Being Othered In A Region That Has Been Historically Othered — Elsa James online talk

Online talk with Elsa James: Thursday 5 August 2021, 6pm‑7.30pm on Zoom. Free for CAMP members / £3 non-members

Bibliotherapy for the Anthropocene with Bram Thomas Arnold

Join a performance in the guise of a reading group…

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.

brb

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

Bricks Podcast — Ep.2 — Olivia Jones — Lundy

Olivia Jones’ podcast is centred around a recent journey to Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel.

Brigstow Research Commission

An opportunity for one research team offered by Bristol Photo Festival and the Brigstow Institute.

Call out for Artist-Educator

Seeking an Artist-Educator to run a series of 10 art workshops exploring the history of young people’s phone use

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

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Liza Dickson, Rame Projects Emerging Cornish Artist End of Residency Sharing Event & Performances

Deitritus: A Solo Exhibition by Rose Hatcher

Fish Factory founder and director Rose Hatcher explores the idea of the materiality of the image in a solo exhibition.

Dates

09/09/21 – 20/09/21

Organisation

Fish Factory Art Space CIC

Dhaqan Collective: Archiving Glitches

An exhibition of Dhaqan Collective’s new and recent work across sound, film and image making.

Dream, Mythology and Fairytale Creative Conversation Circle

Are you interested in the imagination, the archetypal, or folklore motifs? Please join me in forming a Creative Conversation group for this topic.

Duty Managers

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

Embracing the Unknown in Collaboration

Silvia Carderelli-Gronau, a Movement Artist, traces their journey of making Sonic Dancer with computer scientist Swen E. Gaudl

Engagement Fellowship for South West-based Curators

Opportunity for independent curators based in the South West of England to plan, create and deliver a programme of engagement with Spike Island

‘Englishness is a Moving Target’ by Chris Alton at Studio KIND.

Including ‘English Disco Lovers’ and other key works, ‘Englishness is a Moving Target’ brings together a selection of artworks from the last 9 years.

Farthing Breakfasts and Penny Dinners: images and realities of poverty in 1920s Exeter

Julia Neville explores what pictures convey about poverty and hunger in Exeter in the 1920s.

Date

17/11/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Feathers, Fashion and Feminism: How the RSPB was founded

This is the story of a campaign which started at a Victorian tea party and ended with the founding of Britain’s largest nature conservation charity.

Date

21/10/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Region

Devon

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Finance and Office Manager

Closing

09:00 27/09/21

Fee

£22,153 to £24,526 based on 22.5hr pw

Finding the Thread: Exeter’s Georgian Carpet & Cloth Industries

Join Historian Todd Gray for an illustrated lecture revealing the economic vitality of an industry on which the city’s economy was built.

Date

15/04/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Four Candles

Jo Beer, Stephen Beer, Niki Hill and Ian Shalliker present an eclectic body of work ranging from oil and acrylic paintings to tiny handmade books.

Four month residency at Back Lane West project space in Redruth, Cornwall

For the first time, Back Lane West is offering a longer artist residency period from Wednesday 5^th January — Sunday 1^st May 2022.

Freelance Community Curator

Freelance community curator required to lead on collecting and interpreting stories from local communities of South Asian heritage.

From script to print to hypertext: two millennia of Exeter’s written heritage with Ian Maxted

Ian tracks literacy in Exeter across the centuries, revealing the changing forms in which the written word reached people here.

Date

21/07/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

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.

‘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.

Hidden Histories Trail

Join us for the Hidden Histories Trail, our brand new walking tour around the Old Town, where you can learn about the early Black History of the city.

House of Prints 2020 Graduate Bursaries

Three bursaries for art graduates of 2019 and 2020 – which include an award of £350 and a package of access/courses from one of our partner studios.

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.

In Conversation: Peggy Ahwesh and Erika Balsom Online Event

An online conversation with London-based scholar Erika Balsom and exhibiting artist Peggy Ahwesh discussing her exhibition ‘Vision Machines’

Independence is a myth: Exploring care in collaboration

Kyla Harris and Lou Macnamara, the creators of ‘It’s Personal’, will lead this workshop on reframing interdependence and collective care

Kekee Manzil: House of Art

A feature documentary exploring the story behind Mumbai’s first contemporary art gallery.

knit the walls — past, present, future

Join us for an evening of discussion, celebration and creativity as we celebrate our most recent exhibition ‘knit the walls’.

Kyra Norman Tonks — CAMP Artist Residency final event

Kyra Norman Tonks will be holding an informal event to conclude her CAMP Artist Residency.

