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

Apply to the Dorset Artists Emergency Fund

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

Arnolfini at 60

Arnolfini celebrates its 60^th anniversary in 2021.

Art in the City | Heather Agyepong

Art in the City lecture with artist Heather Agyepong in conversation with Keiko Higashi, Engagement Producer at Arnolfini.

Artist Development Bursaries

The Box welcomes applications for five £1,000 bursaries from SW artists, to support and share their practice through its digital platforms.

Artist Talk : Carl Middleton

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, we are hosting a series of Artist Talks that explore the lives and practice of artists

Artist Talk : Eleanor Matthews @postart_uk

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, we are hosting a series of Artist Talks that explore the lives and practice of artists

Artist Talk : Gordon Coldwell

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, we are hosting a series of Artist Talks that explore the lives and practice of artists

Artist Talk : Jennifer Collier

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, we are hosting a series of Artist Talks that explore the lives and practice of artists

Artist Talk : Michael Leigh

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, we are hosting a series of Artist Talks that explore the lives and practice of artists

Artist Talk : The Bruton Correspondence School

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, this is the first in a series of Artist Talks, exploring the lives and practice of art

Artist Talk : The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, we are hosting a series of Artist Talks that explore the lives and practice of artists

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.

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.

brb

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

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

Coxside Carnival Commission

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

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.

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

Eric Baudelaire and Alvin Curran, When There is No More Music to Write

A two-person exhibition by artist and filmmaker Eric Baudelaire and composer Alvin Curran.

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.

Futures Forum — a networking group for creatives of colour

‘GHT Futures Forum’ looks to create a safe, supportive environment for Southampton’s *Black and non-Black artists of colour at all sta

‘Get Going’ Marketing Workshops for Artists

A series of bespoke workshops led by Gillian Taylor, PR and marketing consultant, cover writing, produce images, create your website and video.

Huhtamaki Wab: Artist’s Talk

Huhtamaki Wab will talk about his current exhibition and wider practice.

Huhtamaki Wab: Gong Performances

Intimate performances activating Huhtamaki Wab’s extraordinary installation ‘To See Waba in All Creations’ (2020)

In Loco Parentis, Vincent Dance Theatre

“Vitally important social messages way beyond the parameters of theatre and dance” DanceTabs

Date

24/03/21

Organisation

The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth

In Your Hands

In Your Hands is a group exhibition connecting international artists with people in Cornwall in collaborations to realise or fabricate their artwork.

Dates

24/07/21 – 16/10/21

Organisation

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

Indigeneity & Digital Entanglements by Russel Hlongwane

Programme of artist films offering a counter to technology as a western construction

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.

Live Audio Visual Performance: Laura Phillips and Joseph Kelly, Dogtooth Spar

Join us for Dogtooth Spar, an online performance by Laura Phillips and Bristol-based musician and composer Joseph Kelly.

LOW PROFILE: DRUMROLL

DRUMROLL is a new, immersive audio artwork made by artists LOW PROFILE in collaboration with drummer Richard Sharp.

‘Managing Your Creative Career’ Workshop

A bespoke online workshop supporting visual artists to develop their sustainable careers.

Martin O’Brien — Online Talk

Welcome to the Last Breath Society: Mortality, Care and Solidarity in Zombie Time — online talk by Martin O’Brien

Date

14/01/21

Organisation

CAMP (Contemporary Art Membership Plymouth)

New Artists Mentoring Programme

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

Nothing ‘is’ Immediate — Geometric Sculptural Sound Installations

Third of three exhibitions of new work exploring a multi-sensory engagement, geometric sculptural installations and the five elements.

Nothing ‘is’ Immediate — Geometric Sculptural Sound Installations

Second of three exhibitions of new work exploring a multi-sensory engagement, geometric sculptural installations, five elements and therapeutic sound.

Od Arts Festival 2021 — Alone with Everybody

Od Arts Festival returns this May, bringing exhibitions, performances, film and workshops by local and international artists to not-so-sleepy Somerset

Online Artist Retreat with Emma Smith

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

Online Zine Making Workshop with Dizzy Ink

An online zine making workshop which revolves around the idea of junk mail.

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’

Public Art Producer

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

Q&A with Felicity Aston MBE, British polar explorer

In this online talk with Q&A, Felicity will be sharing her experiences on her skiing expedition.

