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STUDIO
Artists Studio Space
Region
Dorset
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Multidisciplinary
Sector Development
CAMP
(Contemporary Art Membership Plymouth)
CAMP
is a member-led network for the creative and visual arts community in Devon and Cornwall
Region
Devon
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Multidisciplinary
Venue
GUGGLETON
FARM
ARTS
We are a
CIC
that exists to put creativity, both personal, public and inspirational into our community and the wider, rural, Dorset area.
Region
Dorset
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Multidisciplinary
Artist Studio, Venue
Clayhill Arts
Residential learning space for artists and creative professionals.
Region
Somerset
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Multidisciplinary
Gallery
east bristol contemporary
east bristol contemporary (ebc) is an artist-led gallery based at the trinity centre, bristol.
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary
Gallery
The Edge
&
Andrew Brownsword Gallery
Art, Research, Adventure at The Edge and Andrew Brownsword Gallery, based at the University of Bath. Exhibitions, classes, performance and more.
Region
Bath & NE Somerset
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Curating
Gallery, Venue
‘
a space’ arts
Visual arts organisation supporting Southampton’s artists and audiences through studios, artist development, and re-imagined heritage buildings.
Region
Southampton
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Multidisciplinary
Gallery
The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art
The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art features a high quality contemporary programme of exhibitions and events.
Region
Plymouth
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Sector Development
Flock South West
Flock South West is a contemporary art production agency based in Plymouth,
UK
Region
Plymouth
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Multidisciplinary
Venue
Quay Arts
The Isle of Wight’s leading art gallery and venue for live arts events.
Region
Isle of Wight
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Multidisciplinary
Gallery, Artist Residency
Fish Factory Art Space
CIC
The Fish Factory is a gallery, live music venue, art studios, vegan café, darkroom, shop, residency programme in Penryn, Cornwall
Region
Cornwall
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Multidisciplinary
Project Space, Sector Development
Bricks
Bricks mission is to support local communities, creative communities and social enterprise projects thrive in Bristol.
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary
Project Space, Sector Development
Art Work Exeter
Art Work Exeter (
AWE
) is an organisation which aims to encourage, frame and promote artists and artistic activity.
Region
Devon
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Multidisciplinary
Project Space
Caraboo Projects
Caraboo Projects is a contemporary arts organisation based in Bristol
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary
Gallery, Venue
Pound Arts
We run The Pound arts centre, based in Corsham, two annual festivals and the Rural Arts touring programme, which comprises the rural touring schemes f
Region
Wiltshire
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Public art
Sector Development
Creativity Works
An award winning Arts
&
Health charity using creativity to inspire and empower those facing difficulties in their lives.
Region
Bath & NE Somerset
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Curating
Artist-led
Field Notes
Field Notes is a projects organisation based in Cornwall. We commission new works, curate exhibitions and produce festivals and public programmes.
Region
Cornwall
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Curating
Gallery, Sector Development
Foreground
Foreground commissions new artworks and learning programmes in the diverse social and physical structures of communities.
Region
Somerset
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Installation
Venue
Gods House Tower
Gods House Tower is a brand new arts and heritage venue at the entrance to Southampton’s fascinating Old Town
Region
Southampton
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Multidisciplinary
Project Space
The Pearl Exchange
A creative community hub based in North Cornwall, a space for sharing skills, knowledge and passions helping to inspire and nurture young adults
Region
Cornwall
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Curating
Gallery
East Quay Gallery (Contains Art)
East Quay Gallery opens as part of the new cultural building in Watchet in the summer of
2021
.
Region
Somerset
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Curating
Museum
The Box
The Box is Plymouth’s new museum, gallery and archive.
Region
Devon
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Multidisciplinary
Sector Development
Take A Part
TAP
are experts in socially engaged audience development for contemporary art, working in areas that don’t usually engage in the arts.
Region
Plymouth
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Multidisciplinary
Gallery
Newlyn Art Gallery
&
The Exchange
Offering an internationally recognised contemporary art programme, with a supporting programme of events, across two venues.
Region
Cornwall
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Public art
Gallery, Sector Development
Keep Art It
We are an organisation devoted to sharing art with as many people as possible.
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary
Gallery
Studio
KIND
.
Studio
KIND
. is a new artist-led contemporary gallery, project space and studios, located in the heart of North Devon.
Region
Devon
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Multidisciplinary
Gallery
Anima Mundi
Anima Mundi works with International artists across all media, showcasing ambitious and provocative contemporary art exhibitions.
Region
Cornwall
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Multidisciplinary
Sector Development
Culture Declares Emergency: Bristol and Beyond
CDE
: Bristol and Beyond is a local network of creatives and cultural institutions who have declared a climate and ecological emergency.
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary
Gallery
Hauser
&
Wirth
Pioneering world-class gallery and multi-purpose arts center which acts as a destination for experiencing art, architecture
&
the Somerset landscape.
Region
Somerset
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Multidisciplinary
Project Space, Artist Residency
Back Lane West
Back Lane West is a non-profit, artist-led residency, project, and meeting space in Redruth, Cornwall.
