Where We Land, a gathering for South West Disabled Artists
Ham Green House
Symposium
09/09/2026
Where We Land is a new gathering for disabled, deaf and neurodivergent artists from across South West England. Created by Spectroscope, the day brings together conversations, workshops, keynote speakers, quieter spaces and opportunities to reconnect with creative practice.
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, Einstรผrzende Neubauten and Brian Eno.
Cheng Xie
I am a visual artist and designer exploring the emotional tensions between care, collapse, and communication. My work moves between video, text, and material forms, often grounded in digital aesthetics and dystopian narratives to examine the psychological impact of life in hyperconnected systems.
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.
๐๐ผ๐๐๐: ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ซ๐๐ซ๐๐ก
๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ข, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, Peckham Rye Station, Station Way,, london
Exhibition
03/09/2026
๐๐ผ๐๐๐: ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ข, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ
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...
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.
Dream world: Envisioning better futures
HULME COMMUNITY GARDEN CENTRE, 28 Old Birley St, Hulme, Manchester , United Kingdom
Workshop
12/09/2026
SPARK #50 - Dream World: Envisioning Better Futures Saturday 12th September, 3-4:30, Hulme Community Garden Centre Join Bunny X for this collage making workshop as part of Wild Witness. Tickets are free of cost, please sign up through the Wild to witness linktree https://linktr.ee/sparkartistnetwork?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=46b90e4c-410d-44c9-a78a-e8eaad608a1d
Arts and craft retreat leaders wanted for 2027
31/08/2026 Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Rydal Hall is looking for arts and crafts retreat leaders for 2027
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.
Bridget Wilkinson
Bridget Wilkinson is a contemporary British artist working with painting and mixed media. Her intuitive, process-led practice combines bold colour, layered surfaces, and stylised imagery drawn from nature, landscape, and everyday life. Her work balances recognisable forms with abstraction,...
Jackal Print Exchange
Jackal, 30 Hide Hill, Berwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom
Exhibition
31/07/2026 to 31/08/2026
Created to encourage artists to make new work, share it with others, and celebrate the spirit of printmaking, the Jackal Print Exchange is open to all printmakers and artists working in print. An exhibition of prints will be on display at Jackal in October 2026.
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.
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Art Now Fair, Unit 0/8 Copeland Park, Peckham - Rescheduled to 18-20 Sept 2026
31/08/2026 Peckham, London, United Kingdom
Take part in our 22nd London event!
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...
Taking up space
Chats palace, 42-44 Brooksby's Walk, London , London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
21/08/2026 to 31/08/2026
TAKING UP SPACE Photography Exhibition in collaboration with @eastlondonpride! Join us at Chats Palace from 1-31 August for a powerful celebration of queer creativity, community, and visibility. Discover striking photographic works from current/ up and coming Black and Brown Queer visual artists, alongside contributions from African Rainbow Family, Rainbow Migration, Positive East, and Spectra.
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.
Worn Forms
31/08/2026 London, United Kingdom
CISTA ARTS invites artists, jewellers, designers, and makers to submit work for Worn Forms, an online exhibition exploring jewellery as small-scale, portable sculpture.
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.
Peninsula: The South-West Open 2026
Artizan Collective, 74 Fleet Street, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Exhibition
26/07/2026 to 04/09/2026
An exhibition grounded in the dramatic landscapes, tactile materials, and the legendary quality of light that defines the peninsula.
Huxley
A professional oil painter who works out of his studio in Cheshire. Whilst Landscapes and Cityscapes remain prominent in his work, he turns to whatever subject matter draws his attention, including embracing the freedom and limitless potential that abstraction offers. He has now created a...
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.
Call for Art, Photography, Poetry, Fiction & Essays Responding to Climate and Weather
31/08/2026 N/A
Third magazine exploring the theme of climate change.
The Great Torre Abbey Paint Out
Torre Abbey, The Kings Drive, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Festival
05/09/2026 to 06/09/2026
The Torbay Paint Out series is returning! Three years after our first event in Paignton, we are pleased to announce The Great Torre Abbey Paint Out, taking place on the 5th and 6th of September.
