Current Projects
As well as our 2,000 page, free to access website, Artquest also runs a series of offline seminars, projects and events.
Select a link below to visit the project page and find more information, or visit our project archive for all projects since 2001.
Web resources and networks
Intern Culture
Report on internships in the visual arts
Mixing It Up: An intergenerational perspective
A series of filmed intergenerational dialogues between artists on sustaining practice. Created in partnership with New Work Network.
Trade Secrets
10 Interveiws with practitioners sharing their experiences building a career
Own-it TV
Crafts practitioners interviewed about the legal challenges in turning their practice into a business.
PRIMER
A publication for new graduates to help establish and develop their careers as practitioners in London
ArtlawTV
Artists talk about their practices and their experiences - positive and negative - of working within the boundaries of the law
Money Talks
Artists and makers share tips and tricks on money, funding and finance on a new online social network.
Talks and seminars
IP For Curators
A series of seminars looking at legal issues around putting on show
The New Economy of Art
A series of open discussions throughout 2011-12 focussing on economic developments and opportunities in the cultural sector.
Selling Out
A series of talks and workshops to give you the practical and critical skills you need to make money out of your practice
The Real World
Semimar series looking at real-life case studies by practitioners in London, in partnership with the Whitechapel Gallery
Self Assembly
Exploring the multifarious elements of visual arts and crafts practice with Artquest advisors and invited practitioners in seminars
Residencies
British Library and Artquest Jewellery Designer in Residence
A research residency at the British Library for a jewellery maker with 5+ years of experience
Partnerships
Navigator
Cross-artform collaboration to network knowledge about national occupational standards, codes of conduct, research, professional development and routes to professional practice across art forms
A+
Partnership with a-n The Artists Information Company, providing opportunities to participate in professional development throughout the UK
Visual Arts UK
An alliance of independent representative and membership organisations that have a national or UK wide reach
E17 Art Trail
Supporting artists taking part at the Walthamstow art festival
Artquest Project Archive
Full list of all previous projects since 2001