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.

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.

brb

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

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.

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

CAMP Huddle #2

CAMP Huddle is a series of virtual events showcasing the work of artists based in & around the four BAS9 host cities throughout the British Art Show.

Canopy artsJAB: Forest of Dean Creative Showcase Festival

Creative organisations within the Forest of Dean join together for a combined arts event. A day of fun for all the family!

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

Come Together: Digital Storyteller Commissions

Digital Storyteller Commissions Callout at KWMC, Come Together Programme, July-October 2021

Copperplate Calligraphy with Meticulous Ink

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

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

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 Group

Join us on 12 January for the first of 7 creative conversations to take place on the 2^nd Wednesday of each month.

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

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.

Exhibition: The Voices of Carers (Unpaid)

Showcasing the hidden lives of unpaid carers through photography and writing

Far South-West based emerging art writer commission

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

Far South West Emerging Art Writer Commission Open Call

Far South West Emerging Art Writer Commission Open Call for Rame Projects

Film project — Bristol Creatives

Bristol Museums Learning is commissioning films exploring the work of creative practitioners from diverse backgrounds.

Closing

23:59 04/11/21

Fee

£500 (for one day's filming)

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.

Frank Bowling | Feeling Guide

Our How Do You Feel Guide? encourages you to experience Frank Bowling’s exhibition through your senses, feelings, imaginations and memories.

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.

GASS Collective Showcase

A multi-venue art exhibition in Redruth, showcasing the work of thirteen recent graduates across Back Lane West, CMR and Auction House.

GASS Collective Showcase

A multi-venue art exhibition in Redruth, showcasing the work of thirteen recent graduates across Back Lane West, CMR and Auction House.

Get Creative Outdoors

Get Creative Outdoors is a campaign/festival that invites people to try something creative in the open air.

‘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.

Ground Works

Ground Works will be welcoming artists and writers whose inspiration and concern is for our landscape and environment.

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.

Happenings: Creative Weekender by Together We Make, Pri’s Art Salon & Marma Sessions.

A weekend celebrating creativity; multi-sensory installations, workshops, artist-led showcases, exhibition space, play and immersion.

Huw Wahl | Talk and Screening

Filmmaker Huw Wahl will visit CAST to talk about his film ‘The Republics’

In Plain Sight: Transatlantic slavery and Devon

A major exhibition exploring the museum’s and Devon’s links with centuries of trading enslaved African people across the Atlantic.

Dates

29/01/22 – 29/05/22

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

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

Introducing VASW’s Latest Steering Group Members

VASW bolsters its team with four new Steering Group members.

Jean Jones: A Life Uncovered

An exhibition of newly discovered works by artist Jean Jones.

Dates

08/05/21 – 29/05/21

Organisation

The Brownston Gallery

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.

Job Opportunity — Creative Programme Assistant

‘a space’ arts are now recruiting for a Creative Programme Assistant to join the team.

Closing

09:00 10/01/22

Fee

£9.90 per hour (Real Living Wage)

Katrina Brown — Em[bed]ding circle

What traces do we leave behind? Join a live-streamed performance and an installation of the residues…

KINETIC JAM

Live event featuring Angus Macdonald, James Bragg and MontenegroFisher, all improvising in response to Exhibition: Everything Put Together Falls Apart

Mark Samsworth — Showdown

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

Mike Perry Land/Sea

Land/Sea is a major solo exhibition by Wales-based artist Mike Perry bringing together two recent bodies of work: Wet Deserts and Môr Plastig.

Dates

20/05/21 – 14/08/21

Organisation

Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG)

Artificial Ruin — Molly Erin McCarthy

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

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.

Naomi Frears: Men Falling

A solo exhibition by Cornwall-based artist Naomi Frears, which includes recent works spanning film, painting and print.

New Artists Mentoring Programme

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

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

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

On Care with The Walking Reading Group

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

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 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 Happenings: Exhibition Space

Exhibition Opportunity with Together We Make for 23^rd and 24^th of October as apart of ‘Happenings’ @ Strange Brew!

