Artizan Women's Open Exhibition 2025. The Artizan Women’s Open Exhibition has become an established feature of our programme, providing an annual platform to celebrate and amplify the voices of women in the arts. Each year, we continue to reflect on themes of visibility, recognition, and equity, inviting women artists to share their diverse perspectives and talents.

For 2025, we’re delighted to once again host this vibrant exhibition at our Fleet Walk venue, showcasing a range of works across disciplines and styles. We anticipate participation from 30 to 40 artists, with each contributor invited to submit up to four pieces. Launching on International Women’s Day, this year’s exhibition will further our commitment to addressing the challenges women face in the art world while celebrating their incredible contributions.

As we prepare for this year’s exhibition, it’s essential to acknowledge the wider contexts shaping gender conversations globally. Recent shifts in reproductive rights legislation in the United States have reignited debates about bodily autonomy and the control women have over their own futures.

Meanwhile, the #MeToo movement continues to reveal systemic issues of harassment and inequity across creative industries, calling for deeper cultural shifts and accountability. And the recent legal ruling allowing the "Ladies Lounge" exhibit at Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) to reopen highlights the power of art to challenge and provoke conversations about historic exclusions and contemporary equity.

Against this backdrop, we continue to offer the Women’s Open Exhibition as an inclusive, celebratory platform that uplifts women’s perspectives, fosters dialogue, and highlights the enduring value of their contributions to the arts.

Interested participants should fill out the simple submission form by 21st February. There is a £15 submission fee with 35% commission taken on sales.

BEFORE YOU START

• Your details are collected in this form for use in relation to the exhibition you are applying for. Artizan Collective CIC may use the information provided in this form as required to enable us to process your submission.

• You will not be asked to provide any sensitive information as part of this submission process. Do not provide any passwords, financial data or other sensitive information as part of this form.

• All information for your submission must be provided via this form. We cannot guarantee to follow up for missing information on your submission and this may impact your work being accepted.

• At the end of this form you will be required to agree to Artizan Collective's exhibitor terms which can be viewed here. You must agree to these to participate in the exhibition.

• Artists are reminded that the Artizan curation team reserve the right to reject any work that does not reach a considered standard of subject, execution, or framing. Pictures must be the Artist’s original work.

About Artizan Collective CIC

Artizan Collective CIC is a not for profit Social Enterprise dedicated to the advancement of arts and culture in Torbay, supporting wider engagement and greater accessibility to arts for our communities, through the provision of opportunities, resources, spaces and networks for creatives of all practices in a sustainable and resilient manner.

Currently hosted at Fleet Walk in the Artizan Collective Gallery, the Collective is providing a vibrant creative hub delivering opportunities for artists and audiences living and working in the Bay, as well as contributing to the English Riviera's cultural tourism offer.

The venue currently runs a year-round visual arts programme which supports artists of all disciplines and experiences, including students and emerging artists, by creating affordable exhibition opportunities, awards and bursaries. In addition, a programme of community workshops, artist studios, and production spaces are in development in partnership with other independent creatives and local cultural organisations.

Through this activity we aim to improve the perception of Torbay's cultural offer, showcasing and connecting the creative stakeholders contributing to the sector and signposting audiences from this prominent location, to the areas hidden gems.

The organisation currently consists of two directors and a small group of key stakeholders and partners who support and deliver work, as well as an invested community of artists and creatives. Artizan Gallery supports the work of Artizan Collective CIC through the sharing of resources and promotional activities.

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