Project Space, Sector Development

Call for Entries: Creative Writing Submissions for Public Art Project ‘Seeds of Change Extended’

Taking creative writing submissions to be featured within a public art project.

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

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

Copperplate Calligraphy with Meticulous Ink

This accessible creative workshop will introduce you to the wonderful world of copperplate calligraphy.

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)

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.

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

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

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ian jackson joel chima hanna rullmann

Date

06/03/20

Organisation

east bristol contemporary

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

EXTRAORDINARY POSTCARDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY TIMES

CELEBRATING CREATIVITY IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Dates

19/09/20 – 02/01/21

Organisation

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

Far South-West based emerging art writer commission

We are offering an art writing opportunity to respond to our pilot programme.

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.

Hannah Catherine Jones: Owed to Humana

Obsidian Coast is excited to present Owed to Humana, an online commission by Hannah Catherine Jones, as the final tide of (Extra)Terrestrial Currents.

Homemade Mango Chutney

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

Introducing VASW’s Latest Steering Group Members

VASW bolsters its team with four new Steering Group members.

Jim Carter — ‘Bone Skin Spirit’

View the sculpture of Jim Carter; complex, organic forms that evoke anger, fear, sorrow, but also magic, fertility and renewal.

Many voices, all of them loved

Featuring: Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Kader Attia, Laure Prouvost, Willem de Rooij, Liza Sylvestre and Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa.

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.

New Artists Mentoring Programme

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

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.

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.

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 Première: When You Call I Shall Come 8pm 15^th 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

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’

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.

Poetry and Fiction | Rachael Allen and Patrick Langley

Award-winning poet Rachael Allen and novelist Patrick Langley read from their recent work.

Print and Zine Fair

Art Prints Books & Zines Fair

Date

05/12/20

Organisation

Fish Factory Art Space CIC

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

Public Art Producer

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

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.

Reading Group: Braiding Sweetgrass

Artist and participatory educator Jack Young leads a reading group on excerpts from Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass.

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.

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

Somerset Reacquainted Exhibition

A collective reflection by 63 Somerset artists during lockdown

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.

The Red Zenith Collective First Call Out: EQUALITY

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

The Space’s Online Audiences Toolkit

A user-friendly guide to building your online audiences, created by The Space.

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.

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.

Yellowfields: Overburden

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

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.

Writing

Filter Writing

Art Work Exeter

CAST

Fore­ground

Field Notes

Cre­ativ­i­ty Works

Cara­boo Projects

Exeter Phoenix

Chapel Arts Studios

Back Lane West

Cul­ture Declares Emer­gency: Bris­tol and Beyond

CAMP (Con­tem­po­rary Art Mem­ber­ship Plymouth)

GUG­GLE­TON FARM ARTS

Clay­hill Arts

east bris­tol contemporary

The Edge & Andrew Brownsword Gallery

‘a space’ arts

The Gallery at Ply­mouth Col­lege of Art

Flock South West

Fish Fac­to­ry Art Space CIC

Gods House Tower

Select Arts

Bricks

ZEL­DA

Visu­al Arts Plymouth

CLOSE Ltd

Take A Part

Roy­al Albert Memo­r­i­al Muse­um & Art Gallery

The Pearl Exchange

The Moth­er­ship

More Than Ponies

Stu­dio KIND.

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

Apply to the Dorset Artists Emer­gency Fund

Artist Fair

b‑side fes­ti­val 2021

Ban­ner Commission

Updat­ed: BLM Resources Com­piled by VASW

BLM Resources from Jody Mul­vey / @sadgrads2020

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Call for Entries: Cre­ative Writ­ing Sub­mis­sions for Pub­lic Art Project ​‘Seeds of Change Extended’

