Writing

1 2 3 YOUR BASKETOrder total£0.00“Slaving,” Enslavement and the Black presence in Devon — Dr Todd Gray MBE

Devon’s history of involvement with Africa initially centred on the trade of human cargoes but the lack of research has lead to divergent assumptions.

Date

04/05/22

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Region

Devon

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2 spaces available on ebc Day School

we have had 2 spaces come up at Day School and the opportunity to join the current group of participants until august 2022.

Writing

A greener future? — Exeter Literary Festival

A lively afternoon of insight, discussion and debate, and a chance to have your say among the UK’s leading green writers and thinkers.

Date

09/10/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Region

Devon

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Multidisciplinary

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

A Sound Journey to Freedom is a collaborative exhibition by Phantom Limb and Noise in Yangon, exploring musical ideas through visual art.

Above and Below — Part of Devon Open Studios 2022

An open call for new works that respond to the Time & Tide Bell project and their warning about the risks affecting coastal communities.

Multidisciplinary

Access-ing Hybrid Events

This workshop will explore how access, as a creative, community-building tool, can drive the artistic response to hybrid events.

Multidisciplinary

ACE Funding Workshop

‘a space’ arts are pleased to be kicking off 2022 with a new ACE Funding Workshop.

Multidisciplinary

ACT — creative commoning with PaP

You are invited to join PaP to walk, talk, share and dine together in an act of creative commoning in the New Forest.

Painting

Ancient Jewellery

Be the envy of your friends with a unique necklace or ancient tablet decorated with your name written in cuneiform.

Date

28/10/21

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Region

Devon

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Installation

Angus Macdonald: EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER FALLS APART

Everything Put Together Falls Apart: is the first solo exhibition by 2020 Glasgow School of Art graduate Angus Macdonald.

Multidisciplinary

Anima Mundi Presents: G7 — Castles of Sand

‘Castles of Sand’ at Anima Mundi coincides with the 2021 G7 World Leaders Summit taking place less than a mile from the gallery.

Apply for the Making Room Residency

‘a space’ arts are pleased to announce the Making Room Residency, which will offer a fully funded studio residency for local 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.

Multidisciplinary

Arnolfini at 60

Arnolfini celebrates its 60^th anniversary in 2021.

Multidisciplinary

Art Exhibition — Our Positive Futures

Exhibition of Art journaling for health and wellbeing.

Artist Development Bursaries

The Box welcomes applications for five £1,000 bursaries from SW artists, to support and share their practice through its digital platforms.

Printmaking

Artist Fair

The return of our Xmas artist fair

Dates

10/12/20 – 14/12/20

Organisation

Fish Factory Art Space CIC

Artist Open Call

Artist Open Call for artists experienced in community engagement, co-creation and socially engaged practice

Artist Open Call

Artist Open Call — This Land (The Last Landscape)

Artist Opportunity — Black History Month 2022 Commission

‘a space’ arts are pleased to welcome Expressions of Interest for a new commission at God’s House Tower, to mark Black History Month 2022

Printmaking

Artist Talk : Carl Middleton

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, we are hosting a series of Artist Talks that explore the lives and practice of artists

Multidisciplinary

Artist Talk : Eleanor Matthews @postart_uk

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, we are hosting a series of Artist Talks that explore the lives and practice of artists

Multidisciplinary

Artist Talk : Gordon Coldwell

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, we are hosting a series of Artist Talks that explore the lives and practice of artists

Textiles

Artist Talk : Jennifer Collier

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, we are hosting a series of Artist Talks that explore the lives and practice of artists

Multidisciplinary

Artist Talk : Michael Leigh

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, we are hosting a series of Artist Talks that explore the lives and practice of artists

Multidisciplinary

Artist Talk : The Bruton Correspondence School

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, this is the first in a series of Artist Talks, exploring the lives and practice of art

Writing

Artist Talk : The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society

As part of the Correspondence Collective Restriction Exhibiton, we are hosting a series of Artist Talks that explore the lives and practice of artists

Arts & Ecology residency programme open for applications

We are inviting applications for a three-week residency at Dartington. These three weeks start on 6^th September and lead up to Cyfest 14: Ferment

Multidisciplinary

Arts Workshops 2022

Dates

08/05/22 – 16/10/22

Organiser

Alice Sheppard Fidler

Region

Gloucestershire

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Multidisciplinary

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.

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.

Multidisciplinary

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

Performance

Between the Pearl and Berry Laden : Performance

A performance and installation in response to our unique setting here in Lostwithiel, Cornwall. Part of RESIDENT at UNIT3 SPACE

Multidisciplinary

Between the Pearl and Berry Laden : Sound and Plant Gathering Walk

You are invited to help create this work by joining a plant and sound gathering walk that will feed into an installation and performance

Performance

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.

