Advice, information and opportunities for visual artists
The Trust was set up in 1975 to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. It is committed to helping artists and …
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New Opportunities
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The Award offers £1,000 cash, a personalised support package, an artist film produced by Axisweb plu …
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Applications for the 2017 Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award are open. The award offers a grant of £1,250 …
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The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation invites international artists to live and work in the Schlemmer house …
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Open Deadlines
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Pacitti Company Think Tank Residencies provide space for artists to research and develop new ideas a …
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Interested in writing for Artquest about your local art scene? Art Worlds gives an insider, day-in-t …
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Interfaces Monthly is a get-together for people working at the junction of art and technology, organ …
The Foundling Museum tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, London’s first home for abandoned children, and of three major figures in British history: its campaigning founder the philanthropist Th …
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Art Licks launched in 2010 and has since grown to provide an essential platform and voice for the lesser-known and under-represented activities that f …
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Since 1976, Art Monthly has been a leading magazine for contemporary visual art. Published ten times a year, it provides in-depth features, interviews …
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Visual Artists Ireland earn, legal advice, network, short course, visual arts
Visual Artists Ireland is the representative body for visual artists in Ireland – both the Republic and in Northern Ireland. VAI provides practical su …
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Tom’s Etching Studio is an open-access intaglio printmaking facility. The studio includes a handmade 1x2m press and various printmaking equipment.
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London Sculpture Workshop discount, sculpture, tools and equipment, workshop
The first London based not-for-profit facility for artists and those interested in making work in 3D. LSW offers metal and wood workshops with additio …
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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 …
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Kay Linnell and Nick Wilson of Accounts Action Ltd shed some light on the different pension options …
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How do curators operate within and outside of the gallery? Here we cover some points for artists to …
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This series of films, commissioned by Own Art as a way to introduce their programme, also gives an i …
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Artist Rhian Solomon talks about some of her residency experiences, looking at ways to find and fund …
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Making grant applications takes a lot of time, and is highly competitive: avoid wasting your resourc …
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Getting an Exhibition
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Our sixth, final talk as part of System Failure discussed the strength of galleries on an artists ca …
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In this video Ros Carter and Stephen Foster of John Hansard Gallery talk about the particularities o …
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Castlefield Gallery began life as an artist led space and is now an artist-focused gallery and agenc …
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In this video MOTInternational director Chris Hammond talks about the gallery’s transition from arti …
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Debra Wilson & Chiara Williams, the directors of WW Gallery put together the tips below, essenti …
Featured Projects
The Photographers’ Gallery will be hosting a peer mentoring group established by Thom Bridge who will be working with artists Andrew Bruce, Emma Bäcklund, Philipp Dorl, Kim Jakobsen To, Maria Kapajeva …
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Laura Malacart, The Little Book of Answers, curated by Finishing Touch at Brixton Market, posted by Artquest (@artquestlondon) on Oct 1, 2016 at 7:01am PDT The Workweek Prize supports critical, risk-t …
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The 2017 PEER FORUM at Cubitt was awarded to lead artist Rose Gibbs who will be working with Clare Bottomley, Charlie Coffey, Kim Dhillon, Andrea Francke, Ross Jardine, Susan Kelly , Helen Knowles, Sa …
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Annual research residency from Artquest in partnership with the Horniman Museum and Gardens. The 2017 residency is focused on the museum’s music collection. Applications for this year’s residency are …
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AWP Internships is an annual internship scheme that places recent graduates from University of the Arts London in high-quality internships at some of London’s most respected small scale arts organisat …
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A teaching resource for university art tutors to deliver professional development to students on how to stage an exhibition and events programme, including issues of copyright and IP. Another Gallery …
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Peer Forum, Artquest’s annual Peer Mentoring programme aims to assist artists by providing them with the funding, space and resources necessary to establish their own peer mentoring groups. Artquest a …
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A discount scheme in support of artist-run workshops and the artists that use them. London Sculpture Workshop, Hackney Wick Kitmapper, across London and the country Thames Barrier Print Studio, Woolwi …
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Artquest staff work a day a month at artist studios to give advice, receive feedback and keep in touch with what artists need. Artquest’s programme managers and artists Nick Kaplony and Russell Martin …
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Everything that new graduates need to know about being an artist. Primer is an ebook for new fine art graduates and emerging artists covering the things you need to consider in your first couple of ye …
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