Cara­boo Loops

CAT­A­LYST | Men­tor­ship Program

Children’s Art Week 2020: Reg­is­ter your activity

Cop­per­plate Cal­lig­ra­phy with Metic­u­lous Ink

Cor­re­spon­dence Art in a Time of Social Distancing

COVID-19: Artists Sur­vival Guide by a space arts

COVID-19: Emer­gency Fund­ing Links

Crowd­fun­der to Save the TAAG Arts and Com­mu­ni­ty Centre

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

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

EXTRA­OR­DI­NARY POST­CARDS FOR EXTRA­OR­DI­NARY TIMES

Far South-West based emerg­ing art writer commission

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

Han­nah Cather­ine Jones: Owed to Humana

Home­made Man­go Chutney

Intro­duc­ing VASW’s Lat­est Steer­ing Group Members

Jim Carter — ​‘Bone Skin Spirit’

Many voic­es, all of them loved

My Sto­ry — LGBT+ Micro-Commissions

New Artists Men­tor­ing Programme

Noth­ing ​‘is’ Imme­di­ate — Geo­met­ric Sculp­tur­al Sound Installations

Nov­el Writ­ers: Mol­ly Aitken – The Island Child Live Stream

CRE­AT­ING STO­RIES: GAME DESIGN FOR COM­PLETE BEGINNERS

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

Open call for cre­atives, Uni­ver­si­ty of Bristol

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

Phoebe Cum­mings, ​‘Thought Barefoot’

Poet­ry and Fic­tion | Rachael Allen and Patrick Langley

Print and Zine Fair

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

Pub­lic Art Producer

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

Read­ing Group: Braid­ing Sweetgrass

Recruit­ing: Artist Pro­gramme Producer

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

Som­er­set Reac­quaint­ed Exhibition

St Annes Micro Commission

Foreground

Creativity Works

Caraboo Projects

Culture Declares Emergency: Bristol and Beyond

CAMP (Contemporary Art Membership Plymouth)

GUGGLETON FARM ARTS

Clayhill Arts

east bristol contemporary

The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art

Fish Factory Art Space CIC

ZELDA

Visual Arts Plymouth

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

The Mothership

Studio KIND.

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

Apply to the Dorset Artists Emergency Fund

b‑side festival 2021

Banner Commission

Updated: BLM Resources Compiled by VASW

BLM Resources from Jody Mulvey / @sadgrads2020

Call for Entries: Creative Writing Submissions for Public Art Project ‘Seeds of Change Extended’

Caraboo Loops

CATALYST | Mentorship Program

Children’s Art Week 2020: Register your activity

Copperplate Calligraphy with Meticulous Ink

Correspondence Art in a Time of Social Distancing

COVID-19: Artists Survival Guide by a space arts

COVID-19: Emergency Funding Links

Crowdfunder to Save the TAAG Arts and Community Centre

ebc024 opening event

Elg Post 57 Ep 2 ‘Dawn’ by Rebecca Birch

Elg Post 57 Ep 3 ‘Quarry’ by Rebecca Birch

EXTRAORDINARY POSTCARDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY TIMES

Far South-West based emerging art writer commission

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

Hannah Catherine Jones: Owed to Humana

Homemade Mango Chutney

Introducing VASW’s Latest Steering Group Members

Jim Carter — ‘Bone Skin Spirit’

Many voices, all of them loved

My Story — LGBT+ Micro-Commissions

New Artists Mentoring Programme

Nothing ‘is’ Immediate — Geometric Sculptural Sound Installations

Novel Writers: Molly Aitken – The Island Child Live Stream

CREATING STORIES: GAME DESIGN FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS

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

Open call for creatives, University of Bristol

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

Phoebe Cummings, ‘Thought Barefoot’

Poetry and Fiction | Rachael Allen and Patrick Langley

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

Public Art Producer

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

Reading Group: Braiding Sweetgrass

Recruiting: Artist Programme Producer

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

Somerset Reacquainted Exhibition

State of Emergency — Contemporary Art Micro-Commissions

The Red Zenith Collective First Call Out: EQUALITY

The Space’s Online Audiences Toolkit

Thriving and Surviving as an Artist : Online Summer School

Yellowfields: Overburden

ZELDA Free Artist Mentorship Programme: Call for Applications!