Artist Call Out - Design external ironwork panels for permanent display on International Slavery Museum's new entrance pavilion - Fee: £30,000 - Deadline to apply: 17 November 2025
Event

31st Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality

Circular Artspace - MetArtSpace
Exhibition
16/10/2025 to 06/11/2025

Circular ArtSpace presents the 31st Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality, a vibrant celebration of creativity unfolding online from 16 October to 6 November 2025. This immersive digital showcase brings together a wide range of artistic voices, offering global audiences an engaging and interactive way to experience contemporary art.

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Case study

Case study: The Dispensary Gallery

The Dispensary Gallery is a research-led art gallery in Wrexham. Its dynamic programme of exhibitions and events brings together local, national and international artist-researchers, providing a supportive hub and a space to display their work.

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Artist profile

Judy Boyt

Sculptor, artist working in bronze, resin, clay and drawings. Figurative and semi figurative human and animal world. Working in monumental scale down to small size with bronzes in the public realm such as Evocation of Speed in Epsom Town Centre and Rebellion in the City of London. In process...

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #28

The CuratorSpace Artist Bursary is a quarterly award that supports contemporary artists working across a wide range of disciplines, helping them to test new ideas and develop their practice. The artists selected for CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #28 are Caitriona Dunnett, Natalia Janula, Emanuela Cusin, and Holly Foskett-Barnes. Their projects span photography, sculpture, performance, and socially engaged practice and each artist is using the bursary to explore new materials, processes, and ways of connecting with audiences.

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Event

Between Sleeping and Waking: Hospital Dreams and Visions

Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, London, London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
14/08/2025 to 08/11/2025

Dreams and nightmares exhibit to open at world’s oldest psychiatric hospital. Artwork and poems from contemporary artists and former Bethlem hospital patients to go on show.

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Curator profile

13 b

13b is an artist run project space and gallery founded by LJW at her home in the medieval town of Kamnik, Slovenia. Born out of a desire to create a space for artists to show their work and try out ideas outside of the traditional white cube, the gallery explores questions of what art is, how...

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Contract of Self Care

Luminara Florescu

This toolkit supports a best practice model for artists who have a social practice as well as the participating members of the public involved in their projects. It explores ways of working as a social practice artist that are sustainable for artists, including those with physical and mental health disabilities. Funded by a-n Artist Bursary 2021 TIME, SPACE, MONEY.

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Event

Pressed and Pulled: Works of Charlotte Sainsbury

Artizan Printmaking & Sculpture Gallery, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
04/10/2025 to 08/11/2025

From Boatyards to Moorlands: Discover the Textured World of Collagraph Printmaking

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Upcoming opportunity

Open Call for Artists - 32nd Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality

06/11/2025     

Open Call for Artists! Be part of the 32nd Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality—an immersive and accessible showcase curated by Circular ArtSpace, a not-for-profit gallery based in Bristol. Open to artists worldwide, this exhibition offers a unique opportunity to exhibit in the Metaverse and connect directly with a global audience.

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Curator profile

Alice Bradshaw

Alice Bradshaw is an artist, curator and writer. She is interested in discarded, everyday materials and words. Recycling and repetition are important strategies in her work, which sets up a dialogue around the value of rubbish through objects, publications, exhibitions and events. Alice's...

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Artist profile

Simone Micallef, Designer Jeweller

I graduated from Central St Martins College of Art and Design in 1996. Since then I have mainly shown my work at craft fairs and shows in England, mainly London. I love this way of selling my work as I enjoy the personal shows and the personal touch it demands, finding the right home for each...

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Event

Join Light Up The North for a series of talks exploring the dynamic world of light art

Talk
07/11/2025 to 08/11/2025

Join Light Up The North this November for a series of talks exploring the dynamic world of light art. Hear from exhibiting light artists at Light Up Lancaster and BD: is LIT Bradford on the nature of light art and their creative practice.

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #27

The CuratorSpace Artist Bursary is a quarterly award to support contemporary artists to develop their practice, The artists selected for CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #27 are Kenny Ros, Kerrie Hanna, Amy Jackson, and Chloe Monks.

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Case study

Case Study: The Kent Downs AONB

The Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a nationally protected landscape stretching from the white cliffs of Dover to the Surrey and London border. With ancient bluebell woodlands, rugged chalk coastline, internationally rare chalk grassland, and ragstone villages, there is beauty to explore all year round. The North Downs Way National Trail, one of 15 national trails in England and Wales, is home to the arts trail, and much of it follows the legendary Pilgrims Way from Canterbury to Winchester.

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Event

GO! Friends - Oldham Art Fair

Gallery Oldham, Greaves Street, Oldham, United Kingdom
Art fair
15/11/2025

Save the date! On Saturday, November 15th, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, The Friends of Gallery Oldham will host their very first “GO! Artists - Oldham Art Fair.” This exciting event will take place at the Gallery Oldham Education Suite and promises a fantastic day of art, creativity, and community.