Date

25/03/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Indigenous Film+Zoom Screening followed by Q&A with Artist Dakota Camacho

In this live conversation Performance Artist Dakota will unfold the meanings and indigenous Micronesian knowledge embodied in their new film Etak.

Date

23/03/21

Organisation

The Conscious Sisters CIC

Queering the Museum: Creating, Uncovering and Celebrating LGBTQ+ Heritage at RAMM

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery commissions 2 QTIPOC (Queer/Transgender/Intersex People of Colour) performance makers or writers.

RAMM Lates: Online

Our second online RAMM Lates will celebrate the beauty that surrounds us and the wonder we see in the everyday.

Date

22/04/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

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.

Indigenous Futurism Dance Film and Q&A event

Screening of the dance film ‑The Ways We Love & The Ways We Love Better” & responsive witnessing with Emily Johnson & collaborators.

Date

27/02/21

Organisation

The Conscious Sisters CIC

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

Spike Island Open Studios

This year, Spike Island Open Studios is taking place online so you can enjoy it from wherever you are in the world.

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.

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.

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.

The Clayhill Creative Forum

A series of talks, training and online networking opportunities happening in the flexible platform Hopin.

The Red Zenith Collective First Call Out: EQUALITY

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

The Shout | Introduced by Bronwen Buckeridge

CAST will screen the 1978 film ‘The Shout’, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and introduced by artist and Falmouth University lecturer Bronwen Buckeridge

The Shout | Introduced by Bronwen Buckeridge

Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, ‘The Shout’ (1978) has been selected by artist and Falmouth University lecturer Bronwen Buckeridge.

Throes of Grief : Open Call

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

TRAIL sculptures from recycled materials

Sculptures using recycled materials along the seafront

Trinity Community Arts are reaching out for new Trustees

Trinity is reaching out for new Trustees to join the existing Board on the next phase of our journey.

Vigil

Vigil is a unique, one-man telling, reframing our changing planet and exploring the ‘sixth mass extinction’ through live performance.

Visions 2020 Open Call

Visions in the Nunnery is the Nunnery Gallery’s renowned biennial showcase of recent moving image and performance artwork.

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

Vivien Leigh: Hollywood via Devon

Join Victoria Haddock for this short course to explore Leigh’s legacy as a style icon and discover more about her connections to Devon.

Date

21/04/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

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.

Zugunruhe

Zugunruhe (zoo-gun-rue): an ornithology term for ‘migratory restlessness in birds’. This show explores the incredible flight of a marsh warbler.

Performance

Filter Performance

Stu­dio KIND.

Clay­hill Arts

Field Notes

Bath Artists’ Studios

Exeter Phoenix

Chapel Arts Studios

Auc­tion House

Back Lane West

Hauser & Wirth Somerset

Cul­ture Declares Emer­gency: Bris­tol and Beyond

GUG­GLE­TON FARM ARTS

east bris­tol contemporary

Gods House Tower

The Edge & Andrew Brownsword Gallery

‘a space’ arts

The Gallery at Ply­mouth Col­lege of Art

Flock South West

Quay Arts

Fish Fac­to­ry Art Space CIC

Bricks

Art Work Exeter

CAMP (Con­tem­po­rary Art Mem­ber­ship Plymouth)

Cara­boo Projects

Fore­ground

The Pearl Exchange

elec­tricback­room STUDIO

Wilt­shire Creative

Yeovil Art Space

The Wom­en’s Art Acti­va­tion System

Visu­al Arts Plymouth

The Art Cohort

OSR Projects

SEAFAIR

b‑side CIC

Take A Part

Roy­al Albert Memo­r­i­al Muse­um & Art Gallery

The Moth­er­ship

Trin­i­ty Com­mu­ni­ty Arts

ZEL­DA

Pound Arts

More Than Ponies

Match­ett & Page

Ani­ma Mundi

Keep Art It

New­lyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

Take A Part

The Box

East Quay Gallery (Con­tains Art)

