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Artquest projects
Since 2001, Artquest has delivered talks, conferences, training, mentoring, one to one advice sessions, networking events, peer mentoring and international residencies for the benefit of London-based practitioners.
View: all past Artquest projects in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 or 2010.
For current or future projects, see the Current projects page.
The Artquest project archive lists all of these projects, providing a basis for research and templates of practice that can be developed by other organisations and individual artists.
Major projects: consultation
Visual Arts Blueprint
A research project and consultation exercise on behalf of Creative and Cultural Skills and Arts Council England into artists skills and training across a whole career.
Major projects: conferences
Ex Machina
A one-day conference exploring digital manufacturing in fine art, crafts and design practice on 24 February 2009.
Value Added: Roles, participation and economies in contemporary visual practice
A conference for artists and commissioners exploring questions of value in relation to socially engaged artistic practice on 12 November 2008.
Intersection
A one-day conference discussing collaboration between designers, applied and fine artists and professionals from other disciplines on 16 February 2006.
Major projects: mentoring and networking
Circle Line
The Circle Line award was a unique opportunity for a recent graduate of University of the Arts London to receive a studio and support grant for one year, in order to develop their practice and professional development in a ‘real-world' context by receiving training, mentoring and an exhibition opportunity.
Forum
Forum provided a space for established visual artists and craftspeople to engage in constructive, rigorous and critical discussion on their practice from 2004-2007. The end of Forum was marked by a half-day seminar, Art Practice Dialogue on 7 December 2007, exploring the practices of critically engaged visual artists and craftspeople who work with peer mentoring and dialogic techniques in their work.
ArtPoints4Ward
A short mentoring project for visual artists out of work or registered unemployed, offering support and guidance via job centres from July-September 2003.
Annual Artquest Jumble Sales
The Sale is an opportunity for visual artists and craftspeople from anywhere in London to informally network and socialise, and make a bit of money selling their unwanted goods. Running annually since 2004.
Trajectory
Trajectory was a year-long bespoke artist-led programme of professional development support and mentoring throughout 2006.
Major projects: national and international residencies
<<3 months in Berlin>>
3-month studio and apartment residency for a London-based visual artist or craftsperson including stipend, travel and materials budget started in 2007.
OZ
3-month studio and apartment residency for a London-based visual artist or craftsperson including stipend, travel and materials budget started in 2008.
Further
Further was an annual 3-month moving image residency for London-based visual artists interested in developing film based projects, acquiring techniques and learning technical processes, from 2004 to 2007.
Electric Greenhouse
A 3-month, project based digital arts residency offering free, part-time access to Electric Studios, Brixton, and bespoke training and support to realise their projects from 2004 to 2007.
You can also see all our projects listed by year: