Event

Wild Lives – Exhibition Closing Event

Gallery Oldham, Greaves Street, Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Exhibition
07/11/2026

Wild Lives is a free solo exhibition by Oldham wildlife artist Anne Bardsley, celebrating the character, beauty and vulnerability of the animal world. The exhibition comes to an end on Saturday 7th November, with a special closing event from 2pm–4pm at Gallery Oldham.

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Case study

Case Study: Alan Dunn

Alan Dunn is an artist, lecturer, curator, and Reader in Art & Design at Leeds Beckett University where he lectures on the MA Fine Art course. Through his collaborative projects, he has worked with Bill Drummond, Douglas Gordon, Yoko Ono, Bikini Kill, Philip Jeck, redmentv, Pauline Oliveros, Einstürzende Neubauten and Brian Eno.

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Artist profile

Sarah Cooper

I am a mainly self taught painter, working in oils, acrylic and gouache. I have worked as a doctor since 2003. I started to paint as a way to relax and escape from the stress of working in critical care during the pandemic. Now I paint for the joy of learning and creating.

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #34: Dan Harland

Dan Harland is an artist based in Leeds, UK. Working from memory rather than direct observation, his practice examines memory as a fluid construction that fragments, distorts, and merges with other experiences or even figments of the imagination. Using drawing, painting and material experimentation, his work asks the question: how reliable are the stories people tell themselves about their own lives? 

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Event

Gold Leaf Wooden Mandala Workshop

Sunfyr Barns, Manor Farm Barns, Manor Farm Barns, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Workshop
08/11/2026

Spend four relaxed hours creating your own personally engraved wooden mandala with Indian gold ink, gold leaf and acrylic colour markers. Guided by artist Amber Stefani, work slowly and intuitively, with no creative experience needed. All materials, a drink and cake included. £65 per person. 10:30am–2:30pm.

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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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Resource

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

Colourful Language: How to Apply Colour Theory

Barnoon Arts, Tregenna Place, St. Ives, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom
Workshop
05/11/2026

Discover the secrets of colour in this practical, hands-on workshop with artist Zoe Eaton. Learn how colours interact, how to mix them effectively, and how to use colour with greater confidence and creativity in your own artwork. Suitable for beginners and more experienced artists alike, this workshop offers an inspiring and practical introduction to the fascinating world of colour.

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Upcoming opportunity

OPEN CALL for artists and writers - Labour Repetition of the Print Process

06/11/2026   Worldwide!  

Art and written open call submissions on the theme of LABOUR REPETITION of the PRINT Process for Issue 76 of Haus-a-rest

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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

Charlotte Whitmore Jewellery

I design and make mixed media jewellery from my workshop in Bingley, West Yorkshire. I work predominantly in silver but like to combine other, found materials to my work to add colour and interest. I sell my work online, at contemporary craft shows and through a number of galleries around the U.K.

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Event

Interior Monologues : making and unmaking

The Hive, Vittoria Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Workshop
19/01/2027

Explore expanded drawing practices, including bilateral, blind and touch led approaches using the gallery space at The Hive in BIrmingham.

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #33: Junshu Gu 

Junshu Gu is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and flâneuse, working across painting, sculpture, installation and time-based media. Her current research centres on the absent figure of the female flâneur within historical narratives and contemporary urban discourse. Through walking-based fieldwork, writing, sound and object-making, she explores how women move through, read, and are interrupted by public space. 

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Upcoming opportunity

Transcendence - 4th edition Call For Artists

06/11/2026   London, Greater London, United Kingdom  

Will future generations grasp the depth of our love, the transformations we undergo, and the mysteries we conceal just beneath the surface?

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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

'The Places We Become' Portable Altar Workshop

Carlton Club, 113 Carlton Road, Manchester , Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Workshop
07/11/2026

Redacted, who will be joined by Cheng, are both artists who will guide you through the process of making your own portable tin altar. We invite you to bring along small personal objects, photographs, fragments, or found materials that hold meaning for you and can fit inside a small tin. Aiming to explore how these fragments can be brought together to create a personal collection of memories.

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Contemporary Visual Arts Network England

CVAN England leads a collective agenda for policy change across the visual arts. They campaign to be heard, valued, and recognised so that the sector can thrive now and in the future. Links to nine regional networks across England.

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Upcoming opportunity

DREDGE - a collective exhibition OPEN CALL

07/11/2026   Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom  

DREDGE - a collective exhibition at The Gate Art Space, Gloucester Samson Arts Gloucester is looking for artworks to be involved in the upcoming exhibition DREDGE, being exhibited at The Gate Art Space, Westgate Street, Gloucester. DREDGE is fishing for artists describing their connection to Gloucestershire and its local aquatic life, and any feelings of loss or deficit. Eco friendly or recycled works desirable.

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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

Salon des Refusés – Opening Night

Studio BRUT, Arclite House, Century Road, Peatmoor, Swindon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
04/12/2026

Opening night of Studio BRUT's Salon des Refusés: work that got turned down, hung with its rejection story. Fri 4 Dec 2026, 7-9pm, Arclite House, Swindon. Free.

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Artist profile

Stephen_payne_photography

I am a 68 year old photographer currently enjoying a career re-birth after a number of years working in various roles around the World. To help redevelop my old skills I have enrolled upon an Art and Design degree course of which I am now approaching ghecend of my third and final year.

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #32: Darren Calder

Darren Calder is a contemporary tapestry weaver based in Brighton, UK. His practice brings together questions of identity, history, and language, often through unconventional materials. He sees weaving as a way of thinking as much as making.

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Upcoming opportunity

Red, Green and Gold

07/11/2026   Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom  

Fourth Wave present Red, Green and Gold, an alternative festive exhibition showcasing affordable art. Exhibiting on Brighton seafront in the Fishing Quarter Gallery from December 8th - December 12th.

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Event

Wild Lives: Solo Exhibition By Anne Bardsley

Gallery Oldham, Greaves Street, Oldham, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Exhibition
05/09/2026 to 07/11/2026

Wild Lives is a free solo exhibition by Oldham wildlife artist Anne Bardsley at Gallery Oldham. Through colourful acrylic, oil and mixed media paintings inspired by animals in conservation-focused zoos and wildlife parks, the exhibition celebrates wildlife, personality and conservation.

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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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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

Autumn Exhibition

Earlestown Arts Club and Gallery, 64 Market Street, Newton Le Willows, United Kingdom
Exhibition
31/10/2026 to 21/11/2026

Join us at Earlestown Arts Club and Gallery for our Autumn Show, bringing together talented artists from across the North West and beyond in one creative space. From painting and photography to sculpture, textiles, jewellery and mixed media, the exhibition will showcase a diverse collection of original artwork, celebrating different perspectives, styles, stories and creative ideas.

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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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Artist profile

Ellie Hawkes

Ellie Hawkes is a Yorkshire-based contemporary artist whose interdisciplinary practice explores the relationship between nature, technology and memory. Working across photography, digital imaging, printmaking and installation, she creates immersive works that celebrate the transient beauty of...

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News article

A New Approach to Artist Bursaries at CuratorSpace

CuratorSpace has updated its bursary programme to better support the realities of working as an artist. The new model removes the administrative barriers and fixed deadlines that often make funding difficult to access.

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Event

The Wild Within Art Exhibition part of the VAA Open Spaces Global Arts Trail

Art at Vixen home gallery, 87 Town Lane, Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley
Exhibition
07/11/2026 to 21/11/2026

A free exhibition of contemporary animal portraits by Lancashire artist, Kirsten Todd as part of the VAA Open Spaces Global Art Trail

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Upcoming opportunity

The FLUX Review Edition 15

08/11/2026     

International Open Call for Artists | The FLUX Review Edition 15

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Upcoming opportunity

Camden Art Centre Winter Ceramics Market

08/11/2026   London, London, United Kingdom  

Camden Art Centre is inviting ceramic makers to take part in our Winter Ceramics Market, taking place on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November 2026, 11am–5pm. The market will bring together emerging and established ceramicists across Gallery 3 and the Drawing Studio, offering visitors the opportunity to discover and buy unique handmade work directly from makers. A limited number of stalls are still available for one or both days. Places are confirmed on a first-completed basis following approval, once both payment and signed Participant Terms & Conditions have been received. Applications may close early if we receive a high volume of submissions. We particularly welcome makers producing ceramic work suitable for seasonal gifting.

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Curator profile

Harriet Titlow

We support artists to experiment, collaborate and produce bold animation projects. We are a catalyst for connection. We believe that artists’ animation empowers people to see their world differently. The guiding principles that underpin our work are: curiosity, collaboration, support,...

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Event

31st Community Art Exhibition

Circular ArtSpace Gallery, 780 Fishponds Road, yard behind The Crafty Egg Café, Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
28/10/2026 to 21/11/2026

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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Resource

Funding library

The White Pube

This library is a resource of successful funding applications that you can learn from to write your own bids. It also includes links to other resources such as application templates and crib sheets.

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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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Artist profile

Kaajal Modi

I am a multidisciplinary artist-educator mediating material engagements with food, land and water to explore the politics of how humans relate to the world through our bodies and our imaginations. I use fermenting, cooking, image making, live art, sound, video and creative interactions to create...

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Event

The Horton Epsom - Festive Makers Market - December 2026

The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, EPSOM, Surrey, United Kingdom
Art fair
04/12/2026 to 05/12/2026

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

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #31

The CuratorSpace Artist Bursary is a quarterly award to support contemporary artists to develop their practice. The artists selected for CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #31 are Emma Bolland, Lucy Mulholland, Maybelle Peters, Cameron Lings, and Blandine Martin. Their projects span sculpture, performance, light, 3D scanning, film, and sound.

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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

Winter Open Studio event

Cyan Clayworks, 5 Commercial Street, Edinburgh
Exhibition
26/11/2026 to 12/12/2026

I'll be taking part in our studio's open event and exhibition this winter in Edinburgh, as part of the Leith Creative Trail and Fair Saturday.

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News article

CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #30

The CuratorSpace Artist Bursary is a quarterly award to support contemporary artists to develop their practice. The artists selected for CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #30 are Anna Li, Ziyan Liu, Alison Lowry and Dominika Jackowska. Their projects span installation, animation, projection mapping, sculpture, photography, textiles, and performance.

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Artist profile

Nicki Dennett

Derby based artist Nicki Dennett creates multi-layered, mixed media prints inspired by life around her. Nicki’s continual observation of her environment and an appreciation of all aspects of existence inspire her work. Research and development of materials are key to my work and continually...

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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

Dark to Light

Art Central, King's Square, Barry, United Kingdom
Exhibition
31/10/2026 to 09/01/2027

The 'South Wales' showing of the show that was first exhibited in the Royal Cambrian Academy in Conwy, North Wales.

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