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.

LB x a‑n Artist Bursaries

Liverpool Biennial, a‑n The Artists Information Company and Open Culture offer five successful applicants a research and support bursary of £1500.

leave / stay / arrive

Art exhibition and programme of public events by artists Alice Sheppard Fidler and Rebecca Stapleford set in a historic building in Nailsworth.

Dates

10/09/21 – 26/09/21

Organiser

Alice Sheppard Fidler

Lucky Dip

Lucky Dip is a new exhibition showcasing multi-disciplinary work by local artists and recipients of the Lucky Dip Bursary.

Makers’ Tale

Makers’ Tale exhibition is a collaboration between Wiltshire Creative and UCA Farnham in association with Salisbury Cathedral.

Making A Start

Making A Start’ – a Maker Progression initiative to provide mentoring and business planning for those looking to start a creative career

‘Managing Your Creative Career’ Workshop

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

Mark Samsworth — Showdown

In Test Space’s final show at Spike Island Mark Samsworth makes transparent the hidden machinations of the art institution.

Martin O’Brien — Online Talk

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

Materiality

Somerset Reacquainted Touring

Maureen Attrill Bursary

Applications are now open for a bursary of up to £1,250 to support a research project linked to The Box’s permanent art collections.

Artificial Ruin — Molly Erin McCarthy

Molly Erin McCarthy’s sharing event for the end of her Residency at Rame Projects, Maker Heights, Cornwall

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.

Nothing ‘is’ Immediate — Geometric Sculptural Sound Installations

Nothing‘is’ Immediate, a series of multi-sensory exhibitions in Hampshire, exploring 3D geometry, five elements & therapeutic sounds

Nothing ‘is’ Immediate — Geometric Sculptural Sound Installations

Nothing ‘is’ Immediate, a series of multi-sensory exhibitions in Hampshire, exploring 3D geometry, five elements and therapeutic sounds.

On Care with The Walking Reading Group

A series of intimate exchanges over an hour solo walk through the landscape.

Online Artist Retreat with Emma Smith

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

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.

Online Zine Making Workshop with Dizzy Ink

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

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 Call: Engagement Fellowship for UK-based Artists

UK-based artists are invited to apply for a new Engagement Fellowship, working with Spike Island and Creative Youth Network

Pixel Mining — LIVE Event

Saltings, & Bit Miners performing in response to Stephen Cornford’s art installation

Public Art Producer

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

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

Reclaiming Disability in Co-creation

Kelsie Acton and Harsha Balasubramanian will explore co-creative strategies for reclaiming knowledge contributed by disability communities.

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.

Red River: Listening to a Polluted River | Walk four: One Red River

The fourth in a series of walks exploring the complex impact of human activity on the ecology of the Red River.

Red River: Listening to a Polluted River | Walk one: Noise and Silence

The first in a series of walks exploring the complex impact of human activity on the ecology of the Red River.

Red River: Listening to a Polluted River | Walk three: Eloquent Sediments

The third in a series of walks exploring the complex impact of human activity on the ecology of the Red River.

Red River: Listening to a Polluted River | Walk two: Clarity and Opacity

The second in a series of walks exploring the complex impact of human activity on the ecology of the Red River.

Red River Stannary

A day of poetry, talks, presentations and discussions about the Red River.

Returning the Eurasian beaver to Devon — Mark Elliot

Mark Elliot tells the story of the River Otter Beaver Trial

Date

16/06/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

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 to heal & create change — A conversation between artists Léonie Hampton and Sant Khalsa

Join artists Léonie Hampton and Sant Khalsa, as well as RAMM’s Contemporary Art Curator Lara Goodband, for this online event.

Date

22/07/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Seedscapes: Future-Proofing Nature

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

Dates

06/02/21 – 03/05/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

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.

Studio KIND. presents: Ian Andrews artist talk

Join Ian Andrews to discuss his solo exhibition at Studio KIND. and the value of trans-disciplinary collaborative work.

Studio KIND. presents: ‘Media, Matter and Energy’ by Ian Andrews

Media, Matter and Energy is part of Ian’s The Sketchbook and the Collider series, developed in collaboration with Professor Nikolopoulos.

Swindon Artist Bursaries

2 x £2000 bursaries for artists based in or around Swindon

Talk — Dhaqan Collective: Archiving Glitches

Join Dhaqan Collective to hear about the patterns that connect Somali spirit possession, finger weaving & EDM.

