An Invitation to dreamers: £5000 bursary launched in memory of Maurice W.H. O’ Connell

November Club re-launches an artists’ bursary worth £5,000 in memory of Maurice W. H. O’Connell, aka The Lord of Misrule and the Abbott of Unreason

Andrew Litten ‘Concerning the Fragile’

‘Concerning The Fragile’ is a solo exhibition of large scale figurative paintings, bronze sculpture and mixed media works by Andrew Litten.

Annabelle Smith: An Apprenticeship

The Leach Pottery proudly presents Annabelle Smith’s first solo online exhibition, celebrating the completion of her Leach-Seasalt Apprenticeship

Apply to the Dorset Artists Emergency Fund

Freelance creatives living and working in Dorset who are experiencing severe financial hardship due to COVID-19.

Art at the Galleries

An Amazing Assemblage of Fantastic Artists Bringing Colour to the Galleries.

Art, Code and a Bowl of Fruit

Workshop to make coding tools to draw still-life by Alice Haynes, Pete Bennett and Dave Webb

Art on Tour at Home

‘Art on Tour at Home’ finds ways to bring Swindon’s collection of modern British art to you.

Dates

01/03/20 – 04/10/20

Organisation

Swindon Museum and Art Gallery

Art Workers Italia: Manifesto

Art Workers in Italy share their outline of demands in response to how things have transpired due to the Coronavirus.

Artist Fair

The return of our Xmas artist fair

Dates

10/12/20 – 14/12/20

Organisation

Fish Factory Art Space CIC

Artist Residencies

We offer artist residency opportunities to develop specific or open-ended projects and to test works in progress. For 2021 we have 9 residency opportu

Artist Studio, Centrespace Studios

A small studio space available for creatives in Bristol.

Artizan Gallery 2021 Exhibition Opportunities

2021 Final Exhibition Availability

Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants are Returning

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.

Ash Tree Stream

See an exhibition of new work by artist James Aldridge and children from 5 local schools who have been exploring the significance of ash trees.

Assistant Curator, Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries

Aspex is looking for someone with lots of energy and enthusiasm to join our small team as we deliver a new programme to mark our 40^th anniversary.

Augmenting Landscapes

An online drawing workshop led by artist Benjamin Deakin

b‑side Director

We are looking for a creative, visionary leader to drive the organisation’s ambition and expand our portfolio of funders.

b‑side festival 2021

The b‑side team and directors have decided that the b‑side Festival 2020 will be postponed until 11 – 19 September 2021.

BBA Gallery Artist Prize 2021

International call, open to all media, all ages over 18, all genders and all educational backgrounds.

BBC Arts and ACE announce new commission by Bristol-based artist Cathy Mager

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

Become a Somerset Art Works Trustee

We are looking for a dynamic new trustee who is dedicated to developing the visual arts.

Bite Size: Portraying Power, as Part of the Kehinde Wiley Exhibition

Join an in-depth conversation about Kehinde Wiley’s career and how the artist has become a symbol for black communities and their empowerment.

Date

28/10/20

Organisation

The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth

Bite size: Portraying power, as Part of the Kehinde Wiley Exhibition

Talk focusing on Kehinde Wiley’s fascinating career and how he has become a symbol for black communities and their empowerment.

Date

20/01/21

Organisation

The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth

Black Artists Grant

Creative Debuts announce the ‘Black Artists Grant’ – a grant of £500 given out monthly to a black artist in the UK.

Black Lives Matter art commission

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery is seeking a new work of art that responds to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Updated: BLM Resources Compiled by VASW

An ongoing list of resources to help us learn and relearn all we can about racism within the arts and within wider society.

Rights & Pay, Care, Research, Mentoring, Connecting

BLM Resources from Jody Mulvey / @sadgrads2020

A collection of books, articles, charities and other resources exploring racism within the arts.

brb

brb… is a remote mentoring opportunity aimed at early-career artists based in the Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

Bringing Art to Life

An open exhibition of 2D and 3D artwork made by artists from the Southwest that focuses on and celebrates colour and form.

Bristol Arts Channel: reaching local audiences through lockdown

Explore how the Bristol Arts Channel brought a diverse programme of in-person cultural content online in record time.

Bursary Places for Practitioners of Colour

Rethinking the Social — Workshop Bursary Places for Artists, Makers & Creatives of Colour

Call for artist / designer: Forms of Intelligence research project

Seeking artists and designers to create a visual response to research material investigating what we can learn from animal and plant intelligence

Call for Artists: Paignton Coastal Flood Defence

Opportunity for an artist or surface designer experienced in surface and pattern design to develop concept designs for new sea walling.