Multidisciplinary

Bristol School of Art Degree Show

Bristol School of Art students and staff are pleased to invite you to our Degree and Foundation Shows 2022!

Dates

08/06/22 – 13/06/22

Organisation

Bristol School of Art

Region

Bristol

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Multidisciplinary

Bristol School of Art Foundation Show

Bristol School of Art students and staff are pleased to invite you to our Degree and Foundation Shows 2022!

Dates

24/05/22 – 29/05/22

Organisation

Bristol School of Art

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

Call-out to Artists for Fringe Arts Bath Festival 2022

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

Multidisciplinary

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.

Multidisciplinary

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

CONFINED

Confined will be a group show in The House of Smalls between 15 May — 12 June 2022.

Writing

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

Writing

Creative Writing Workshop with Louisa Adjoa Parker

Join us for a creative writing session with Louisa Adjoa Parker.

Date

22/10/22

Organisation

Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG)

Region

Devon

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Multidisciplinary

Crit Club

Join the Crit Club, every third Thursday of the month as part of Ocean Studios late opening 6 – 8pm

Date

19/05/22

Organisation

Ocean Studios - Real Ideas

Dappled Light

Dappled Light is an exhibition that brings together diverse contemporary artists within the context of Woodgreen Village Hall Murals of the New Forest

Multidisciplinary

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

Region

Cornwall

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Multidisciplinary

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.

Performance

Dreaming up the Past — Roman mythology by the Roman wall

Roman mythology by the Roman wall part of Cygnets Dream Festival.

Date

17/06/22

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Region

Devon

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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.

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

Emerging Artist Commission: Mangotsfield Folly

Artists/artist collectives sought to develop a funded site-specific project at Mangotsfield Station on the Bristol-Bath Railway Path

Closing

17:00 11/07/22

Fee

3 commissions available @ £1,500 each

Region

Bristol

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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

Multidisciplinary

‘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.

Photography

Exhibition: The Voices of Carers (Unpaid)

Showcasing the hidden lives of unpaid carers through photography and writing

Expressions of Interest: Artist’s Neon Signs

4x opportunities for SW-based visual artists to have a new artwork fabricated as a neon sign.

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)

Region

Bristol

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Installation

Forest: Wake this Ground

Explore the many interconnected layers existing above and below the forest floor with Forest: Wake this Ground.

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.

Painting

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.

Multidisciplinary

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.

Multidisciplinary

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.

Multidisciplinary

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.

Multidisciplinary

Get Creative Outdoors

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

Digital

‘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.

Writing

GHT Creative Writing Group #1

Join us for this new series of Creative Writing workshops in the beautiful surroundings of God’s House Tower hosted by Susmita Bhattacharya

Writing

GHT Creative Writing Group #2

Join us for this new series of Creative Writing workshops in the beautiful surroundings of God’s House Tower hosted by Susmita Bhattacharya.

Multidisciplinary

Ground Works

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

Sound

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.

Multidisciplinary

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.

Photography

Holding the Baby, A Conversation

Join us for a conversation about parenthood, photography, and sharing stories.

Moving Image

Huw Wahl | Talk and Screening

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

Multidisciplinary

Ida Applebroog. Right Up To Now 1969 – 2021

Ida Applebroog’s exhibition consists of important new works created over the past year, with highlights from the her largest retrospective to date

Dates

28/01/22 – 02/05/22

Organisation

Hauser & Wirth Somerset

Region

Somerset

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Research

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 – 05/06/22

Organisation

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Region

Devon

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Multidisciplinary

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.

Multidisciplinary

Isn’t Bite Also Touch? An event on Contagion and Desire

Join us at Spike Island for a dynamic hybrid session including films, small group conversations and live readings from artists and writers.

Painting

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

Region

Devon

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Sculpture

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.

Multidisciplinary

Jitish Kallat: Tangled Hierarchy

Tangled Hierarchy explores the relationships between silence/speech, visibility/invisibility, action/inaction, bodies/phantom pain.

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)

Region

Region-wide

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Drawings on book pages examples small file Kate Walters

Painting

Kate Walters | The Beauty Way | Workshop

Mystic paths (in nature and in our bodies): how are we carried by them, how they create maps in our being-ness…

Dates

08/08/22 – 12/08/22

Organisation

School of Art & Wellbeing

Region

Devon

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Performance

Katrina Brown — Em[bed]ding circle

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

Digital

KINETIC JAM

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

Multidisciplinary

Mark Samsworth — Showdown

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

Sculpture

Materiality

4 women artists: Fiona Campbell, Kelly O’Brien, Kate McDonnell and Nicola Turner are showcasing large-scale objects and interventions in the Chapel.

