhibition
03/05/2024 to 12/05/2024
Group exhibition curated by Dee Ferris and Judy Stevens. Featuring Polly Arnett, Nicholas Carrick, Emma Critchley, Alej ez, Dee Ferris, John Haywood, Solange Leon Iriarte, Andre Lichtenberg, Catalina Mejia Moreno, Judy Stevens, Francisca Vidal Vergara+Pulso Austral, Arantza Vilas, Carole Villain and Jonathan Wright.
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.
Saltaire Inspired
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...
Anne-Marie Atkinson
Visual artist based in Leeds. My interdisciplinary practice includes photography, installation, drawing, & digital media, with a socially engaged focus. Organisations I have worked with include: Pyramid, Leeds (2015-present); Venture Arts, Manchester (2018-present); Creativity Explored, San...
16th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality
Exhibition
15/04/2024 to 16/05/2024
A new art exhibition in Virtual Reality.
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #22: Gabrielle Hoad
Gabrielle Hoad makes work that includes live, ephemeral elements as well as more lasting documentary traces such as photographs, films, publications and objects. She has a long-standing interest in the crossover of art and science.
'Wall art' at The Wonky Jewellery Studio
30/04/2024 Richmond North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
Artists wanted to display their work and artist's information within a jewellery studio and retail space. 'No Commission'
Snippets of Time
The Station, Richmond, Station Yard, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4LD, Richmond , North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
09/05/2024 to 22/05/2024
Snippets of Time is a collaboration between 3 artists; Isobel Rooke, Christine Hughes and Hannah Turlington, whose identities as artists coexist with that of being an artist.
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'.
Paid exhibition & mentorship for emerging artists of ethnically diverse backgrounds from Dartford
30/04/2024 Dartford
With support from Arts Council England, I am offering a paid exhibition and mentorship opportunity to 4 ambitious emerging artists from ethnically diverse backgrounds, who have connections to Dartford or surrounding areas.
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...
Contemporary British Printmakers @ Delamore Arts
The Wagon Shed Gallery,, Delamore Estate, Cornwood, Ivybridge, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
01/05/2024 to 31/05/2024
Three Galleries and Magnificent Sculpture Gardens Open for the Whole Month of May
Allisdhair McNaull
A self taught photographer with a fascination of how we perceive the world around us, Allisdhair has developed his approach to photography to produce stunning, thoughtful images of what he sees around him.
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #22: Melanie King
Melanie King is an artist and curator with a specific focus on astronomy. She is co-Director of super/collider, Lumen Studios, and the London Alternative Photography Collective. Melanie is a practice-based PhD Candidate in Fine Art at the Royal College of Art.
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.
Artists Around Wetherby - Open Studios
8 Oakwood Road, Wetherby, Leeds
Exhibition
01/06/2024 to 09/06/2024
Open Studios is in a 6 mile radius of Wetherby. 25-30 artists will be taking part, one of which is myself. Originals, prints, ceramics, cards, glass, felt art at a number of different locations in Wetherby and the surrounding villages. Most artists taking part are open both weekends (just call in) and some during the week by appointment only.
"More or Less?" - Artist Book by SU4IP
30/04/2024 Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Interested in having your art published, printed, and posted directly to your doorstep? Participate alongside a broad range of incredible artists, all underpinned by this iteration's theme: "More or Less?". SU4IP welcomes artists and their creations to feature in the sixth installment of the Artist Book by SU4IP series. All works in any medium related to this theme are welcome!
Alex Hetherington
I sustain a visual art practice (with an emphasis on the moving image, performance, text and sculpture) through various positions as artist, curator, programmer and writer, and often work under a title or pseudonym, for example Modern Edinburgh Film School, Neon John and ‘The Men and...
‘Hide me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me’ (Freedom to roam, overcoming barriers, confronting crossings)
30/04/2024 Funchal
Call-out for an exhibition of contemporary artwork investigating confrontational crossings, overcoming barriers & freedom of movement. Madeira, July 2024.
TWO DAY INTRODUCTION TO STAINED GLASS WORKSHOP
The Quaker tapestry Museum, The Quaker Tapestry Museum, KENDAL, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
14/06/2024 to 15/06/2024
On this two-day course, students will learn the basic skills of stained glass – creating a suitable design or adapting an existing template with guidance from the tutor. The panel will be made up of coloured glass, some painted and kiln-fired glass, and soldered lead.
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.
Adrienne French
I graduated with a B.A (Hons) in Art &Design in 2000 and worked as Artist in residence at a Hospice until 2015 at the same time developing my own practice. I have shown regularly with York Open Studios and am pleased to welcome visitors to my studio in my home in York
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #22: Naomi Aderonke
Naomi is a burgeoning multidisciplinary research and narrative led artist who has developed their illustrative and narrative skills past digital art and traditional print into 3D work. Exploring ceramics and textile through tufting, Naomi looks at the form, colours and materials used, not just the image, to create the stories they want to tell. Naomi is a storyteller who thrives on folk, history and culture; looking into ways of exploring that through artistic objects.
‘The way I see it’ art exibition
Horsebridge, 11 Horsebridge Road, Whitstable
Exhibition
05/06/2024 to 17/06/2024
‘Apart’ are a group of ten artists based in Rochester. The exhibit throughout the year and at the wonderful Horsebridge gallery every two years. They are exhibiting oils and mixed media. Private viewing: 8th June.
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.
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...
Wet Felting Workshop - Design and create your own unique wool felted bag.
Bardsey Arts Studio, 42a Church Lane, Bardsey, , Leeds, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
22/06/2024
10am-3pm: Learn how to create your own unique wool felted bag using the ancient craft of Wet Felting: Katy, your tutor will teach you the basics of wet felting: Party / Family / Wedding: Free parking: Materials, equipment & instruction included. Goody bag: Tea, coffee, cake available. Beautiful, bright studio space overlooking Yorkshire countryside: £65.00: katy@feltedyarns.co.uk
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #22: Sam Metz
Sam Metz is an artist based in Hull who creates work that engages with the concept of ‘neuroqueering’. They create sculptural installations that incorporate both film and animation while exploring body-based responses to ecology. As a neurodivergent artist and curator with sensory processing differences, Sam creates work in non-verbal ways that begin and end in movement and embodied interactions without recourse to traditionally privileged verbal and written forms of communication.
Suzie Gray aka B.AR.D
I am an AR Poet and Playwright from London, also known as B.AR.D. I have created AR poetry for SeekXR, Snapchat and my latest app, Poetal Lite, which is now available in the App Store! I have a PhD in Science Fiction Theatre and ran a company for SF theatre called Stars or Mars Theatre. My...
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.
Bonsall Art Trail
Bonsall Village, Clatterway, Bonsall, Derbyshire, Matlock, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Festival
29/06/2024 to 30/06/2024
Bonsall Art Trail is a new arts trail located in the village of Bonsall on the edge of the peak district. As a curated trail we aim to showcase the work of talented established and new artists and makers who want to exhibit and sell their work. The trail is over the weekend of 29th and 30th June 2024. Please take a look at our opportunity on CuratorSpace to apply.