Call for Fair and Equitable Investment to Protect Britain’s Arts and Heritage Institutions

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.

CAMP membership giveaway!

CAMP (Contemporary Art Membership Plymouth) Membership Giveaway!

Caraboo Loops

We are offering two artists the opportunity to each co-produce a podcast episode with the Caraboo team and a multimedia composer.

CATALYST | Mentorship Program

CATALYST | Mentorship Program. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS. Deadline 13 September 2020

Celebrating Young Carers – Creative Commission

Torbay Youth Trust is seeking a producer to deliver a project with young carers to celebrate the “development and evolution of their caring roles”.

Centre of Gravity

Centre of Gravity is a new exciting and innovative project bringing together the expansive contemporary visual arts communities of Bristol and Bath.

Centrespace Gallery discount opportunities & day rates

Proposals for producing films/videos of exhibitions and live performances for virtual audiences OR as a temporary studio/project/self residency

Cherelle Sappleton: Among Other Things

An exploration of photographic media, with an interest in feminist agendas and performance, utilising abstraction and surrealist aesthetics.

Children’s Art Week 2020: Register your activity

Registration for Children’s Art Week 2020 is now open. This year, Children’s Art Week 2020 will run across three weeks from Monday 29 June – Sunday 19

Chroma

Lyme Bay Arts re-starts its outreach series of solo exhibitions in the Lyme Regis Museum with Chroma, cut glass landscape panels by Allan Punton.

Collage with Colour Club (via Zoom)

Let’s start this year with some creativity and positivity! Get your magazines out, get the scissors out and get the tunes on!

Community projects coordinator

We’re looking for somebody to get out into our communities, in particular vulnerable communities and individuals facing increasing social inequality,

Contemporary Crafts

A chance to see a showcase of recent work created by the talented craft-makers of Dorset and Devon

Contemporary Crafts

A chance to see a wide selection of recent work created by talented craft-makers from Devon and Dorset

Cornwall-based emerging artist residency

We are offering a month-long residency opportunity to an emerging artist based in Cornwall

Correspondence Art in a Time of Social Distancing

An online in-conversation with Michael Crane, author of Correspondence Art: Source Book for the Network of International Postal Art Activity (1984)

Self-Employment, Care, Connecting, COVID-19

COVID-19 & Freelance Artists

A new website has been created to give freelance artists access to invaluable resources throughout these uncertain times.

COVID-19 impact survey: Final Report

a‑n The Artists Information Company share the final report from their recent Covid-19 impact survey.

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29/04/20

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Rights & Pay, Funding, COVID-19

COVID-19: Information and guidance for artists and arts organisers

Access support and guidance from across the arts sector, plus wider government and NHS guidance, following the coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak.

Coxside Carnival Commission

Commission opportunity for artists or collectives to design and deliver a community carnival in Plymouth

Craft & Textiles course

Interested in crafting? Experiment and play with a range of textile techniques. Online course for 11 – 16 year olds.

Dates

29/04/20 – 11/07/20

Organisation

Creative Youth Network

Creative enterprise support programme launches in South Bristol

A Bristol-based arts centre and making space is launching a new initiative to support people to turn their creative ideas into enterprises.

Creative Fellowships 2020 – 2021: Artists Callout

Arts & Culture University of Exeter release the artist call-out for third and final 2020/2021 Creative Fellowship with The Playful University.

Creative Futures

Creative Futures is a 6 month opportunity for 16 – 25 years olds who would like support to set up as a freelancer and make work.

Crowdfunder to Save the TAAG Arts and Community Centre

Our Crowdfunder is to buy the TAAG Gallery & Community Centre. We had raised £100k before lockdown but now we have to move our appeal online.

Dates

01/04/20 – 24/07/20

Organisation

TAAG - Teignmouth Arts Action Group

Curators’ Conversation: Ancient Mariner Big Read

Tune in to hear curators Philip Hoare, Angela Cockayne and Sarah Chapman share their reflections on the Ancient Mariner Big Read

Date

28/05/20

Organisation

The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth

Destination Lydney Harbour Public Artwork

New public artwork commission opportunity.

Devon-based emerging artist residency

We are offering a month-long residency opportunity to an emerging artist based in Devon

Dover Art Prize Fund of £17,500

The Dover Prize 2021 has launched with a prize fund of £17,500 to support excellence and experimentation in the arts.

Drawing Calls

An imaginative landscape drawing activity as part of Childrens Art Week 2020

Earthly Delights

Artist David Mach wants your ceramic memories for a major new public art work for the Whitegold Project in St Austell.