Talk: Stephen Sparks

A talk from renowned volcanologist and geologist Stephen Sparks, focusing on fieldwork undertaken in Montserrat – the birthplace of Veronica Ryan

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 Arts & Culture Diversity Forum for Somerset with Alice Kettle and Susan Kamara

Join the Somerset arts community to meet artists Alice Kettle and Susan Kamara in conversation at the Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury.

The Clayhill Creative Forum

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

The Come Together Weekender Day 1: Inclusion In Action

A day of sharing practice, workshops and two events centring expertise from disability cultures and activists.

Date

18/11/21

Organisation

Knowle West Media Centre

The Come Together Weekender Day 2: Making It Sensory

Four events, where you can join us to imagine our own sensory utopias and connect through smell, taste and conversation.

Date

19/11/21

Organisation

Knowle West Media Centre

The Come Together Weekender Day 3: Imagining for Real

Join us for a day of four events where we play, build and neighbourhood-imagine from where ever you are.

Date

20/11/21

Organisation

Knowle West Media Centre

The Come Together Weekender Day 4: Claiming the Right to Rest

Relax at the end of the weekender. Take a pause and claim your right to rest.

Date

21/11/21

Organisation

Knowle West Media Centre

The Red Zenith Collective First Call Out: EQUALITY

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

The Reset Webinar: Support Networks for Curators

Watch The Reset, episode 2: Support Networks for Curators, with cultural consultant, curator and producer Mandy Fowler.

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 with Caroline Vitzhum

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

Throes of Grief : Open Call

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

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.

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

Water and Stone

Walks, talks and demonstrations, exploring the the relationship between geology and industry in Helston.

Weekend Visitor Assistant

New Art Centre gallery and sculpture park are looking for part-time Visitor Assistants to support the gallery on weekends.

Well Heeled: Shoes and Boots

This course will explore RAMM’s collection of footwear and take a look at how boots and shoes were made, sold and advertised.

Date

17/06/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

What Next for Sustainable Practice?

At this online event we will be exploring different dimensions of sustainability in relation to arts and health practice.

Date

24/11/21

Organisation

Arts & Health South West

What’s in Store? A glimpse inside the 19^th century wardrobe

This morning webinar offers an opportunity to delve a little deeper into some of the 19^th c. clothing currently in collections across the South West.

Date

10/11/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Whose gaze? Representation in photography, class, gender, race

This free online symposium will delve into the themes of class, representation, gender, voyeurism, and decolonising histories in photography.

Dates

06/10/21 – 10/10/21

Organisation

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

YaYa Weave: The Hands Remember

The Yaya Weave exhibit presents the research of artists Viviane Vaux and Maria Christoforidou into haptic, visual and expanded notions of weaving.

Dates

07/10/21 – 01/11/21

Organisation

Fish Factory Art Space CIC

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.

Research

Filter Research

Dart­ing­ton Trust

Uni­ver­si­ty of Bristol

elec­tricback­room STUDIO

Cre­ativ­i­ty Works

Art Work Exeter

Arts & Health South West

Fish Fac­to­ry Art Space CIC

Princes Street Studio

Cul­ture Declares Emer­gency: Bris­tol and Beyond

Trin­i­ty Com­mu­ni­ty Arts

Eden Project

Cine Sis­ters SW

Hauser & Wirth Somerset

Back Lane West

Auc­tion House

The Muse­um of Gloucester

Dart­ing­ton Trust

Field Notes

John Hansard Gallery

Arts and Cul­ture, Uni­ver­si­ty of Exeter

The Roy­al Pho­to­graph­ic Society

Yeovil Art Space

Visu­al Cul­ture Research Group

House of Prints

The Art Cohort

OSR Projects

SDARA

The Plough Arts Centre

K6 Gallery

Wilt­shire Creative

The Moth­er­ship

ZEL­DA

Arnolfi­ni

More Than Ponies

Stu­dio KIND.

Spike Island

A Cake of Paint­ed Tin by Katy Richardson

A Cake of Paint­ed Tin: Vir­tu­al pan­el discussion

A green­er future? — Exeter Lit­er­ary Festival

Access-ing Hybrid Events

Advi­so­ry Pan­el Members

Andy Web­ster — ​‘Chimes’

Artist Devel­op­ment Bursaries

Artist Devel­op­ment Officer

Artist Talk : Carl Middleton

Artist talk: Chris Alton at Stu­dio KIND.

