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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
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Artist Studio, Venue

Clay­hill Arts

Res­i­den­tial learn­ing space for artists and cre­ative professionals.
Region
Somerset
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Multidisciplinary
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Festival

Select Arts

Select Arts presents year round events with an annu­al fes­ti­val & Open studios
Region
Gloucestershire
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Curating
Never Never Never Give Up LOW PROFILE 2013
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
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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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Multidisciplinary
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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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Moving Image
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Project Space

CAST

The Cor­nu­bian Arts & Sci­ence Trust (CAST) is an edu­ca­tion­al char­i­ty in Hel­ston, Cornwall.
Region
Cornwall
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Multidisciplinary
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
GHT Venice Fellows Sharing 26 low
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
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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
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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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Installation
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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
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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
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
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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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Multidisciplinary
Javasu
Project Space

Cara­boo Projects

Cara­boo Projects is a con­tem­po­rary arts organ­i­sa­tion based in Bristol
Region
Bristol
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Curating
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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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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
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Gallery, Project Space

CLOSE Ltd

art con­sul­tan­cy — con­tem­po­rary art space for cre­ative events — expe­ri­ences — col­lect­ing art
Region
Somerset
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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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Curating
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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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Multidisciplinary
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Festivals

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

5 artists, 5 writ­ers, 5 researchers bring­ing togeth­er diverse voic­es for an online series of arts and cul­ture in response to the glob­al issues of 2020
Dates
30/10/20 – 13/11/20
Organisation
The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth
Region
Devon
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Multidisciplinary
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Talks & Seminars

A Pic­turesque Tour

An online talk where Pro­fes­sor Mal­colm Andrews will dis­cuss the con­tin­ued rel­e­vance and the his­to­ry of the idea of the ​‘pic­turesque’.
Date
24/06/20
Organisation
More Than Ponies
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
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Conference

Art and the Rur­al Imagination

A slow con­fer­ence with a selec­tion of artists and speak­ers pre­sent­ing themes of ​‘The Rur­al’ tak­ing place online across the week of the 29th June 2020.
Dates
29/06/20 – 05/07/20
Organisation
More Than Ponies
Region
Region-wide
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Writing
Penny Newell credit Matthew Wilson Green
Talks & Seminars

Artist Talk — Pen­ny Newell

**POST­PONED** Come and meet b‑side fes­ti­val 2020 artist Pen­ny Newell
Date
26/03/20
Organisation
b-side CIC
Region
Dorset
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Multidisciplinary
NEW FESTIVAL DATES 11 19 SEPT 2021
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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Writing
Call for artists

Ban­ner Commission

‘a space’ arts are look­ing to com­mis­sion a new text based art­work that will be print­ed on a ban­ner over­look­ing the rail­way line.
Closing
09:00 07/04/20
Fee
£200
Region
Hampshire
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Research
Research

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.
Posted
24/06/20
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VASW
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Writing
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.
Posted
03/06/20
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VASW
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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
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Talks & Seminars

Broad­cast­ing and Art

Maeve Con­nol­ly and Col­in Per­ry will dis­cuss artists engage­ment with broad­cast­ing. Join us on the 15th July 2020 at 7:30 — 9pm
Dates
15/07/20 – 20/07/20
Organisation
More Than Ponies
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
Open call

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
Closing
10:00 25/06/20
Region
Bath & NE Somerset
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Writing
Met I Nk Poster
Workshops & Courses

Cop­per­plate Cal­lig­ra­phy with Metic­u­lous Ink

This acces­si­ble cre­ative work­shop will intro­duce you to the won­der­ful world of cop­per­plate calligraphy.
Date
12/03/21
Organisation
Clayhill Arts
Region
Region-wide
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Multidisciplinary
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Talks & Seminars

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)
Date
06/05/20
Organisation
More Than Ponies
Region
Hampshire
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COVID-19

COVID-19: Artists Sur­vival Guide by a space arts

a space arts have shared the first of their reg­u­lar Artist Sur­vival Guides designed to offer sup­port dur­ing the Coro­n­avirus’ restric­tions on movement.
Posted
25/03/20
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VASW
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COVID-19

COVID-19: Emer­gency Fund­ing Links

Paula Orrell, VASW’s Net­work Man­ag­er, shares a pick of web­sites offer­ing sup­port, advice and insights in rela­tion to emer­gency funding
Posted
15/04/20
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VASW
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Multidisciplinary
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Family Friendly

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
Region
Devon
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Exhibitions

ebc024 open­ing event

ian jack­son joel chi­ma han­na rullmann
Date
06/03/20
Organisation
east bristol contemporary
Region
Bristol
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Performance
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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
Elg Post Birch LORES
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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Multidisciplinary
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Exhibitions