Dates

24/04/20 – 02/08/20

Organisation

The Whitegold Project

EBC Night School Term VII

NIGHT SCHOOL IS BACK! our seventh (VII) term! running for 6 weeks in feb/mar/apr 2021 online and worldwide 🌍 limited places now available

Eelyn Lee — Online Talk

Online talk by film maker and co-founder of Social Art Network, Eelyn Lee

Date

10/12/20

Organisation

CAMP (Contemporary Art Membership Plymouth)

Eleanor Duffin: A Phantom Limb

Eleanor Duffin presents a new installation-based work which incorporates sculptural objects and sound-based work.

Dates

21/02/20 – 09/04/20

Organisation

The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art

Elg Post 57 Ep 2 ‘Dawn’ by Rebecca Birch

For More Than Ponies Televistas Rebecca Birch presents Elg Post 57, a series of live-streamed performance from a moose hunting look out in Norway.

Elg Post 57 Ep 3 ‘Quarry’ by Rebecca Birch

For More Than Ponies Televistas Rebecca Birch presents Elg Post 57,a series of live-streamed performance from a moose hunting look out in Norway

English Riviera Summer Open Exhibition — Venue 115

Artizan Collective CIC will once again be hosting their annual Summer Open Exhibition on Fleet Walk, coinciding with his year’s Devon Open Studios.

Everywhere: Life in a Littered World

An online exhibition which examines what the future might look like in our littered world.

Dates

22/11/20 – 31/01/21

Organisation

The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth

EXTRAORDINARY POSTCARDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY TIMES

CELEBRATING CREATIVITY IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Dates

19/09/20 – 02/01/21

Organisation

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

Facing It

‘Facing It’ is the The House of Smalls’ inaugural exhibition, featuring 28 artists addressing the theme of the physical, emotional, and mental effects

Freelance Engagement Manager

The Engagement Manager role is a home-based role, working closely with Project Manager, Carolyn Black. Computer skills required

From the Valley, and Beyond

Art made in Lamorna and travels from the valley.

Frome Open Art Trail — Virtual

Frome Open Art Trail Virtual 52 local artists & makers 4 — 12 July 2020. Affordable art: ceramics, paintings, textiles, photography, glass, jewellery.

Funding Available to Arts and Heritage Organisations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Access a list of key emergency funding opportunities for arts and heritage organisations, compiled by Zoe McLeod of Counter Culture LLP.

Funding Workshop: Arts Council England’s Developing your Creative Practice

VASW advises artists and independent arts workers on applying for Arts Council England’s Developing your Creative Practice fund.

Funding Workshop: Arts Council England’s Developing your Creative Practice

VASW advises artists and independent art workers on applying for Arts Council England’s Developing your Creative Practice fund.

Futuring the Visual Arts: A Review of Youth Arts Provision

A research project by Dr. Ronda Gowland-Pryde on the current status of regional youth arts programming. Commissioned by VASW.

General Administrator (job vacancy)

Cultivator are looking for an administrator to work as a support to the other four members of our admin team and our Creative Business Advisors.

Professional Development

Get Ready: New Online Events for Artists

A series of online events every Thursday 2 – 3.30pm. Covering digital marketing and profiling your work, ready for different online platforms!

Get Together artist talks

A series of talks where each artist talks about their work in relation to places and materials; from feminist thinking to history and science.

GO ON BEING SO

Go On Being So is curated by the MBA Collective, a group of art, photography and graphics students from Mounts Bay Academy aged between 12 and 16 year

Dates

08/08/20 – 12/09/20

Organisation

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

HIPPO CAMPUS: WHERE WE LEARN

Hippo Campus: Where We Learn A group exhibition featuring works from the Arts Council Collection that explores alternative schooling, peer-to-peer lea

Dates

08/08/20 – 19/09/20

Organisation

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

Homemade Mango Chutney

A new exhibition of work in a virtual gallery by graduate artists as part of ‘a space’ arts’ RIPE Graduate Programme.

HouseBound; a curated exhibition on Instagram

An online contemporary art exhibition responding to the rooms in an average house. A new room opens @houseboundart every Friday

Hypericum: A Code of Practice

Obsidian Coast is looking for UK based arts workers to form a small working group for the first year of a collective research project.

Hyperlocal

10 micro-commissions for freelance artists based in Devon and Cornwall to explore the hyperlocal of their immediate domestic environment.

