Event

Intro to Ecological Film Making Workshop

The Quaker tapestry Museum, The Quaker Tapestry Museum, KENDAL, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
16/08/2025

This workshop offers an easy and experimental introduction for anyone interested in making moving-images responding to the natural world. The workshop provides an overview to non-fiction filmmaking (AKA creative documentaries), enthusing participants with the techniques to play with creative approaches towards documentation in their own lives.

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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

Laura Mateescu

Based in Huddersfield, UK, I am a freelance photographer and videographer. Currently a PhD Student at The University of Huddersfield investigating the experiences of Romanian nationals living in the UK post Brexit. My photography practice explores issues surrounding culture, identity and...

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Event

Japanese Papercut Workshop

The Quaker tapestry Museum, The Quaker Tapestry Museum, KENDAL, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Workshop
06/09/2025

In this mindful and session, professional artist Pui Lee will help you to create your own unique design to be cut into paper to create a wonderful artwork to take home with you

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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

The Horton, Epsom - Festive Makers Market - December 2025

The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Art fair
06/12/2025

The Horton Marketplace - approximately 40 stallholders selling their handmade items which include jewellery, textiles, ceramics, artwork and much more!

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Curator profile

13 b

13b is an artist run project space and gallery founded by Louise Winter 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...

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Resource

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

Needle Felting workshop - Create your own place mat and coaster set

Bardsey Arts Studio, 42a Church Lane, Bardsey, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
30/08/2025

10 am-1 pm: Short Saturday Morning Workshop: Near Leeds: August 30th: Get ready to unleash your creativity in this needle felting workshop where you'll craft your own unique placemat and coaster set!

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Upcoming opportunity

Black & White Photography

08/08/2025   Tbilisi  

We are now accepting submissions for our upcoming online exhibition and publication of "B&W Photograph." This edition invites photographers at all stages of their careers to submit works that explore the infinite possibilities of black and white photography.

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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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Event

Artist Talk: Natalia Millman and Kate Ray, Founder, Art of Grieving

St Peter's Church, St Albans , Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Talk
13/08/2025

Natalia Millman, lead artist of "Letters to Forever" project in conversation with Kate Ray, the founder of Art of Grieving. Artist Talk: Natalia Millman & Kate Ray. 13th August, 1-2PM

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Artist profile

Karen Williams

I’m interested in the subtle communication of the environmental impact that humans have on our planet especially animals and water. Eg. Octopus Using everyday materials ‘found objects’ mixing them with other materials I plan to sculpt ‘The energetic quality of Water’ I trust that...

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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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Event

Retrospective - Works of Brenda Hartill

Artizan Printmaking & Sculpture Gallery, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
12/07/2025 to 16/08/2025

Welcoming prominent collagraph artist and fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, Brenda Hartill for a retrospective of her works

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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

Change, release, Belonging for the Ukrainian community

St Peter's Church, St Peter's Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
17/08/2025

Self-discovery, stree release and gentle movement practice in Ukrainian language. 17th August, 1-4.30PM

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Upcoming opportunity

Ryedale Open Studios

10/08/2025   Ryedale, North Yorkshire  

Ryedale Open Studios is beginning their application process to take part once again! All details are available on www.ryedaleopenstudios.com Ryedale Open Studios will return for it's 5th year in 2025! Dedicated to celebrating the creativity and artistic talent of the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, the event celebrates and showcases the abundant arts and crafts taking place throughout the region. Artists, makers and creators across Ryedale will open their doors for two weekends offering both an exclusive glimpse into their workplaces, and the opportunity to buy art works directly.

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Resource

Platforma Arts and Refugee Network

Platforma arts and refugee network supports and develops arts and culture by, about and with refugees and migrants. Platforma is managed by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with organisations across the country. Every two years they run the Platforma Festival in a different part of England. They also provide one-to-one information to artists and organisations on subjects including, access to opportunities, contacts, project development and fundraising.

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Event

Mindful Clay

St Albans Museum & Gallery, St Peter's Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
19/08/2025

A mindful clay workshop to gently explore loss through creating personal grief jars in a supportive space. 19th August, 1-3PM

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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

LIVERPOOL ARTISTS BOOK FAIR

10/08/2025   Liverpool, Merseyside  

Call for Participants: Liverpool Book Art is excited to announce that the next Liverpool Artists' Book Fair will be held at the Bluecoat (Arts Centre) on Saturday 4th October and Sunday 5th October 2025. There will be 25-30 tables of artists' work for sale. Entry to the public will be free. Applications are invited from individual book artists; artist collectives & groups; small press publishers; colleges/universities; and specialist trade suppliers.