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.ย With a reputation for quality shows and innovation, the gallery regualrly hosts approximately 10 themed or solo...
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.
Open Call: Wonder Walls at Exhibit Here's Art Now Fair (18-20 Sept 2026)
31/08/2026 Peckham, London, United Kingdom
Exhibit Hereโs Wonder Walls are dedicated curated spaces within our art fair created to spark admiration and curiosity with visitors. Artists pay per artwork rather than for a booth space and are not required to be present daily.
Manchester Open artist exhibition 2026
HOME, 2 Tony Wilson P, Manchester
Exhibition
21/08/2026 to 06/09/2026
The Manchester Open is the biggest celebration of Greater Manchester's artists and creative talent - and it returns this summer. Taking place every two years, The Manchester Open is an exhibition of artworks from people across Greater Manchester of all experience levels, including first-time artists and enthusiasts as well as emerging talent and established professionals.
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'.
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.
Colourscapes
The Gallery at the Playroom, 99 Junction Rd, London
Exhibition
01/09/2026 to 06/09/2026
My first solo exhibition showing major and minor works from the last 3 years, including cards and small editions.
Featured Artist Open Call
31/08/2026
RIVRE Gallerie is announcing an Open call to become a Featured Artist!ย
Harriet Titlow
We support artists to experiment, collaborate and produce bold animation projects. We are a catalyst for connection. We believe that artistsโ animation empowers people to see their world differently.ย The guiding principles that underpin our work are: curiosity, collaboration, support,...
Artist Rates of Pay
Artist Union England
A guide to help artists and their employers in England to determine fair pay for artists' labour.
And Then The Artists Moved In
Barnoon Arts, Barnoon ARts, St Ives, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom
Exhibition
23/08/2026 to 26/09/2026
"Then the Artists Moved In" marks Barnoon Arts move to its new home, on the first floor of the former Post Office Building on Tregenna Place in St Ives. The exhibition brings together a diverse group of artists to celebrate this transition and to celebrate the buildingโs layered history.
Saltaire Inspired Team
Saltaire Inspiredย 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...
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.
Jo Smith
My creative practice is as a textile artist, teacher and writer. My passion is for bringing nature to life in stitch and word, exploring how the disciplines intertwine with written and visual imagery. I teach workshops in natural dyeing and printing using plants, flowers and foraged...
Beyond Horizons
Stoberry Park Gardens, Stoberry Park, Wells, Somerset, United Kingdom
Exhibition
05/09/2026 to 04/10/2026
A new outdoor sculpture show set to become an annual event. Stunning landscaped grounds offer dramatic views of Wells Cathedral and Glastonbury Tor.
How to Crowdfund Your Project
With traditional funding routes increasingly constrained, filmmaker Dan Edelstyn shares a practical perspective on building ambitious projects outside conventional systems. Drawing on firsthand experience of taking independently crowdfunded films from idea to international platforms and nationwide screenings, he outlines why developing a direct relationship with your audience may be one of the most viable routes for artists working today.
CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #29
The CuratorSpace Artist Bursary is a quarterly award to support contemporary artists to develop their practice. The artists selected for CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #29 are Henry Cottam, Ngo Chun Tse, Tom Fairlamb, and Maija Liepins. Their projects span photography, video installation, sculpture, and drawing.
WRITING with PLACE, Group Residency, Italy
Workshop
01/10/2026 to 08/10/2026
We welcome applications from people working in creative practices, research, writing, poetry, performance, scenography, education etc. and for those who have a strong interest in โwritingโ as an area of practice.
Aprille McShane
Aprille McShane is a self-taught artist and printmaker whose work explores themes of nature, time, and personal connection to place. Rooted in daily walks and close observation, her practice revolves around sketching, painting and printmaking to document the changing landscape and fleeting...
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.
Drawing Club Term 3
Workshop
06/08/2026 to 08/10/2026
The SHARP gallery will be starting term 3 of their online drawing group for anyone who wants to start drawing or build on their skills and experiment with new ways of working. The gallery is for anyone who feels art will help with their mental health. If you are unable to come to all the classes but would still like to join some, that is not a barrier. You do not have to have done term 1 or 2.