Artelier will be a user-driven, international temporary studio exchange website provided by Artquest to compliment our existing international activities.

Responding to a lack of opportunities for visual artists and craftspeople to engage in international exchange, dialogue and networking, Artelier will be available to practitioners at all stages of their careers.

Visitors to the Artelier site will create free online profiles providing details, plans and photographs of the accommodation and studio space which they wish to swap, where they would like to visit and for how long. Other users with profiles can then search for artists to swap with via the various search criteria. Users can then message each other via the site, maintaining confidentiality and choosing for themselves when to swap contact details and talk directly. Any agreements will be between the artists only.

Artists will be able to organise studio and flat swaps with artists nationally and internationally, developing peer-to-peer opportunities and intercultural dialogue. Artists developing these new artistic opportunities and networks will then also be able to share their experiences and working practices with others by making bespoke recommendations and offering useful professional and personal contacts all over the world.

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