Curating

Mentor Mondays: Kinnari Saraiya

SO Artists, sign up for our first Mentor Monday with Kinnari Saraiya

Photography

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)

Region

Devon

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Writing

Modern Calligraphy with Lyndsey from Wild Sea Calligraphy

Join Lyndsey from Wild Sea Calligraphy for an introduction to modern calligraphy.

Installation

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.

Multidisciplinary

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.

Sculpture

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

Multidisciplinary

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

Multidisciplinary

On Care with The Walking Reading Group

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

Digital

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

Multidisciplinary

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 for UK-based Artists: Spike Island & Creative Youth Network Engagement Fellowship 2023

Spike Island and Creative Youth Network are inviting applications from UK-based artists for the second Engagement Fellowship for Artists.

Closing

23:59 05/09/22

Fee

£5,000 fee & £8,000 production budget

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: Love Letters

We want you to send us your love letters as part of our upcoming Black History Month exhibition.

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

Multidisciplinary

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

Region

Somerset

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Digital

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

Region

Cornwall

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Multidisciplinary

Parallels / Encounters: Art, Words and their Meetings

Two part symposium on the parallel of art and words in contemporary visual art practices and how they come together in forms of publication.

Sculpture

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.

Performance

POETRY AFTERNOON WITH RACHAEL ALLEN

An informal poetry afternoon, with Rachael Allen

Multidisciplinary

Practice — Group Exhibition

An exhibition of work including drawing, print, photography, sculpture, mixed media.

Dates

07/04/22 – 11/04/22

Organisation

Fish Factory Art Space CIC

Region

Cornwall

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Printmaking

Print and Zine Fair

Art Prints Books & Zines Fair

Date

05/12/20

Organisation

Fish Factory Art Space CIC

Print in Action Festival: Stall

Apply for a stall at Print in Action Festival! We are on the hunt for Printmakers and suppliers supporting printmaking to join us on ²²⁄₂₃ October 22.

Sculpture

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.

Performance

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.

Writing

Reading Event: Natasha MacVoy and Carol Laidler with Caroline Vitzthum

Part of Spike Island Open Studios Online 2021

Writing

Reading Group: Braiding Sweetgrass

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

Multidisciplinary

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.

Research

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.

Research

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.

Research

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.

Research

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.

Research

Red River Stannary

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

Multidisciplinary

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

Region

Bristol

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Multidisciplinary

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

Printmaking

Sandra’s Salon with David Ferry RE, Printmaker

Join Sandra Higgins and David Ferry for an evening of lively discussion about David’s work, where audience participation is warmly encouraged.

Photography

Sandra’s Salon with Max Milligan, Photographer + book signing

Join Sandra and Max for an evening of lively discussion about Max’s career, and his book ‘Birth of a Volcano’.

Writing

Sandra’s Salon with Suzannah V. Evans, Poet

Join Sandra Higgins and Suzannah V Evans for an evening of discussion about Suzannah’s poetry, where audience participation is warmly encouraged.

Multidisciplinary

SAY SOMETHING

A conversation discussing Ida Applebroog’s life and timely work, alongside her pioneering contribution to the feminist movement since the 1970s.

Date

08/03/22

Organisation

Hauser & Wirth Somerset

Region

Somerset

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Moving Image

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

Seeking an Artist Facilitator

The West of England Visual Arts Alliance, hosted at Bath Spa University, are seeking an experienced Artist Facilitator to lead a series of workshops.

Multidisciplinary

Shiraz Bayjoo in conversation with Melissa Chemam

Join artist Shiraz Bayjoo, in conversation with writer, journalist and Arnolfini Writer in Residence, Melissa Chemam.

Multidisciplinary

Social Making: Socially Engaged Practice Now and Next 2022

Take A Part are delighted to present the fourth biennial symposium Social Making: Socially Engaged Practice Now & Next — Grounding & Spatial Justice

Public art

Somerset Reacquainted Exhibition

A collective reflection by 63 Somerset artists during lockdown

Multidisciplinary

Sound-Image-Text

Drop networking & making using text & sound, as part of CAMP on Tour

Multidisciplinary

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.

Start Something Print — Residency

Real Ideas are here to help with your next steps in your print making journey. This summer, we are looking to support six print focused short-term res

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.

Painting

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

Multidisciplinary

Talk — Dhaqan Collective: Archiving Glitches

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

Painting

Talking Brushes, and Figures of Speech

Exhibition of new work by five Cornwall artists who work from life and from words, with an extra focus on people reading during Penzance Litfest.

Drawing

The Big Draw | A Picture of Health and Jo Spence

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

Multidisciplinary

The Clayhill Creative Forum

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

Multidisciplinary

The Hide Installation and Sculpture Showcase

THISS 2022 — The Hide Installation and Sculpture Showcase (Part of SITE Festival)

Dates

11/06/22 – 19/06/22

Organiser

Alice Sheppard Fidler

Region

Gloucestershire

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Multidisciplinary

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.