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Upcoming opportunity

Open Call: Miniatures

07/11/2025   Kamnik  

Call for entries! 13b is an exciting new project and gallery space looking for artworks up to 10 x 10 cm in size for their next exhibition ‘Miniatures’. This is a great opportunity to expand your network and get greater exposure by exhibiting your work in front of an international audience.

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Shape Arts

Shape Arts is a disability-led arts organisation which works to improve access to culture for disabled people by providing opportunities for disabled artists, training cultural institutions to be more open to disabled people, and through running participatory arts and development programmes.

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Curator profile

Animate Projects

Animate Projects is an arts agency working at the intersection of film, animation and art, established in 2007 by curator/producers Abigail Addison and Gary Thomas. We're based in Derby and Folkestone. Since 2007 we've worked with over 120 artists, filmmakers and animators to make ambitious...

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Event

The Canvas Club: From Ten Brushes to Your Eyes – Local Art Exhibition in Epsom

The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Exhibition
05/11/2025 to 15/11/2025

Discover From Ten Brushes to Your Eyes at The Horton, Epsom, 5–15 Nov 2025. Ten artists present oils, acrylics, watercolours and mixed media in this free local art exhibition. From landscapes to abstracts, it’s Surrey’s must-see autumn art exhibition near me. All works for sale; artists on site selected days.

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Upcoming opportunity

The Unfold Project 2025-2026

09/11/2025   UK  

Lonely Stone Press (founded in 2023) invites submissions for the third volume of The Unfold Project, an annual project dedicated to showcasing the work of recent graduates across the UK. This year’s theme is Traces — what remains, what lingers, what is left behind.

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Artist profile

Vic Jay

Murals, installations and sculptures

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #26: Alice Sheppard Fidler

Alice Sheppard Fidler received the Gilbert Bayes Award from the Royal Society of Sculptors, the CAS Emerging Sculptor Development Award in 2023/4, and is an Associate at Spike Island, Bristol. She is a founding member of Studio Voltaire Gallery and Arts Charity and runs the artist-led initiative The Hide Artist Retreat. Before completing her MA in Fine Art at the University of the West of England in 2020, she worked in design for television, film, and fashion.

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Event

20th Community Art Exhibition

Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
30/10/2025 to 22/11/2025

Explore a diverse col­lec­tion of art­works in our unique dou­ble-deck­­er bus gallery, show­cas­ing the tal­ent of artists from Bris­tol and beyond.

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Upcoming opportunity

The JUST Art Award

09/11/2025     

An annual award for artists who want to change the world through the way they live or the work they make. Artists working with themes of environmental and social justice from anywhere in the world are eligible to enter the award.

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Case study

Case Study: Fronteer

Fronteer is run by Michael and Sharon Borkowsky and began as a freelance arts initiative to provide exhibition spaces and host open calls for artists. In October 2020 they opened a gallery of their own; Fronteer Gallery in Sheffield and have established the annual art prize 'The Fronteer Open'.

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Event

Dick Onians a retrospective

T&T Gallery, Miry Lane, Thongabridge , United Kingdom
Exhibition
21/08/2025 to 29/11/2025

Dick Onians: A Retrospective Thomas & Thomas is proud to present A Retrospective of Dick Onians, the first major exhibition of Onians' work since 1972. Spanning over five decades, this retrospective celebrates a remarkable body of work rooted in tradition yet driven by continual reinvention. This exhibition brings Onians’ extraordinary vision back into public view.

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Curator profile

Karen Sherwood

Cupola Contemporary Art was established in 1991 and has grown to become on eof the largest most highly respected privately run contemporary art galleries in the North of England.  With a reputation for quality shows and innovation, the gallery regualrly hosts approximately 10 themed or solo...

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YVAN

YVAN is made up of Visual arts professionals, individual artists and makers, studios, collectives, Higher and Further Education departments and professionals, visual arts organisations and artist networks in Yorkshire. Alongside region-specific advice, opportunities, events and support, they have also gathered regional and general resources to support artists in developing their practice.

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Upcoming opportunity

Christmas Contemporary Art Auction - Call For Submissions

09/11/2025     

Sell your work to our international art collectors in our 'Living Artists Contemporary Art Auction. The auction will take place on LiveAuctioneers, the largest online auction platform in America. It will also be listed on our auction site for the UK and European markets.

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Event

Flex & Fluff

ACME Glassyard Studios, 276 Oak Square, London, London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
05/11/2025 to 30/11/2025

TwoPlusTwo is pleased to announce 'Flex & Fluff'', curated by Linda Khatri and Sam Haynes, showcasing 21 emerging and established artists working across a wide range of media including painting, sculpture, collage, textiles and photography. Private view, Wed 5th Nov, 6-8pm with an artist talk, moderated by gallery owner Domo Baal, on Sunday 30th Nov, 3-5pm.