Impact of COVID-19 on Visual Arts Workers: Survey Summary

Following emergency sector support measures announced in March, CVAN and Earthen Lamp developed a survey on the pandemic’s impact on creative practice

‘IN RECLINE’

Abstract figure artist Rob Unett will be presenting a body of work that explores the figure bending, seated and eventually, reclining.

Infourmation

Four West Dorset artists join together for this exhibition of paintings and collages.

Arts Organising, COVID-19

Introduction to Ticketing for Museums and Galleries

Download ACE’s guide on how to introduce a timed entry booking operation.

Is the future of the art market online?

The Art Newspaper podcast discusses the future of the art market as galleries and auction houses remain closed and art fairs have been cancelled.

Jamaica St Studios Winter Auction

We have many artistic offerings available to bid on, all from artists at our studios in Bristol, UK.

Dates

30/10/20 – 11/12/20

Organisation

Jamaica Street Studios

John Smith | Programme of Short Films

CAST presents a selection of films by the acclaimed artist and filmmaker John Smith.

Join the Campaign: Call on Government to Protect Artists

Arts organisations call on Government to protect artists. Here’s how you can join the campaign and pledge your support.

Kehinde Wiley – Ship of Fools

Curated by The Box in partnership with The Arts Institute and Royal Museums Greenwich

Dates

29/09/20 – 24/01/21

Organisation

The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth

Landscape Painters Anonymous Online Workshop

THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2020 19:30 – 21:00 Landscape Painters Anonymous online watercolour workshop led by artist Simon Bayliss.

Landscapes from Afar

An online in-conversation between artists Marcela Sinclair, Laura Eldret and curator Alejandra Aguado on 24^th September at 7:30pm

Larry Achiampong: Reliquary 2

We are delighted to première a brand new film by artist Larry Achiampong especially commissioned in response to COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown.

Lazy Eye

‘We are here for no purpose unless we can invent one. Of that I am sure.’

Line of Least Resistance

The line of least resistance might be the familiar route or the place of weakness…

Look Up Lockdown

Environmental artists ‘making statements’ in a slightly ironic fashion during lockdown.

Looking to the Present, Looking to the Past – Part 1

Join photographer, writer and educator Colin Pantall on an illuminating journey through the history of photography with this online lecture series.

Dates

09/09/20 – 28/10/20

Organisation

The Royal Photographic Society

Lunchtime School

A social group meeting fortnightly to learn and try new things.

Dates

28/02/20 – 05/06/20

Organisation

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

MAKE — Christmas Exhibition

Contemporary craft makers are invited to submit to take part in this Christmas selling exhibition at Devon Guild of Crafts

Making Marks: Mark-making in the 21^st Century

An exhibition exploring the various ways of making marks through painting, drawing, college, photography and installation.

Marketing & Communications Manager

Aspex is looking for a highly-motivated individual with excellent marketing, communication and digital skills, and a passion for contemporary art.

Mike Nelson in Conversation with Caitlin DeSilvey

Twice nominated Turner Prize artist Mike Nelson will be in conversation with Pro. Caitlin DeSilvey.

My Story — LGBT+ Micro-Commissions

The Box has announced four £500 micro-commissions aimed at those who identify as part of Plymouth’s LGBT+ community.

Natural Forms

An open exhibition showcasing 2D and 3D work inspired by natural forms and created by artists from the Southwest.

New Artists Mentoring Programme

A year-long programme of mentoring and support for young visual artists.

New Curators

A 7‑month training programme for new curators.

New guidance for reopening of museums, galleries and the heritage sector

New guidance outlines how museums, galleries, heritage attractions and historic buildings can begin to reopen to the public.

COVID-19, Announcement

New UK Disability Arts Alliance in Response to COVID-19

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

New Views

An experimental activity for Childrens Art Week 2020 led by artist Laura Eldret

Night of the Fellows

We are excited to introduce our new Graduate Fellows for ²⁰²⁰⁄₂₁: Esther Hesketh, Isaac Jordan, and Caroline Vitzthum

Online Art Auction: The RWA Secret Postcard Auction

Take part in the Secret Postcard Auction online!

Professional Development

Online Artist Retreat with Emma Smith

We are thrilled to announce an online residency with internationally renowned artist, Emma Smith.

[ONLINE COURSE] BUSINESS PLANNING FOR CREATIVES: FIRST STEPS

Are you a creative individual ready to take a step forward in your career but lacking the business skills to get started?

CREATING STORIES: GAME DESIGN FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS

Are you curious about the idea of interactivity and storytelling? Have you considered learning about game design? Game Design for beginners, run by

Online Event: Louise K Wilson In Conversation with Rona Lee and Jean Boyd

Join us for this online conversation and Q&A exploring commonalities that focus on geology, photography and travel at a distance/remote viewing.