Region
Cornwall
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Multidisciplinary
Sector Development, Artist Residency
Take A Part
Using creativity as a catalyst for social justice
&
community cohesion. Grass-roots, long-term
&
embedded practice, co-authored
&
co-created for all.
Region
Devon
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Multidisciplinary
The Women’s Art Activation System
The
WAAS
is an artist collective formed in
2016
with the aim of activating women’s art.
Region
Gloucestershire
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Multidisciplinary
Sector Development
Visual Arts Plymouth
Visual Arts Plymouth is a creative sector steering group made up of independent artists and producers and representatives from key institutions.
Region
Devon
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Multidisciplinary
Gallery, Project Space
The Art Cohort
The Art Cohort is an inter-generational community focused artspace championing emerging art and artists.
Region
Bath & NE Somerset
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Multidisciplinary
Gallery, Project Space
Auction House
Project and exhibition space in the heart of Redruth
Region
Cornwall
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Multidisciplinary
Sector Development
SEAFAIR
SEAFAIR
is for artists by artists.
Region
Dorset
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Installation
Project Space, Festival
b‑side
CIC
b‑side works with artists, residents and communities to create new, site-responsive art on the Isle of Portland and Dorset and beyond.
Region
Dorset
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Multidisciplinary
Project Space
More Than Ponies
More Than Ponies (
MTP
)seeks to reimagine and reanimate the New Forest area through a roving contemporary art programme.
Region
Hampshire
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Multidisciplinary
Artist Studio, Gallery
Bath Artists’ Studios
A complex of studios, gallery and teaching space in the heart of Bath.
Region
Bath & NE Somerset
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Multidisciplinary
Project Space
Chapel Arts Studios
CAS
is a socially-engaged, contemporary visual arts organisation. In all we do, we endeavour to challenge, inspire, engage, collaborate and include.
Region
Hampshire
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Curating
Museum
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
&
Art Gallery
World-class local authority run museum and art gallery in the centre of Exeter
Region
Devon
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Multidisciplinary
Artist Residency
The Mothership
The project offers time and space for artists, without pressure to produce. It is a social art project, exploring exchange between host and guest.
Region
Dorset
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Multidisciplinary
Sector Development
ZELDA
ZELDA
is an artist centred art advisory. We work transparently and ethically to support artists, collectors and organisations.
Region
Hampshire
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Curating
Gallery, Venue
Exeter Phoenix
Exeter Phoenix is the South West’s foremost multi-artform venue and contemporary art gallery.
Region
Devon
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Multidisciplinary
Grant
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
Closing
17:00 07/08/20
Fee
£5,000
Region
Region-wide
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Multidisciplinary
Call for artists
Apply to the Dorset Artists Emergency Fund
Freelance creatives living and working in Dorset who are experiencing severe financial hardship due to
COVID-
19
.
Closing
09:00 19/06/20
Fee
£100 - £500
Region
Dorset
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Multidisciplinary
Exhibitions
Arnolfini at
60
Arnolfini celebrates its
60
th
anniversary in
2021
.
Dates
04/03/21 – 23/12/21
Organisation
Arnolfini
Region
Bristol
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Photography
Talks & Seminars
Art in the City | Heather Agyepong
Art in the City lecture with artist Heather Agyepong in conversation with Keiko Higashi, Engagement Producer at Arnolfini.
Dates
11/11/20 – 30/05/21
Organisation
Arnolfini
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary
Grant
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.
Closing
23:59 07/03/21
Fee
£1000
Region
Region-wide
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Multidisciplinary
Festivals
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
.
Dates
11/09/21 – 19/09/21
Organisation
b-side CIC
Region
Dorset
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Multidisciplinary
Announcement
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.
Posted
27/05/20
Source
VASW
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary
Open call
brb
brb… is a remote mentoring opportunity aimed at early-career artists based in the Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
Closing
00:00 15/07/20
Region
Region-wide
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Multidisciplinary
Open call
Caraboo Loops
We are offering two artists the opportunity to each co-produce a podcast episode with the Caraboo team and a multimedia composer.
Closing
00:00 15/07/20
Fee
£150 per artist
Region
Region-wide
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Photography
Call for artists
CATALYST
| Mentorship Program
CATALYST
| Mentorship Program.
CALL
FOR
APPLICATIONS
. Deadline
13
September
2020
Closing
23:59 13/09/20
Fee
£350
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary
Commission
Coxside Carnival Commission
Commission opportunity for artists or collectives to design and deliver a community carnival in Plymouth
Closing
00:00 01/05/20
Fee
£4,000
Region
Devon
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Multidisciplinary
Award
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.
Closing
23:59 14/02/21
Region
Region-wide
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Performance
Performance
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.
Date
04/10/20
Organisation
More Than Ponies
Region
Region-wide
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Performance
Performance
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
Date
08/10/20
Organisation
More Than Ponies
Region
Region-wide
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Moving Image
Exhibitions
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.