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Event

Caring for Carers: for companions of people with dementia

St Peter's Church, St Peter's Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
20/08/2025

A creative wellbeing workshop for companions of people with dementia to explore self-care through movement, writing and art. 20th August, 1-3.30PM

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Artist profile

Gutter Mouse

Artistic maker, textiles, coins, wire, crochet, tatting lace.

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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

English Riviera Summer Open Exhibition

Artizan Collective, 74 Fleet Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
29/06/2025 to 24/08/2025

A vibrant celebration of contemporary visual art.

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Upcoming opportunity

Young Emerging Artist Award

10/08/2025   Peak Distrct  

Applications open for Peak District Artisans Young Emerging Artist Award 2025

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Event

17th Community Art Exhibition

Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
31/07/2025 to 24/08/2025

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

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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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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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Event

Letters to Forever

St Peter's Church, St Albans , Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
06/08/2025 to 28/08/2025

Letters to Forever is a project by artist Natalia Millman that explores how personal stories of loss are retold through visual art.

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Resource

Artist Rates of Pay

Artist Union England

A guide to help artists and their employers in England to determine fair pay for artists' labour.

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Upcoming opportunity

Call Out for LGBTQ+: TV and film moments which have resonated with you

11/08/2025   Manchester, Greater Manchester  

Call out for LGBTQ+ stories/descriptions of TV and film moments which have resonated with you.

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Event

‘Letters to Forever’: Performance and Experimental Film Screening

St Peter's Church, St Albans , Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
28/08/2025

A collaborative performance blending experimental film, sound and live readings to explore the grief, memory, and transformation.

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Artist profile

TAMAZ KH

38 years experience fine art, sculpture, stained glass.

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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

The Horton, Epsom - August Marketplace

The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Art fair
30/08/2025

The Horton Marketplace - approximately 40 stallholders selling their handmade items which include jewellery, textiles, ceramics, artwork and much more!

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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

29th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality

Circular Artspace - MetArtSpace
Exhibition
06/08/2025 to 31/08/2025

Circular ArtSpace presents the 29th Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality, a vibrant celebration of creativity unfolding online from 6 to 31 August 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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Upcoming opportunity

Medieval Marginalia

11/08/2025   Liverpool  

~Exhibition Opportunity~Medieval marginalia- illustrations or notations in the margins of manuscripts. We will be exploring the fascinating and insightful world of the drawings and writings created in the margins of old manuscripts by monks, nuns and scholars. These varied from the highly decorative to the humorous; think animals playing musical instruments.

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Resource

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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Event

Virtual exhibition: 'Once upon a time in the Latvian landscape' - Kenny Ros CuratorSpace bursary 27

Exhibition
08/08/2025 to 04/09/2025

‘Once upon a time in the Latvian landscape’ is a continuous photo sequence reflecting on the cultural status, the spiritual guidance and the physical presence of monumental oaks in Latvia.

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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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Event

Protest & Pride – Art as Resistance

The Mill Gallery, Unit 5 Cardinal House, Swinnow Grange Mills, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
15/08/2025 to 05/09/2025

We’re launching The People’s Gallery with our first ever exhibition and you’re all invited!⁠

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Artist profile

Paul Stretton-Stephens

Paul Stretton-Stephens is an Artistic Coastal Photographer and Visual Artists Association Member who creates captivating coastal photography. He works from his home studio in Exmouth, Devon, UK where he creates compelling images that suggest worthy visual stories for our spaces. He aspires to...

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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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Event

Summer felting & textiles workshops in Bardsey, near Leeds

Bardsey Arts Studio, 42a Church Lane, Bardsey, , Leeds, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
05/07/2025 to 13/09/2025

A fun series of short felting & textiles workshops. Saturday morning sessions. Tutor led. Practical, hands-on, crafting. Needle felting; wet felting; nuno-felting; block printing & patchwork. Barn conversion arts studio, near Leeds. Free parking: Refreshments: Short sessions: Small groups: Bardsey Arts Studio 42a Church Lane, Bardsey LEEDS LS17 9DS. Average price per person £35:

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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

Nuno-felting - Create your own Cowl / Neck Warmer

Bardsey Arts Studio, 42a Church Lane, Bardsey, Leeds, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Workshop
13/09/2025

Join us for a cosy workshop where you'll learn to craft your very own felted cowl to keep you warm in style. Barn studio. Small group.

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Artist profile

Deanne Tremlett

I am a Slade School graduate who completed my postgraduate studies at Wimbledon College of Art. Since 2019, as artistic director and curator, I have been helping to develop Guggleton Farm Arts, in Dorset, and painting in my studio on site. In 2020 I formed Guggleton Farm Arts CIC, which is a...

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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

LOOP2025

Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London, London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
09/09/2025 to 14/09/2025

I am exhibiting this September as part of LOOP2025.

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