Open call for creatives, University of Bristol

University of Bristol is looking for an artist, writer, filmmaker, illustrator, performer or animator to work on a project with our students.

Open call for miniature pieces of artwork inspired by ‘Restriction’

Work is sought for an exhibition of miniature pieces of artwork inspired by ‘Restriction’

Open Studios 2020

Open Studios Cornwall

200+ artists, designers and makers throw open their studio doors

Open-Up: Outdoor Exhibition

Open-Up is a brand new series of outdoor artworks commissioned in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pandemic Programme

An evolving list of online visual arts content that has been published since the Coronavirus crisis was declared a pandemic.

Phoebe Cummings, ‘Thought Barefoot’

Anima Mundi is delighted to present ‘Thought Barefoot’, a solo exhibition of new works by Phoebe Cummings taking place on one floor of the gallery.

PORTAL

Jupiter Showcase gallery presents PORTAL, a brief and exciting exhibition of contemporary paintings by Charlotte Turner and Angove.

Precarious Workers Brigade

Precarious Workers Brigade will talk about their work, share and invite reflections on the current sociopolitical situation

Date

30/07/20

Organisation

CAMP (Contemporary Art Membership Plymouth)

PSU: Anyone may come and go

A new commission by Preston Street Union (PSU) displayed in the Making History gallery

Date

15/02/20

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Public Art Producer

Bricks are recruiting for a Public Art Producer to join our team.

Self-Employment, Rights & Pay

Rachel Dobbs on Arts Workers’ Fees and Pay Rates

Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.

Collectives, Arts Organising

Rachel Dobbs on Collective Organising

Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.

Collectives, Arts Organising, Funding

Rachel Dobbs on Fundraising

Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.

Rachel Dobbs on Insurance for Freelancers

Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.

Collectives, Arts Organising, Connecting

Rachel Dobbs on Mapping out Local Resources

Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.

Self-Employment, Rights & Pay, Care

Rachel Dobbs on Precarious Work

Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.

Self-Employment, Rights & Pay

Rachel Dobbs on Trade Unions

Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.

RAMM Lates: Online

Join us for our first ever online RAMM Lates! An evening of talks, tours, games and musical entertainment with the chance to have a drink with friends

Date

12/11/20

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Rapid Response: Share Your Concerns on the COVID-19 Crisis

Creative Industries Federations want to hear your voice on issues raised by COVID-19.

RBSA Prize Exhibition 2020

The RBSA stages an annual Prize exhibition as part of its charitable work to support artists, providing an opportunity for artists to show their work.

Reaching Resilience — Artist Cohort — Open Application to artists in Bristol, Bath, BANES, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

Bricks invites applications from visual artists in Bristol and West of England to join its new artist programme Reaching Resilience.

Recruiting: Artist Programme Producer

Recruiting Artist Programme Producer to support Reaching Resilience. Starts as a six month, part time contract which we hope will build.

Riddle 57 — call for artwork

Double Elephant Print Workshop are animating a 1000 year old riddle and we want YOU to get involved!

Ripe Tomatoes

Ripe Tomatoes is an online exhibition of outstanding work by recent graduates from Solent University and WSA, University of Southampton

SALVAGE

Salvage is an exhibition of paintings and sculptures from South West Artists and makers. Kappa V Kappa Art, Eloise Dunwell, Dreamy Ox

Seaside: Photographed | Call for an Artist & Arts Educator at John Hansard Gallery

John Hansard Gallery is seeking an Artist and Arts Educator to develop an outreach programme to accompany the touring exhibition, Seaside Photographed

Seeds of Hope

This exhibition has been devised in response to the recent unprecedented changes affecting all our lives both positive and tragic.

Seedscapes: Future-Proofing Nature

Seedscapes brings together five contemporary artists exploring global efforts to safeguard vital plant species from extinction.

Dates

06/02/21 – 02/05/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Seeing a Treasurer to join the ‘a space’ arts board

We are seeking an individual with experience in financial management and the ability to support the organisations staff and trustees.

Signs Of / For Change

A new commission by LOW PROFILE. Signs Of / For Change will take place across The Box’s ‘Plymouth Preview’ weekend and the Plymouth Art Weekender.

Sirens

Using the siren figure as a point of departure, three female artists explore the hidden depths of subject matter that is usually relegated to the real

Skills Development and Networking Events Administrator (job vacancy)

Do you have experience in organising and marketing events, along with a keen eye for detail and a proactive approach to working?