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

Arts & Ecol­o­gy res­i­den­cy pro­gramme open for applications

Assis­tant Bar Manager

Autumn Fête at St Anne’s House

Bathing Beau­ties: Vin­tage Swimwear

Behind the Scenes Stu­dio Vis­its: Vicky Smith Online

Being Oth­ered In A Region That Has Been His­tor­i­cal­ly Oth­ered — Elsa James online talk

Bib­lio­ther­a­py for the Anthro­pocene with Bram Thomas Arnold

Updat­ed: BLM Resources Com­piled by VASW

brb

Bricks Pod­cast — Ep.2 — Olivia Jones — Lundy

Brigstow Research Commission

Call out for Artist-Educator

Cara­boo Loops

CAT­A­LYST | Men­tor­ship Program

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Deitri­tus: A Solo Exhi­bi­tion by Rose Hatcher

Dhaqan Col­lec­tive: Archiv­ing Glitches

Dream, Mythol­o­gy and Fairy­tale Cre­ative Con­ver­sa­tion Circle

Duty Man­agers

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

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

Embrac­ing the Unknown in Collaboration

Engage­ment Fel­low­ship for South West-based Curators

‘Eng­lish­ness is a Mov­ing Tar­get’ by Chris Alton at Stu­dio KIND.

Far­thing Break­fasts and Pen­ny Din­ners: images and real­i­ties of pover­ty in 1920s Exeter

Feath­ers, Fash­ion and Fem­i­nism: How the RSPB was founded

Dartington Trust

University of Bristol

electricbackroom STUDIO

Creativity Works

Fish Factory Art Space CIC

Culture Declares Emergency: Bristol and Beyond

Trinity Community Arts

Cine Sisters SW

Auction House

The Museum of Gloucester

Dartington Trust

Arts and Culture, University of Exeter

The Royal Photographic Society

Visual Culture Research Group

Wiltshire Creative

The Mothership

ZELDA

Arnolfini

Studio KIND.

A Cake of Painted Tin by Katy Richardson

A Cake of Painted Tin: Virtual panel discussion

A greener future? — Exeter Literary Festival

Advisory Panel Members

Andy Webster — ‘Chimes’

Artist Development Bursaries

Artist Development Officer

Artist talk: Chris Alton at Studio KIND.

Artist Talk : Gordon Coldwell

Artist Talk : Jennifer Collier

Artist Talk : The Bruton Correspondence School

Artist Talk : The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society

Arts & Ecology residency programme open for applications

Assistant Bar Manager

Bathing Beauties: Vintage Swimwear

Behind the Scenes Studio Visits: Vicky Smith Online

Being Othered In A Region That Has Been Historically Othered — Elsa James online talk

Bibliotherapy for the Anthropocene with Bram Thomas Arnold

Updated: BLM Resources Compiled by VASW

Bricks Podcast — Ep.2 — Olivia Jones — Lundy

Caraboo Loops

CATALYST | Mentorship Program

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Deitritus: A Solo Exhibition by Rose Hatcher

Dhaqan Collective: Archiving Glitches

Dream, Mythology and Fairytale Creative Conversation Circle

Duty Managers

Elg Post 57 Ep 2 ‘Dawn’ by Rebecca Birch

Elg Post 57 Ep 3 ‘Quarry’ by Rebecca Birch

Embracing the Unknown in Collaboration

Engagement Fellowship for South West-based Curators

‘Englishness is a Moving Target’ by Chris Alton at Studio KIND.

Farthing Breakfasts and Penny Dinners: images and realities of poverty in 1920s Exeter

Feathers, Fashion and Feminism: How the RSPB was founded

Finding the Thread: Exeter’s Georgian Carpet & Cloth Industries

Four Candles

Four month residency at Back Lane West project space in Redruth, Cornwall

Freelance Community Curator

From script to print to hypertext: two millennia of Exeter’s written heritage with Ian Maxted

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

‘Get Going’ Marketing Workshops for Artists

Hidden Histories Trail

House of Prints 2020 Graduate Bursaries

Hypericum: A Code of Practice

In Conversation: Peggy Ahwesh and Erika Balsom Online Event

Independence is a myth: Exploring care in collaboration

Kyra Norman Tonks — CAMP Artist Residency final event

Larry Achiampong: Reliquary 2

Makers’ Tale

Making A Start

‘Managing Your Creative Career’ Workshop

Martin O’Brien — Online Talk

Materiality

Maureen Attrill Bursary

Artificial Ruin — Molly Erin McCarthy

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

Nothing ‘is’ Immediate — Geometric Sculptural Sound Installations

Nothing ‘is’ Immediate — Geometric Sculptural Sound Installations

On Care with The Walking Reading Group

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

Online Zine Making Workshop with Dizzy Ink