Writing

Filter Writing

Spike Island

Dart­ing­ton Trust

Dart­ing­ton Trust

The Muse­um of Gloucester

Exeter Phoenix

Chapel Arts Studios

Arts and Cul­ture, Uni­ver­si­ty of Exeter

Back Lane West

Bath Art Depot

Cine Sis­ters SW

The Hide Artist Retreat

Cul­ture Declares Emer­gency: Bris­tol and Beyond

GUG­GLE­TON FARM ARTS

Clay­hill Arts

east bris­tol contemporary

The Edge & Andrew Brownsword Gallery

‘a space’ arts

Libraries Unlim­it­ed

MIR­ROR

Flock South West

Fish Fac­to­ry Art Space CIC

BEAF Arts Co

Bricks

Nailsea Arts Centre

Art Work Exeter

CAST

CAMP

Cara­boo Projects

Cre­ativ­i­ty Works

Field Notes

Fore­ground

Fringe Arts Bath

Gods House Tower

Open­Sto­ry­Tellers

Pho­toworks

The Pearl Exchange

Trin­i­ty Com­mu­ni­ty Arts

Bris­tol School of Art

John Hansard Gallery

Uni­ver­si­ty Of The West Of England

Stu­dio KIND.

Match­ett & Page

More Than Ponies

Arnolfi­ni

ZEL­DA

The Moth­er­ship

North Devon Artist Residency

Roy­al Albert Memo­r­i­al Muse­um & Art Gallery

Black Swan Arts

Ocean Stu­dios — Real Ideas

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Take A Part

School of Art, Film and Media, Bath Spa University

CLOSE Ltd

OSR Projects

Pen­zance Life Group

Visu­al Arts Plymouth

Visu­al Cul­ture Research Group

Yeovil Art Space

1 2 3 YOUR BAS­KE­TOrder total£0.00“Slaving,” Enslave­ment and the Black pres­ence in Devon — Dr Todd Gray MBE

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

Above and Below — Part of Devon Open Stu­dios 2022

Access-ing Hybrid Events

ACE Fund­ing Workshop

ACT — cre­ative com­mon­ing with PaP

Ancient Jew­ellery

Angus Mac­don­ald: EVERY­THING PUT TOGETH­ER FALLS APART

Ani­ma Mun­di Presents: G7 — Cas­tles of Sand

Apply for the Mak­ing Room Residency

Apply to the Dorset Artists Emer­gency Fund

Arnolfi­ni at 60

Art Exhi­bi­tion — Our Pos­i­tive Futures

Artist Devel­op­ment Bursaries

Artist Fair

Artist Open Call

Artist Open Call

Dartington Trust

Dartington Trust

The Museum of Gloucester

Arts and Culture, University of Exeter

Cine Sisters SW

Culture Declares Emergency: Bristol and Beyond

GUGGLETON FARM ARTS

Clayhill Arts

east bristol contemporary

Libraries Unlimited

MIRROR

Fish Factory Art Space CIC

Caraboo Projects

Creativity Works

Foreground

OpenStoryTellers

Photoworks

Trinity Community Arts

Bristol School of Art

University Of The West Of England

Studio KIND.

Matchett & Page

Arnolfini

ZELDA

The Mothership

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Ocean Studios — Real Ideas

Penzance Life Group

Visual Arts Plymouth

Visual Culture Research Group

1 2 3 YOUR BASKETOrder total£0.00“Slaving,” Enslavement and the Black presence in Devon — Dr Todd Gray MBE

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

Above and Below — Part of Devon Open Studios 2022

ACE Funding Workshop

ACT — creative commoning with PaP

Ancient Jewellery

Angus Macdonald: EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER FALLS APART

Anima Mundi Presents: G7 — Castles of Sand

Apply for the Making Room Residency

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

Arts Workshops 2022

b‑side festival 2021

Banner Commission

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

Between the Pearl and Berry Laden : Sound and Plant Gathering Walk

Bibliotherapy for the Anthropocene with Bram Thomas Arnold

Updated: BLM Resources Compiled by VASW

BLM Resources from Jody Mulvey / @sadgrads2020

Bristol School of Art Degree Show

Bristol School of Art Foundation Show

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

Call-out to Artists for Fringe Arts Bath Festival 2022

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

CONFINED

Copperplate Calligraphy with Meticulous Ink

COVID-19: Artists Survival Guide by a space arts

COVID-19: Emergency Funding Links

Creative Writing Workshop with Louisa Adjoa Parker

Dappled Light

Deitritus: A Solo Exhibition by Rose Hatcher

Dhaqan Collective: Archiving Glitches

Dream Mythology and Fairytale Creative Conversation Group

Dreaming up the Past — Roman mythology by the Roman wall

Elg Post 57 Ep 2 ‘Dawn’ by Rebecca Birch