So Far Exhibition

Join us for “So far” — an exhibition of new work from emerging artists Calum McCutcheon, Lucia Harry, Sophia Harari and Ryan Convery-Moroney.

Dates

14/10/20 – 17/10/20

Organisation

Creative Youth Network

Social Learning

A three day workshop in the lead up to the Social Making symposium will be led by artist and educator Rachel Dobbs.

Social Making

Take A Part are delighted to present our third biennial symposium Social Making: Socially Engaged Practice Now and Next

Somerset Open Studios

Fiona Campbell’s recent work showing during Somerset Open Studios. Wander around her sculpture garden/studio (safe measures in place). By appointment

Digital Somerset Open Studios 2020

A countywide celebration of the variety and quality of contemporary visual art and craft that can be found in Somerset.

Somerset Reacquainted Exhibition

A collective reflection by 63 Somerset artists during lockdown

South West Artist Commission

The Burton at Bideford would like to commission a South West artist to develop a project responding to the theme of Climate and Environmental Change.

St Annes Micro Commission

3 x Micro Commission opportunities to develop/test new work in St Annes Bristol as part of Creative Community Mapping project.

Starting Your Creative Buisness

Take the stress out of creating your business plan with our step by step business planning workshop

State of Emergency — Contemporary Art Micro-Commissions

The Box is inviting applications from artists based in Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall, to consider how Covid-19 has impacted on our notion of freedom.

STILL LIFE

Part of Somerset Open Studios 2020, plus an exhibition of work by Magnus Hammick, Paul Newman and Katherine Perrins

Strange Thoughts

Online Exhibition Showcasing the work of students from the Bristol School of Art

Strategic Communications and Advocacy Plan

VASW commissioned this research project by UK Arts & Heritage consultancy Palmer Squared with our stakeholders to identify key regional challenges.

Studio space available October 2020

Beautiful, self-contained waterside studio available from October 2020.

Susan Jones: Exploding Myths — The Future of Artists’ Livelihoods

Susan Jones will bust myths about artists’ livelihoods & identify the unique trio of conditions truly supportive of artists’ social realities.

Date

02/07/20

Organisation

CAMP (Contemporary Art Membership Plymouth)

TAAG Online Fundraiser Exhibition and Sale with Martin Dutton & Eric Haynes

A fundraising exhibition & sale, with work by Martin Dutton and Eric Haynes. The price of many works have been reduced by 25%

Dates

11/01/21 – 05/07/21

Organisation

TAAG - Teignmouth Arts Action Group

Talking a Walk on the Wild Side

Innovative forms of social, cultural & creative mapping are shared by 3 engaged in civic participation and urban democracy.

Tele Vistas

T E L E V I S T A S New views on landscape and Gilpin’s picturesque from/for/about the New Forest.

Telling Tales!

Pictures, words and whimsy by local author/illustrator Carolyn King from her books About A Bee, Along Came a Seagull and The Fish Lizard of Lyme

Test Space Beamer (Bring Your Own Battery)

Call for Expressions of Interest in taking part in Test Space’s Bring Your Own Beamer night, 17 October, centre of Gravity, Bristol

The Box selects 20 projects from across the region for contemporary art commissioning programme

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

The Departed

Part séance, part installation bridging the gap between physical and virtual realms

The Folk Archive — Jeremy Deller & Alan Kane

Opening on October 6, ‘Folk Archive’ by Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane. The show is a vibrant, visual account of contemporary popular

The Platform Graduate Award 2020

Aspex is excited to announce the opening of their brand new exhibition, The Platform Graduate Award 2020.

The Red Zenith Collective First Call Out: EQUALITY

Open call for work, which responds to the theme EQUALITY.

The Reset: A New Webinar Series from VASW and CVAN

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

The Reset: Euella Jackson and Kamina Walton on Allyship

VASW welcomes Kamina Walton and Euella Jackson from Rising Arts Agency to discuss the dynamics of allyship in anti-racist work.

The Reset: What does social distancing mean to visual arts?

VASW welcomes Andy Brydon (Curated Place) and Fiona Wotton (Cornwall 365) to discuss the arts sector’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Reset Webinar: Artists Make Change

Rachel Dobbs and Glen Stoker talk about their involvement in a critical national programme that will evidence the value of artists work in the UK.

Care, Arts Organising

The Reset Webinar: Euella Jackson and Kamina Walton on Allyship

Watch The Reset, episode 3: Euella Jackson and Kamina Walton from Rising Arts Agency on allyship in anti-racist work.

