We are delight­ed to wel­come four new Artist Mem­bers to the VASW Steer­ing Group: Nazneen Ahmed, Abbi Bayliss, Yas­min Joan Qureshi and Han­nah Rose.

Aspex thanks its sup­port­ers for donat­ing over £10,000 for new sculpture.

b‑side says ​‘arrived­er­ci’ to it’s found­ing Direc­tor Alan Rogers this Sep­tem­ber and wel­comes new Direc­tor Roc­ca Hol­ly-Nam­bi to Portland.

Ply­mouth Arts Cin­e­ma has released its plans to reopen on Sat­ur­day 26^th Sep­tem­ber, fol­low­ing months of clo­sure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fol­low­ing two inspir­ing and impact­ful years, Louise Coysh and Jamie East­man are step­ping down from their roles as Co-Chairs at the end of August 2020.

We are call­ing for equi­table and fair dis­tri­b­u­tion of funds to ensure that this does not sole­ly reach the ​‘crown jew­els’ of the arts sector.

On 22 July Arts Coun­cil Nation­al Lot­tery Project Grant will be open again for appli­ca­tions, with a bud­get of £59.8 mil­lion avail­able until April 2021.

Visu­al Arts South West stands in sol­i­dar­i­ty with Black com­mu­ni­ties in the UK and around the world.

28 artists from Ply­mouth, Devon and Corn­wall have been select­ed by The Box for its ​‘State of Emer­gency’ con­tem­po­rary art micro-commissions.

This June and July, VASW and CVAN are pre­sent­ing a series of online talks and pre­sen­ta­tions, titled ​‘The Reset’.

Cathy Mager joins 24 artists to com­mis­sion work for Cul­ture In Quarantine.

#WeShall­Not­BeR­e­moved is an emer­gency response led by dis­abled peo­ple for dis­abled peo­ple work­ing across the UK’s cre­ative industries.

At a time in which the arts sec­tor is forced to dra­mat­i­cal­ly adapt, we reflect on our future vision and how we can meet the needs of our community.

Two of Dorset’s most pop­u­lar arts fes­ti­vals – b‑side & Inside Out Dorset – are to be post­poned until next year due to the coro­n­avirus pandemic.

CVAN and Earth­en Lamp have cre­at­ed a sur­vey to ask free­lancers their opin­ion on the emer­gency sup­port mea­sures put in place by ACE and HM Treasury.

ACE have shared a first look at emer­gency mea­sures and fund­ing to pro­tect arts organ­i­sa­tions and indi­vid­u­als dur­ing the Coro­n­avirus crisis.

We’re thrilled to announce that the all new VASW web­site is now live!

VASW bol­sters its team with four new Steer­ing Group members.