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New Contemporaries Digital Residency
New Contemporaries have announced that applications are now open for their third, funded Digital Residency. This opportunity is open to NC alumni (2016-20) who identify as Black, Asian or ethnically d… Continue Reading New Contemporaries Digital Residency
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SET
SET is a multifaceted arts and community initiative based in numerous centres across London. SET curates an eclectic and experimental arts programme alongside affordable artist workspace. SET projects… Continue Reading SET
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What is an internship?
Until the 1970s the term ‘internship’ was used rarely outside of the field of medicine and, even in this context, rarely outside of the US. Today, the scale of internships in the UK has been called en… Continue Reading What is an internship?
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Pablo Colella of Disconnected Bodies and artist Helena Hunter in conversation with Nick Kaplony of Artquest © Helena Hunter, Falling Birds, 2021 • Date: Thursday 15 April, 7–8 pm • Venue: online via Z… Continue Reading Reaching audiences online
Free one-to-one remote advice sessions for London based artists from Artquest staff and freelance artist-career specialists. In 2020 we took our live studio advice visits online, in response to restri… Continue Reading Outpost Online
Developing our AWP Internships for the COVID-19 / coronavirus age of physical distancing and working from home, this pilot aims to test and refine guidance for partly remote arts internships, ensure e… Continue Reading AWP Hybrid Internships: a pilot
To initiate our AWP Hybrid Internships pilot project, we commissioned Dr Charlotte Webb to research existing models, barriers that could be experienced by interns and organisations, and further opport… Continue Reading Hybrid Internships in Small Scale Arts Organisations
Following on from our successful WFH Residency, Adaptations is an award for the next step. It will support visual artists seeking innovative authentic ways to adapt their practice for an age of physic… Continue Reading Adaptations
This slideshow requires JavaScript. In July 2020, as the UK Government published guideance to encourage arts and cultural organisations reopen at this stage in the COVID-19 / coronavirus pandemic, Art… Continue Reading The New Lockdown: reopening attitudes amongst arts organisations in England
Resources and artist-led projects responding to the coronavirus / Covid-19 pandemic This page is no longer being updated: for the latest links, advice and information, see our temporary new home page.… Continue Reading Artquest and covid-19 / coronavirus
Resources, education, donations and links for Black Lives Matter and associated projects Artquest stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement (including Black Lives Matter UK) in calling… Continue Reading Black Lives Matter statement and resources
Z-Crits is a project that seeks to support artists during lock down by providing an online space for them to connect, share work and reflect on the challenges of working at the current time. The next… Continue Reading Z-Crits
The WFH Residency was a £1000 award to support artists during the covid-19 / coronavirus pandemic. The deadline for the final round of the residency closed at 10am on 1 July 2020. This slideshow requi… Continue Reading WFH Residency
An annual research residency from Artquest in partnership with Conway Hall Humanist Library and Archives This slideshow requires JavaScript. This project is temporarily suspended due to ongoing restri… Continue Reading Conway Hall Residency