The Reset Webinar: Independent Artists and Practitioners

Rewatch CVAN’s webinar with Matthew Burrows on how independent artists and practitioners can lead the way in reshaping the sector post COVID-19.

The Reset Webinar: Reopening of Galleries and Public Spaces

Sarah Munro and Sally Shaw discuss the role of the gallery and response to their immediate communities and place.

The Reset Webinar: What does social distancing mean to visual arts?

Watch our webinar with Andy Brydon (Curated Place) and Fiona Wotton (Cornwall 365) on the arts sector’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Resilience Reading Circle

The Resilience Reading Circle is a space to nurture creative strategies for radical resilience in the face of climate emergency.

The Resilience Reading Room

To accompany The Resilience Reading Circle, a Reading Room will be open at Centre of Gravity throughout October.

The Space Between

A showcase of recent work by artists Belinda Ireland, Mhairi Treharne and Emma Roberts

Care, Arts Organising, Communications, Audiences

The Space’s Toolkit on Responding to Online Abuse

The Space’s toolkit is designed as a pragmatic guide for artists and cultural organisations to effectively prevent and respond to online abuse.

Rights & Pay, Funding

The White Pube’s Funding Library

The White Pube’s Funding Library is a resource of successful funding applications to a range of funding bodies to help you write your own application.

Thinking the digital through the indigenous

The invited filmmakers use their films as vehicles to think through some core questions.

This City Is By Naho Matsuda

Large-scale projection describing Bristol through the eyes of the internet

Thriving and Surviving as an Artist : Online Summer School

Join us this June for an online summer school with Rosalind Davis and Justin Hibbs to help you with your creative career

Throes of Grief : Open Call

An open call for artists who have experienced or who may be experiencing Deep Grief.

Tips and Tricks for Budding Young Artists

RWA has collated a series of articles designed to help young artists and children discover art and create at home.

Trustee, Spike Island

Spike Island is looking for new Trustees to join our Board

Turbulent Times

Featuring work by artists Trevor Thorne and Mhairi Treharne, presented by Jupiter Showcase.

Unwrapped

A showcase filled with a wide variety of original 2D and 3D arts and crafts that make ideal gifts for the holiday season.

VASW Webinars on Arts Emergency Funding

VASW advises artists, independent arts workers and small-to-medium arts organisations on applying for ACE’s COVID-19 emergency funding.

VASW’s Advice on ACE Emergency Funding Criteria

VASW advises artists, independent arts workers and small-to-medium arts organisations on applying for ACE’s COVID-19 emergency funding.

VASW’s Commitment to Black Lives Matter

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

VASW’s South West Cluster Meeting Notes

VASW’s Network Manager Paula Orrell hosted public sector development meetings from September 2019 till January 2020 in ten areas of our region.

Virtual Arts Trail by Cam Valley Arts

A Virtual Festival of Art

Dates

31/10/20 – 08/11/20

Organisation

Cam Valley Arts Trail Group

Visions of Science Art Prize 2020

The Andrew Brownsword Gallery, University of Bath invites artists to submit works for an online exhibition exploring modern scientific phenomena

Which Way Now? With Mark Devereux

‘Which Way Now?’ an online short course designed to help you consider the future direction and opportunities for your arts practice.

WILLIAM ARNOLD

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

WINDOW INTO WHITEGOLD

Whitegold: Festival of Clay is going online 19/09/20 with live streaming via the website, Facebook and Instagram, from 11am – 8pm

Dates

19/09/20 – 21/09/20

Organisation

The Whitegold Project

Wish List

Wish List festive show

Yellowfields: Overburden

Eleanor Duffin, Olivia Jones, Abigail Reynolds, Libita Sibungu, with Suzanne Lacy and Sharon Allen

YOUNG PEOPLES ART PRIZE

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

Young People’s Art Prize 2020

Celebrating the 10^th anniversary of our popular county-wide art prize for young people

Dates

20/03/20 – 19/04/20

Organisation

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

ZELDA Free Artist Mentorship Programme: Call for Applications!

ZELDA’s first artist mentorship programme is now accepting applications. We’re looking for 8 mentees to pair with 8 expert mentors from Oct-Jan.