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 — Hosts for Futures Forum

‘a space’ arts is now recruiting hosts from all creative disciplines to join Futures Forum as guest hosts.

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

Opening Reception: ‘Ida Applebroog. Right Up To Now 1969 – 2021’

Join us to celebrate the opening of ‘Ida Applebroog. Right Up To Now 1969 – 2021’ at Hauser & Wirth Somerset.

Date

28/01/22

Organisation

Hauser & Wirth Somerset

Palace of Culture — Creating a Pantoum Poem

In collaboration with V21 Artspace and Arts Council Collection we have created a virtual Palace using the latest computer-generated imagery.

Dates

14/06/21 – 30/07/21

Organisation

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange

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.

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.

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.

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 Event: Natasha MacVoy and Carol Laidler with Caroline Vitzthum

Part of Spike Island Open Studios Online 2021

Reading Group: Braiding Sweetgrass

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

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.

Resilient

Join us for a collective exhibition of new work by emerging artists on the theme of resilience — of humans and nature

Dates

25/05/21 – 30/05/21

Organisation

Creative Youth Network

Restriction : Online Exhibition by The Correspondence Collection

An online exhibition based around the theme of restriction, showcasing new work from artists involved in The Correspondence Collective

Science Fictions

Apply to collaborate with artist Bedwyr Williams to create a new commission for the Science Museum’s National Collections Centre, Wiltshire.

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

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.

Studio KIND. presents: ‘Cathedral II’ by Peter Stiles

Peter Stiles will be returning to Studio KIND. with ‘Cathedral II’ in the form of a pop-up exhibition

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.

The Big Draw | A Picture of Health and Jo Spence

A range of free creative activities inspired by exhibitions at Arnolfini.

The Clayhill Creative Forum

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

The Portrait Within

‘The Portrait Within’ is The House of Smalls’ second show, and first in House II, featuring 35 UK and international artists.

The Red Zenith Collective First Call Out: EQUALITY

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

The Republics | Screening

We will be screening the beautiful black and white 16mm documentary essay ‘The Republics’ at CAST from 8 June — 10 July.

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.

The Space’s Online Audiences Toolkit

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

The Superhero Beaver and other Beaver Tails

Heard the story about the beaver who saved the world? Do you know how the beaver got a flat tail?

Date

26/10/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Book Artists…

Uncover the story of the talented artists who illustrated Ladybird books for more than 30 years. Curated by Ladybird expert and enthusiast Helen Day.

Dates

26/06/21 – 28/09/21

Organisation

The Museum of Gloucester

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.

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

Words / Design / Image in neon

We are commissioning a new artwork to install in the foyer of our flagship venue, God’s House Tower.

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

CLOSE Ltd

Clay­hill Arts

Art Work Exeter

Bricks

Fish Fac­to­ry Art Space CIC

Flock South West

MIR­ROR

‘a space’ arts

The Edge & Andrew Brownsword Gallery

east bris­tol contemporary

GUG­GLE­TON FARM ARTS

CAMP

Cul­ture Declares Emer­gency: Bris­tol and Beyond

Cine Sis­ters SW

Back Lane West

Chapel Arts Studios

Exeter Phoenix

The Muse­um of Gloucester

Dart­ing­ton Trust

Dart­ing­ton Trust

CAST

Cara­boo Projects

Arts and Cul­ture, Uni­ver­si­ty of Exeter

ZEL­DA

Yeovil Art Space

Visu­al Cul­ture Research Group

Visu­al Arts Plymouth

OSR Projects

Take A Part

Black Swan Arts

Roy­al Albert Memo­r­i­al Muse­um & Art Gallery

The Moth­er­ship

Arnolfi­ni

Cre­ativ­i­ty Works

More Than Ponies

Match­ett & Page

Stu­dio KIND.