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Artist profile

Matt Davies

I am primarily a painter but also delve into the mediums of screen printing and collage. I am based in Manchester, UK

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #26: Helen Thompson

Helen Thompson's art practice focuses on the body, movement, and embodied experience, with a strong emphasis on mark-making and line. She works intuitively to create drawings, paintings, and mixed media pieces that explore and express these themes drawing upon personal experiences.

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Event

Folded Realities

The Mill Gallery, Unit 5 Cardinal House, Swinnow Grange Mills, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
14/11/2025 to 12/12/2025

Folded Realities: Where stories bend, zines speak, and imagination unfolds, a snapshot of DIY culture in motion.

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Curator profile

Fruitmarket

Fruitmarket is a free, public space for culture in the heart of Edinburgh, the Fruitmarket provides inspiration and opportunity for artists and audiences.

We programme, develop and present world-class exhibitions, commissions, publications, performances, events and engagement...

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Upcoming opportunity

'A RETURN AFLAME' - E-ZINE #1 - BARZAKH

10/11/2025   Sharjah  

BARZAKH invites artists and writers to submit works responding to the theme 'A Return Aflame', exploring the hidden self, refuge, and transformation. Open to all disciplines: visual art, sound, writing, and mixed media. No AI-generated work accepted. Selected works will be featured in BARZAKH’s first online e-zine with an accompanying interview.

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Case studies for reducing your carbon footprint

Sustainable Arts in Leeds

SAIL are a group of organisations, individuals and networks, working together to promote a zero carbon / zero waste future for the cultural and creative industries of Leeds and beyond. Their website features case studies of how SAIL members on how they’ve managed to reduce their carbon footprints.

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Event

Capturing Moments in Time — Works by Jo McChesney

Artizan Printmaking & Sculpture Gallery, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
15/11/2025 to 24/12/2025

Discover the fleeting beauty of the natural world in Capturing Moments in Time, a new exhibition by printmaker Jo McChesney, launching with an exclusive artist preview on 14th November.

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Case study

Case Study: Benji Appleby-Tyler

Benji Appleby-Tyler is an emerging artist turned curator, who is currently studying Fine Art at University. He create an open call on CuratorSpace to work with other artists on his participatory project 'IDEA Portable Protest Kit'. Artists followed instructions to construct a 'soap box' and create an individual performance which was collated into a showreel.

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Curator profile

Saltaire Inspired Team

Saltaire Inspired is an ambitious arts charity, creating quality contemporary arts events in unique settings.

We have a vision to establish Saltaire as an internationally recognised centre for the visual arts, inspiring people of all ages and...

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Artist profile

Hannah Moulds

Working predominately with sculpture and installation, my practice explores interior architectural space and narrative.

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Event

Circular ArtSpace Members Exhibition 2025

Circular Artspace - MetArtSpace
Exhibition
14/02/2025 to 31/12/2025

The Members Exhibition is Now Online in our MetArtSpace in Virtual Reality!

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #26: Sam Ivin

Sam Ivin is a photographic artist who explores social issues and the people connected with them. By documenting their stories and perspectives he hopes to provide a more personal, tangible understanding of them. His process often involves hosting photography workshops, where he creates collaborative artwork with project participants.

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CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #26: Milly Aburrow

Through a playful colour palette and a comical stylisation, Milly Aburrow's work characterises the parameters of commercialisation, consumerist society, and particularly contemporary food culture. She was a recipient of the Kenneth Armitage Young Sculpture Prize 2023 and exhibits in galleries across the UK.

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Event

The Blood Bag Project: Scotland

Exhibition
08/10/2025 to 31/01/2026

A call-out for Scottish artists and makers to submit textile 'blood bags' for exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh 2026. The Blood Bag Project is a socially engaged craftivist project that aims to raise awareness of the rare blood condition Diamond Blackfan Anaemia, and highlight the importance of blood donation!

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Artist profile

Isobel Richards

I am a painter born and raised in the heart of Cumbria and currently based in West Yorkshire. I am enthusiastic about eduction, particularly art education and provision, and being outside. My practice is rooted in these two passions as well as a love of experimentation and play. I like to apply...

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Case study

Case Study: ARTbound

ARTbound is an arts organisation, developed and managed by photographer and curator, Meg Oxford. It began in 2014 and primarily creates events and exhibitions, by building partnerships with other art organisations, galleries and creative venues, to support artists in showing and selling their work.

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Event

Felting Retreat: Working with Luxury Fibres

Rydal Hall, Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
25/02/2026 to 26/02/2026

On this course, students will learn how to create gossamer weight felt to make beautiful wraps and scarves.

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