Multidisciplinary

Filter Multidisciplinary

The Pearl Exchange

Aspex

Cul­ti­va­tor

Knowle West Media Centre

The Gallery at Ply­mouth Col­lege of Art

FEAST

canopy

Quay Arts

Fish Fac­to­ry Art Space CIC

Heart of The Tribe

Hard­wick Gallery

Bricks

Dou­ble Ele­phant Print Workshop

HOURS

New Brew­ery Arts

The Con­scious Sis­ters CIC

Art Space Portsmouth

Art Work Exeter

Bris­tol Com­mu­ni­ty Arts

CAMP (Con­tem­po­rary Art Mem­ber­ship Plymouth)

Cara­boo Projects

Cre­ativ­i­ty Works

‘a space’ arts

Andel­li Art

Field Notes

Engage

The White­gold Project

Exeter Phoenix

Chapel Arts Studios

Auc­tion House

Wheal Mar­tyn Clay Works

Back Lane West

Cam Val­ley Arts Trail Group

Flow Con­tem­po­rary Arts

Cen­tre of Gravity

At the Garage

The Edge & Andrew Brownsword Gallery

The Artist Project Space

Con­trol Shift

Pound Arts

Cul­ture Declares Emer­gency: Bris­tol and Beyond

Aplpip Arts

GUG­GLE­TON FARM ARTS

Clay­hill Arts

Devon Guild of Craftsmen

Uni­ver­si­ty of Bristol

east bris­tol contemporary

elec­tricback­room STUDIO

Fore­ground

Mak­ing Space

SAN South West

Jupiter­SHOW­CASE

Roy­al Albert Memo­r­i­al Muse­um & Art Gallery

Lyme Bay Arts CIC

Green­ways Studios

EXPE­RI­ENCE Project | Corn­wall Council

Rame Projects

Test Val­ley Arts Foundation

Take A Part

b‑side CIC

CLOSE Ltd

ZEL­DA

SDARA

SEAFAIR

The Leach Pottery

Jamaica Street Studios

Test Space

The Art Cohort

The Vestibules

Cul­ti­va­tor

Visu­al Arts Plymouth

The Wom­en’s Art Acti­va­tion System

The Moth­er­ship

The Arts Insti­tute, Uni­ver­si­ty of Plymouth

Frome Open Art Trail

Thel­ma Hul­bert Gallery (THG)

Gods House Tower

Grays Wharf and GW Arts CIC

Cultivator

The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art

Fish Factory Art Space CIC

Hardwick Gallery

Double Elephant Print Workshop

New Brewery Arts

The Conscious Sisters CIC

Bristol Community Arts

CAMP (Contemporary Art Membership Plymouth)

Caraboo Projects

Creativity Works

Andelli Art

The Whitegold Project

Auction House

Wheal Martyn Clay Works

Cam Valley Arts Trail Group

Flow Contemporary Arts

Centre of Gravity

Control Shift

Culture Declares Emergency: Bristol and Beyond

GUGGLETON FARM ARTS

Clayhill Arts

University of Bristol

east bristol contemporary

electricbackroom STUDIO

Foreground

Making Space

JupiterSHOWCASE

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Greenways Studios

EXPERIENCE Project | Cornwall Council

Test Valley Arts Foundation

ZELDA

Cultivator

Visual Arts Plymouth

The Women’s Art Activation System

The Mothership

The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth

Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG)

Kestle Barton

Kosar Contemporary

TAAG — Teignmouth Arts Action Group

Centrespace Gallery

Artspace Lifespace

Dorset Visual Arts

Weston Artspace

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

Studio KIND.

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Anima Mundi

Arnolfini

Window Wanderland CIC

168 Annual Open

3x Freelance Emerging Artists Commission

5 x 5 x 5 series: Everything is changing. Nothing has changed. Change is coming

A Green New Deal for Culture in Bristol Webinar

A Winter’s Tale — Winter Exhibition at The Brownston Gallery

Adam Chodzko — Thru hole I blind/O/Thru hole oui see

An Invitation to dreamers: £5000 bursary launched in memory of Maurice W.H. O’ Connell

Andrew Litten ‘Concerning the Fragile’

Apply to the Dorset Artists Emergency Fund

Art Workers Italia: Manifesto

Artist Residencies

Artist Studio, Centrespace Studios

Artizan Gallery 2021 Exhibition Opportunities

Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants are Returning

Assistant Curator, Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries

Augmenting Landscapes

b‑side Director

b‑side festival 2021

BBC Arts and ACE announce new commission by Bristol-based artist Cathy Mager

Become a Somerset Art Works Trustee

Bite Size: Portraying Power, as Part of the Kehinde Wiley Exhibition

Bite size: Portraying power, as Part of the Kehinde Wiley Exhibition

Black Lives Matter art commission

Updated: BLM Resources Compiled by VASW

BLM Resources from Jody Mulvey / @sadgrads2020

Bringing Art to Life

Bristol Arts Channel: reaching local audiences through lockdown

Bursary Places for Practitioners of Colour