John Hansard Gallery

Trin­i­ty Com­mu­ni­ty Arts

The Pearl Exchange

Gods House Tower

Fore­ground

Field Notes

Spike Island

2 spaces avail­able on ebc Day School

A green­er future? — Exeter Lit­er­ary Festival

A Sound Jour­ney to Free­dom by Phan­tom Limb and Noise in Yangon

Access-ing Hybrid Events

ACE Fund­ing Workshop

Ancient Jew­ellery

Angus Mac­don­ald: EVERY­THING PUT TOGETH­ER FALLS APART

Ani­ma Mun­di Presents: G7 — Cas­tles of Sand

Apply to the Dorset Artists Emer­gency Fund

Arnolfi­ni at 60

Art Exhi­bi­tion — Our Pos­i­tive Futures

Artist Devel­op­ment Bursaries

Artist Fair

Artist Oppor­tu­ni­ty — Black His­to­ry Month 2022 Commission

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

Arts & Ecol­o­gy res­i­den­cy pro­gramme open for applications

b‑side fes­ti­val 2021

Ban­ner Commission

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

BLM Resources from Jody Mul­vey / @sadgrads2020

brb

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

Call out for Artist-Educator

CAMP Hud­dle #2

Canopy art­s­JAB: For­est of Dean Cre­ative Show­case Festival

Cara­boo Loops

Clayhill Arts

Fish Factory Art Space CIC

MIRROR

east bristol contemporary

GUGGLETON FARM ARTS

Culture Declares Emergency: Bristol and Beyond

Cine Sisters SW

The Museum of Gloucester

Dartington Trust

Dartington Trust

Caraboo Projects

Arts and Culture, University of Exeter

ZELDA

Visual Culture Research Group

Visual Arts Plymouth

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

The Mothership

Arnolfini

Creativity Works

Matchett & Page

Studio KIND.

Trinity Community Arts

Foreground

2 spaces available on ebc Day School

A greener future? — Exeter Literary Festival

A Sound Journey to Freedom by Phantom Limb and Noise in Yangon

ACE Funding Workshop

Ancient Jewellery

Angus Macdonald: EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER FALLS APART

Anima Mundi Presents: G7 — Castles of Sand

Apply to the Dorset Artists Emergency Fund

Arnolfini at 60

Art Exhibition — Our Positive Futures

Artist Development Bursaries

Artist Opportunity — Black History Month 2022 Commission

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

b‑side festival 2021

Banner Commission

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

BLM Resources from Jody Mulvey / @sadgrads2020

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

CAMP Huddle #2

Canopy artsJAB: Forest of Dean Creative Showcase Festival

Caraboo Loops

CATALYST | Mentorship Program

Children’s Art Week 2020: Register your activity

Come Together: Digital Storyteller Commissions

Copperplate Calligraphy with Meticulous Ink

COVID-19: Artists Survival Guide by a space arts

COVID-19: Emergency Funding Links

Deitritus: A Solo Exhibition by Rose Hatcher

Dhaqan Collective: Archiving Glitches

Dream Mythology and Fairytale Creative Conversation Group

Elg Post 57 Ep 2 ‘Dawn’ by Rebecca Birch

Elg Post 57 Ep 3 ‘Quarry’ by Rebecca Birch

Engagement Fellowship for South West-based Curators

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

Exhibition: The Voices of Carers (Unpaid)

Far South-West based emerging art writer commission

Far South West Emerging Art Writer Commission Open Call

Film project — Bristol Creatives

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

Frank Bowling | Feeling Guide

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

GASS Collective Showcase

GASS Collective Showcase

Get Creative Outdoors

‘Get Going’ Marketing Workshops for Artists

Hannah Catherine Jones: Owed to Humana

Happenings: Creative Weekender by Together We Make, Pri’s Art Salon & Marma Sessions.

In Plain Sight: Transatlantic slavery and Devon

Independence is a myth: Exploring care in collaboration

Introducing VASW’s Latest Steering Group Members

Jim Carter — ‘Bone Skin Spirit’