Dates
05/02/22 – 09/05/22
Organisation
Spike Island
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary
Workshops & Courses
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.
Date
04/02/21
Organisation
VASW
Region
Region-wide
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Multidisciplinary
Space
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
Closing
17:00 31/12/21
Region
Southampton
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Performance
Performance
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
Region
Plymouth
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Performance
Screenings
Indigeneity
&
Digital Entanglements by Russel Hlongwane
Programme of artist films offering a counter to technology as a western construction
Dates
10/10/20 – 11/10/20
Organisation
Control Shift
Region
Bristol
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Moving Image
Exhibitions
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.
Dates
01/10/20 – 31/01/21
Organisation
John Hansard Gallery
Region
Southampton
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Performance
Performance
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.
Date
10/12/20
Organisation
Spike Island
Region
Bristol
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Sound
Performance
LOW
PROFILE
:
DRUMROLL
DRUMROLL
is a new, immersive audio artwork made by artists
LOW
PROFILE
in collaboration with drummer Richard Sharp.
Date
31/12/20
Organisation
Flock South West
Region
Region-wide
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Performance
Talks & Seminars
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)
Region
Region-wide
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Multidisciplinary
Call for artists
New Artists Mentoring Programme
A year-long programme of mentoring and support for young visual artists.
Closing
23:59 13/03/20
Fee
£500 bursary
Region
Dorset
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Sculpture
Exhibitions
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.
Dates
31/07/21 – 15/08/21
Organiser
Tony Spencer
Region
Hampshire
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Sculpture
Exhibitions
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.
Dates
03/04/21 – 28/04/21
Organiser
Tony Spencer
Region
Hampshire
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Multidisciplinary
Professional Development
Online Artist Retreat with Emma Smith
We are thrilled to announce an online residency with internationally renowned artist, Emma Smith.
Dates
18/01/21 – 02/02/21
Organisation
Creativity Works
Region
Bath & NE Somerset
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Digital
Call for artists
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.
Closing
23:59 30/09/20
Fee
£5,000
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary
Open call
Open call for miniature pieces of artwork inspired by
‘
Restriction’
Work is sought for an exhibition of miniature pieces of artwork inspired by
‘
Restriction’
Closing
23:59 14/02/21
Fee
£50.00
Region
Region-wide
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Public art
Job
Public Art Producer
Bricks are recruiting for a Public Art Producer to join our team.
Closing
17:00 04/11/20
Fee
Negotiable
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary
Call for artists
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.
Closing
17:00 01/06/20
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary
Job
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.
Closing
17:00 06/07/20
Fee
£22,000 pro rata
Region
Bristol
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Performance
Performance
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
Region
Devon
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Multidisciplinary
Call for artists
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
Closing
12:00 31/07/20
Fee
£1000-£4000
Region
Southampton
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Multidisciplinary
Commission
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.
Closing
17:00 07/09/20
Fee
£450
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary
Call for artists
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.
Closing
17:00 25/05/20
Fee
£500 per commission
Region
Region-wide
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Sound
Talks & Seminars
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.
Date
16/12/20
Organiser
Lucy Frears
Region
Region-wide
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Multidisciplinary
Exhibitions
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.
Dates
10/09/20 – 18/11/20
Organisation
More Than Ponies
Region
Region-wide
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Multidisciplinary
Talks & Seminars
The Clayhill Creative Forum
A series of talks, training and online networking opportunities happening in the flexible platform Hopin.
Date
05/03/21
Organisation
Clayhill Arts
Region
Region-wide
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Multidisciplinary
Call for artists
The Red Zenith Collective First Call Out:
EQUALITY
Open call for work, which responds to the theme
EQUALITY
.
Closing
00:00 01/08/20
Region
Region-wide
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Moving Image
Screenings
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
Date
06/10/20
Organisation
CAST
Region
Cornwall
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Moving Image
Screenings
The Shout | Introduced by Bronwen Buckeridge
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski,
‘
The Shout’ (
1978
) has been selected by artist and Falmouth University lecturer Bronwen Buckeridge.
Date
04/11/20
Organisation
CAST
Region
Cornwall
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Multidisciplinary
Open call
Throes of Grief : Open Call
An open call for artists who have experienced or who may be experiencing Deep Grief.
Closing
23:00 31/07/20
Region
Region-wide
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Moving Image
Call for artists
Visions
2020
Open Call
Visions in the Nunnery is the Nunnery Gallery’s renowned biennial showcase of recent moving image and performance artwork.
Closing
23:59 21/06/20
Region
Region-wide
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Multidisciplinary
Call for artists
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
Closing
11:59 21/06/20
Fee
£5- £7
Region
Bath & NE Somerset
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Multidisciplinary
Call for artists
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.
Closing
17:00 09/10/20
Region
Region-wide
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Performance
Performance
Zugunruhe
Zugunruhe (zoo-gun-rue): an ornithology term for
‘
migratory restlessness in birds’. This show explores the incredible flight of a marsh warbler.
Dates
22/02/21 – 31/03/21
Organisation
Pound Arts
Region
Region-wide
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