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VASW advocates for people in the visual arts, and connects artists and organisations across the region with the resources they need to thrive.

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Artist-led: ZEST

An ongoing series profiling artist-led initiatives and groups in the South West. This month we are celebrating ZEST.

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Artist and Art Worker Survey

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Threads: Clothing Memory and Identity

Celebrate all things fashion in our summer exhibition.

19/07/25 – 01/11/25

Chippenham Museum

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A Life Outside: Hope Bourne on Exmoor

Discover the extraordinary creative output of nature writer and artist Hope Bourne in this new appraisal of her work on display at Somerset.

27/09/25 – 10/01/26

South West Heritage Trust

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The Errant Collaborators (a play within a play)

MIRROR presents The Errant Collaborators (a play within a play)

24/10/25 – 17/12/25

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Call to Curators : Fringe Arts Bath Festival 2026

FaB is a test-bed for new ideas, a platform for early-career Curators, Artists & those who prefer to operate outside the gallery-based scene.

Bath & NE Somerset

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Drawing School and Outreach Lead

The role of Drawing School and Outreach Lead will combine the educational delivery of 2D art with the development of our community outreach.

28K-32K pro rata - experience dependent

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Open Call for Artists! 32^nd Community Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality

Take part in a unique opportunity to exhibit in the Metaverse and engage with a global audience through an immersive, accessible experience.

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Open Call for Artists — 21^st Community Art Exhibition

Exhibit your artwork at Circular ArtSpace – East Bristol’s vibrant gallery supporting emerging and under-represented artists

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ESC

Supporting Braindance, Acid, IDM music in the UKs South West and beyond plus live visual arts

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N‑E-W

N|E|W is a positive, enthusiastic, experimental, open platform for contemporary art.

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Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives: art, applied art, archaeology, biology, social, industrial and maritime history, world cultures and archives.

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