Cre­ativ­i­ty Works

Afford­able live/​work res­i­den­cies at Brisons Veor, Cape Cornwall

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

Apply to the Dorset Artists Emer­gency Fund

Arnolfi­ni at 60

Art in the City | Heather Agyepong

Artist Devel­op­ment Bursaries

Artist Talk : Carl Middleton

Artist Talk : Eleanor Matthews @postart_uk

Artist Talk : Gor­don Coldwell

Artist Talk : Jen­nifer Collier

Artist Talk : Michael Leigh

Artist Talk : The Bru­ton Cor­re­spon­dence School

Artist Talk : The Hand­writ­ten Let­ter Appre­ci­a­tion Society

b‑side fes­ti­val 2021

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

brb

Cara­boo Loops

CAT­A­LYST | Men­tor­ship Program

Cox­side Car­ni­val Commission

Dover Art Prize Fund of £17,500

Elg Post 57 Ep 2 ​‘Dawn’ by Rebec­ca Birch

Elg Post 57 Ep 3 ​‘Quar­ry’ by Rebec­ca Birch

Eric Baude­laire and Alvin Cur­ran, When There is No More Music to Write

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

Futures Forum — a net­work­ing group for cre­atives of colour

‘Get Going’ Mar­ket­ing Work­shops for Artists

Huh­ta­ma­ki Wab: Artist’s Talk

Huh­ta­ma­ki Wab: Gong Performances

In Loco Par­en­tis, Vin­cent Dance Theatre

Studio KIND.

Clayhill Arts

Auction House

Culture Declares Emergency: Bristol and Beyond

GUGGLETON FARM ARTS

east bristol contemporary

The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art

Fish Factory Art Space CIC

CAMP (Contemporary Art Membership Plymouth)

Caraboo Projects

Foreground

electricbackroom STUDIO

Wiltshire Creative

The Women’s Art Activation System

Visual Arts Plymouth

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

The Mothership

Trinity Community Arts

ZELDA

Matchett & Page

Anima Mundi

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

East Quay Gallery (Contains Art)

Creativity Works

Affordable live/work residencies at Brisons Veor, Cape Cornwall

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

Apply to the Dorset Artists Emergency Fund

Arnolfini at 60

Artist Development Bursaries

Artist Talk : Gordon Coldwell

Artist Talk : Jennifer Collier

Artist Talk : The Bruton Correspondence School

Artist Talk : The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society

b‑side festival 2021

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

Caraboo Loops

CATALYST | Mentorship Program

Coxside Carnival Commission

Elg Post 57 Ep 2 ‘Dawn’ by Rebecca Birch

Elg Post 57 Ep 3 ‘Quarry’ by Rebecca Birch

Eric Baudelaire and Alvin Curran, When There is No More Music to Write

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

Futures Forum — a networking group for creatives of colour

‘Get Going’ Marketing Workshops for Artists

Huhtamaki Wab: Artist’s Talk

Huhtamaki Wab: Gong Performances

In Loco Parentis, Vincent Dance Theatre

Indigeneity & Digital Entanglements by Russel Hlongwane

Larry Achiampong: Reliquary 2

Live Audio Visual Performance: Laura Phillips and Joseph Kelly, Dogtooth Spar

LOW PROFILE: DRUMROLL

‘Managing Your Creative Career’ Workshop

Martin O’Brien — Online Talk

New Artists Mentoring Programme

Nothing ‘is’ Immediate — Geometric Sculptural Sound Installations

Nothing ‘is’ Immediate — Geometric Sculptural Sound Installations

Od Arts Festival 2021 — Alone with Everybody

Online Zine Making Workshop with Dizzy Ink

Open call for creatives, University of Bristol

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

Public Art Producer

Q&A with Felicity Aston MBE, British polar explorer

Indigenous Film+Zoom Screening followed by Q&A with Artist Dakota Camacho

Queering the Museum: Creating, Uncovering and Celebrating LGBTQ+ Heritage at RAMM

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

Recruiting: Artist Programme Producer

Indigenous Futurism Dance Film and Q&A event

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

State of Emergency — Contemporary Art Micro-Commissions

Talking a Walk on the Wild Side

Tele Vistas

The Clayhill Creative Forum

The Red Zenith Collective First Call Out: EQUALITY

The Shout | Introduced by Bronwen Buckeridge

The Shout | Introduced by Bronwen Buckeridge

TRAIL sculptures from recycled materials

Trinity Community Arts are reaching out for new Trustees

Vigil

Visions of Science Art Prize 2020

Vivien Leigh: Hollywood via Devon