EXTRA­OR­DI­NARY POST­CARDS FOR EXTRA­OR­DI­NARY TIMES

CEL­E­BRAT­ING CRE­ATIV­I­TY IN EXCEP­TION­AL CIRCUMSTANCES
Dates
19/09/20 – 02/01/21
Organisation
Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange
Region
Cornwall
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Writing
Commission

Far South-West based emerg­ing art writer commission

We are offer­ing an art writ­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty to respond to our pilot programme.
Closing
23:59 13/04/20
Fee
£450
Region
Cornwall
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AR/VR
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Exhibitions

Home­made Man­go Chutney

A new exhi­bi­tion of work in a vir­tu­al gallery by grad­u­ate artists as part of ​‘a space’ arts’ RIPE Grad­u­ate Programme.
Dates
29/05/20 – 30/07/20
Organisation
'a space' arts
Region
Southampton
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VASWSG202003
Development

Intro­duc­ing VASW’s Lat­est Steer­ing Group Members

VASW bol­sters its team with four new Steer­ing Group members.
Posted
10/03/20
Source
VASW
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Lawrence Abu Hamdan Conflicted Phonemes VASW
Exhibitions

Many voic­es, all of them loved

Fea­tur­ing: Lawrence Abu Ham­dan, Kad­er Attia, Lau­re Prou­vost, Willem de Rooij, Liza Sylvestre and Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa.
Dates
01/02/20 – 11/04/20
Organisation
John Hansard Gallery
Region
Southampton
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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
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Exhibitions

Noth­ing ​‘is’ Imme­di­ate — Geo­met­ric Sculp­tur­al Sound Installations

Sec­ond of three exhi­bi­tions of new work explor­ing a mul­ti-sen­­so­ry engage­ment, geo­met­ric sculp­tur­al instal­la­tions and the five elements.
Dates
21/11/20 – 05/12/20
Organiser
Tony Spencer
Region
Hampshire
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Writing
Both jpeg min
Talks & Seminars

Nov­el Writ­ers: Mol­ly Aitken – The Island Child Live Stream

This May, Mol­ly Aitken intro­duces her debut nov­el The Island Child as part of our Nov­el Writ­ers series.
Date
14/05/20
Organisation
Spike Island
Region
Bristol
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Digital
Game Design Poster 1 min
Workshops & Courses

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
Dates
26/02/21 – 28/02/21
Organisation
Clayhill Arts
Region
Region-wide
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Moving Image
PREMIERE SCREENING ONLINE invitation
Screenings

Online Pre­mière: When You Call I Shall Come 8pm 15th May 2020

When You Call I Shall Come – Call­ing in the Sev­ern Bore – Filmed Dur­ing Pandemic
Dates
15/05/20 – 15/06/20
Organisation
Flow Contemporary Arts
Region
Region-wide
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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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Sculpture
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Exhibitions

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.
Dates
03/10/20 – 14/11/20
Organisation
Anima Mundi
Region
Cornwall
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Poetry and Fiction
Writing / Publishing

Poet­ry and Fic­tion | Rachael Allen and Patrick Langley

Award-win­ning poet Rachael Allen and nov­el­ist Patrick Lan­g­ley read from their recent work.
Date
28/02/20
Organisation
CAST
Region
Cornwall
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Sculpture
2
Comment

Priv­i­lege Feeds Priv­i­lege: On the Top­pling of Edward Col­ston and What Came Next

Bris­tol based Savin­der Bual, artist, and Ang­ie Bual, Artis­tic Direc­tor of Trig­ger Stuff, share their thoughts on Marc Quin­n’s stat­ue of Jen Reid.
Posted
22/07/20
Author
Savinder Bual and Angie Bual
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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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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Public art
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Exhibitions

Som­er­set Reac­quaint­ed Exhibition

A col­lec­tive reflec­tion by 63 Som­er­set artists dur­ing lockdown
Dates
19/09/20 – 21/11/20
Organisation
Somerset Art Works
Region
Somerset
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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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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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Communications

The Space’s Online Audi­ences Toolkit

A user-friend­ly guide to build­ing your online audi­ences, cre­at­ed by The Space.
Posted
19/02/20
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VASW
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Multidisciplinary
Rosalind Davis and Justin Hibbs
Workshops & Courses

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
Dates
01/06/20 – 22/06/20
Organisation
Clayhill Arts
Region
Region-wide
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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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Writing
Cochairs
Announcement

VASW Co-Chairs to Step Down Next Month

Fol­low­ing two inspir­ing and impact­ful years, Louise Coysh and Jamie East­man are step­ping down from their roles as Co-Chairs at the end of August 2020.
Posted
29/07/20
Source
VASW
Region
Region-wide
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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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