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Arts Uni­ver­si­ty Ply­mouth Char­i­ta­ble Trust

We sup­port Arts Uni­ver­si­ty Ply­mouth by enabling access to cre­ative learn­ing. We help uni­ver­si­ty stu­dents & young peo­ple around the Ply­mouth area.
Region
Plymouth
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Multidisciplinary

TOSH (The Old School House)

TOSH is a Boscombe based non-prof­it ded­i­cat­ed to sup­port­ing cre­ative career growth and pro­vid­ing arts activ­i­ties for our diverse local community.
Region
Bournemouth
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Printmaking

No Place Art

Con­tem­po­rary Art Exhibitions
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary

CVAN LON­DON

CVAN Lon­don is a free-to-access research-led, sec­tor sup­port and advo­ca­cy network
Region
Region-wide
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Public art

ACE

Arts Coun­cil Eng­land is the nation­al agency for fund­ing and sup­port­ing organ­i­sa­tions, artists, events and oth­ers in the cre­ative and cul­tur­al sector.
Region
Region-wide
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Education

West of Eng­land Music and Arts

West of Eng­land Music and Arts brings togeth­er young peo­ple, edu­ca­tors and cre­ative pro­fes­sion­als to inspire through music, arts and culture
Region
Bristol
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Education

Fal­mouth University

Fal­mouth Uni­ver­si­ty: a hub of cre­ative innovation
Region
Cornwall
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Writing

A Cloak for Courage

Eco-poet duo kin’d & kin’d (Kay Syrad & Clare Whistler) will give a talk about the con­cep­tion and mak­ing of their Cloak for Courage.
Date
21/02/25
Organisation
Bath Art Depot
Region
Bath & NE Somerset
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Writing

A Paper Maker’s Field Trip, Maria Amidu

Maria Amidu’s short res­i­den­cy A Paper Maker’s Field Trip explores writ­ing, paper, and the artist-art­work-view­er relationship.
Dates
02/07/25 – 01/08/25
Organisation
Aspex Portsmouth
Region
Portsmouth
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Multidisciplinary

Asso­ciate Pro­gramme Producer

Asso­ciate Pro­gramme Producer
Closing
10:00 09/03/26
Fee
£26,500 pro rata
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary

Bat, Moon, Womb by Tump

Artist col­lec­tive explor­ing the spec­u­la­tive past, present and future of the region’s enig­mat­ic mega­lith­ic structures.
Dates
25/04/24 – 30/04/24
Organisation
Sacred Thing
Region
Gloucestershire
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Performance

BIRD­WA­TER // KERTECZ#19

An evening of per­for­mances by Writ­ers , Son­ic and Visu­al Artists
Date
08/03/25
Organisation
D-UNIT GALLERY
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary

Bloom again

Bloom again brings togeth­er the works of four indi­vid­u­als explor­ing states of in-between with­in their cre­ative practices.
Dates
10/05/24 – 24/06/24
Organisation
Hweg
Region
Cornwall
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Writing

Book Launch: Ella Frear’s Good Lord

Join Ella Frears to cel­e­brate the release of her high­ly antic­i­pat­ed new pub­li­ca­tion Goodlord
Date
20/06/24
Organisation
Tate St Ives
Region
Cornwall
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Multidisciplinary

Call out for Visu­al Arts Tour Booker

Roar­ing Girl Pro­duc­tions are look­ing to con­nect with an expe­ri­enced Visu­al Arts Tour Book­er and/​or expe­ri­enced curator
Closing
12:00 05/01/26
Fee
15 days at £250 - £350 funding dependant
Region
Bristol
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Curating

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.
Closing
23:59 31/10/25
Region
Bath & NE Somerset
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Writing

CKA Mix­er: The Pow­er of a Pause | Lucy Beckley

A cre­ative writ­ing work­shop explor­ing what it means to slow down
Date
21/01/26
Organisation
Creative Kernow Associates
Region
Cornwall
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Multidisciplinary

Cre­ative Futures — Paid com­mis­sion and Free stu­dio space

A 3‑month paid com­mis­sion for mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary artists as part of the Cre­ative Futures pro­gramme at Cre­ative Youth Network
Closing
17:00 02/04/24
Fee
£500
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary

Cre­ative Repair Café

Free! In the day use our space as you need. In the evening come togeth­er to devel­op prac­tice through skill shar­ing, explor­ing ideas, peer support.
Date
28/07/25
Organisation
KIT FORM & Jamaica Street Studios
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary

Day School Open Call 24⁄25

Day School is a year-long pro­gramme, offer­ing artists a shared stu­dio space along­side month­ly edu­ca­tion days with guest artists.
Closing
23:30 10/06/24
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary

DOOZY002:Lore

A Doozy: exhi­bi­tion + zine launch + new mur­al unveil­ing + live AV gig + club­night on the theme of lore.
Dates
13/01/24 – 28/01/24
Organisation
Doozy Mag
Region
Bristol
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Painting

Edgar Bar­clay’s Stonehenge

Dis­cov­er Edgar Bar­clay’s unique oil paint­ing of Stone­henge from the ear­ly 1890s.
Dates
24/01/25 – 10/05/25
Organisation
Young Gallery
Region
Wiltshire
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Multidisciplinary

Flamm Pop-up Shop: Flash Call-Out

Flamm 2026, tak­ing place in Bod­min, invites sub­mis­sions to be part of its Pop-Up shop for artist pub­li­ca­tions, edi­tions and products.
Closing
23:59 26/01/26
Region
Cornwall
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Join GATHER at THE HIDE A Womens Event morning of networking exploring the theme Care in creative careers 4
Multidisciplinary

GATH­ER at THE HIDE

Join GATH­ER for a morn­ing of net­work­ing focused on the theme ​‘Care’ in cre­ative careers.
Date
11/03/24
Organisation
The Hide Artist Retreat
Region
Gloucestershire
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Multidisciplinary

GATH­ER at The Hide for Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day. An art net­work­ing event with guest speak­er — Jo Harrison

We invite you to GATH­ER with us for Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day, 8th March. Come and enjoy a relaxed art net­work­ing event with speak­er Jo Harrison.
Date
08/03/25
Organiser
Alice Sheppard Fidler
Region
Gloucestershire
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Writing

GHT Cre­ative Writ­ing Group with Liz Amos

Led by Led Amos, the GHT CWG offers a series of free writ­ing work­shops using our con­tem­po­rary art pro­gramme as the stim­u­lus for creativity.
Date
09/05/26
Organisation
'a space' arts
Region
Southampton
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Marketing

Head of Mar­ket­ing and Comms

The Head of Mar­ket­ing and Com­mu­ni­ca­tions is at the heart of our work, report­ing to, and work­ing close­ly with the RWA Director.
Closing
00:00 23/03/25
Fee
£33,000
Region
Bristol
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Voicing the Other - Residency opening
Installation

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Artists, researchers, and col­lab­o­ra­tors Dr Jaana Erkkilä-Hill and Dr Angela Bar­tram take over Grow Plymouth’s Project Space for a three-week residency
Dates
28/04/26 – 29/04/26
Organisation
Grow, Plymouth
Region
Plymouth
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Moving Image

In Con­ver­sa­tion: James Pad­dock and Lisa Slominski

Join artist James Pad­dock in-con­ver­sa­tion with cura­tor Lisa Slomin­s­ki to dis­cuss his solo exhi­bi­tion Life Could Be Done So Much Better
Date
27/01/24
Organisation
Exeter Phoenix
Region
Devon
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Multidisciplinary
Writing

Irri­ta­ble Croc­o­diles and Burnt Onions: Writ­ing a Great Artist Statement

Cura­tor George Vasey reflects on avoid­ing some of the com­mon pit­falls and tips for writ­ing a great artist statement.
Posted
01/05/24
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Writing

JOAN­NA KAVEN­NA AND PHILIP MARS­DEN IN CONVERSATION

A spe­cial evening talk with two authors.
Date
20/02/26
Organisation
CAST
Region
Cornwall
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Disability arts

Join Access BEAF: Sup­port­ing Neu­ro­di­ver­gent and Dis­abled Artists 2025

We are invit­ing appli­ca­tions from neu­ro­di­ver­gent and dis­abled cre­atives liv­ing or work­ing in Dorset and Hamp­shire to be part of this year’s residency,
Closing
17:00 30/05/25
Fee
£500
Region
Hampshire
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Multidisciplinary

KIT FORM STUDIO

KIT FORM STU­DIO opens its doors every last Mon­day of the month. Free space to meet, test ideas, doc­u­ment, install or make work — with free Wi-Fi
Date
23/02/26
Organiser
Katie Davies
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary

KRATE

Pub­lic fac­ing res­i­den­cy ini­tia­tive explor­ing cre­ative tac­tics in response to The-Climate-Change-Emergency.
Fee
£500+ (dependent on funding).
Region
Region-wide
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Writing

Lan­guage Con­scious­ness Mag­ick Romance, Thomas Sharp

The cor­ri­dor gallery will will be trans­formed into a phys­i­cal explo­ration and exten­sion of Thomas Sharp’s book, Lan­guage Con­scious­ness Mag­ick Romance.
Dates
01/04/25 – 26/04/25
Organisation
Field System
Region
Devon
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Multidisciplinary

Lead Artists for Cre­ativ­i­ty Walks

East­leigh Bor­ough Coun­cil is invit­ing sub­mis­sions from Artists or an Artist Col­lec­tive to lead Cre­ativ­i­ty Walks across Bursle­don, Ham­ble and Hound.
Closing
12:00 01/05/25
Fee
5 x £1000
Region
Hampshire
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Multidisciplinary

Make your­self at home

Hweg Gallery – Open Call for group exhibition.
Closing
00:00 19/04/24
Region
Cornwall
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Marketing

Mar­ket­ing Manager

Part-time Mar­ket­ing Man­ag­er for craft focused organisation
Closing
18:00 16/02/24
Fee
£18,000 per year (part-time 0.6 FTE)
Region
Gloucestershire
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Public Art

Micro Com­mis­sions 2026

Som­er­set Artist Opportunity
Closing
17:00 20/03/26
Fee
Up to £2000
Region
Somerset
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Disability arts

NAIM: July Meet Up

We are host­ing our July net­work meet up, this month focus­ing on how we talk and write about our prac­tice and our work.
Date
02/07/25
Organisation
Art In Motion
Region
Bristol
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Sculpture

Nan­cy Lupo: Sev­er­al Chick­ens Later

Spike Island presents Sev­er­al Chick­ens Lat­er, Nan­cy Lupo (b.1983, Flagstaff, AZ)’s largest exhi­bi­tion in the UK to date.
Dates
30/05/26 – 06/09/26
Organisation
Spike Island
Region
Bristol
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Writing

Nation­al Poet­ry Day – Writ­ing for Well­be­ing with Dr Claire Williamson

A relax­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty to write freely and share with oth­ers (option­al) in a nur­tur­ing space with prize-win­ning author, Dr Claire Williamson
Date
02/10/25
Organisation
Super Culture
Region
North Somerset
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Marketing

Office and Oper­a­tional Coordinator

Ilmin­ster Arts cen­tre is look­ing for an Office and Oper­a­tional Coor­di­na­tor to sup­port the deliv­ery of it’s services.
Closing
23:55 05/05/26
Fee
£14469 per year (part time)
Region
Somerset
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Writing

Open Call: Writer-in-Res­i­dence, Traces of the Non-Existent

Aspex Portsmouth is part­ner­ing with Pho­toworks to offer an excit­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty for a writer to be in residence.
Closing
09:00 30/05/24
Fee
£500
Region
Region-wide
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Multidisciplinary

Pre­view Night: Spike Island Open Stu­dios 2024

Book your free place for the evening pre­view of Open Stu­dios 2024.
Date
03/05/24
Organisation
Spike Island
Region
Bristol
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Multidisciplinary

Print in Action — Cre­ative Intersections

Join Print in Action at Ocean Stu­dios on Sat­ur­day, 24th Feb, a day of cre­ative dis­cov­ery, dis­cus­sions, demos, artist’ open stu­dios & exhibitions.
Date
24/02/24
Organisation
Real Art Make Print at Ocean Studios
Region
Plymouth
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Printmaking

Print In Action Fes­ti­val 2025

Cel­e­brate Print­mak­ing at our next Print in Action Fes­ti­val April 26th — 27th. High­light­ing print from all cor­ners of the South­west and beyond.
Dates
26/04/25 – 28/04/25
Organisation
Real Art Make Print at Ocean Studios
Region
Plymouth
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Writing
Writing

Sci­ence Fic­tion as Activism: Spec­u­lat­ing Cre­ative Prax­is read­ing list

A read­ing list by Ama Josephine Budge (writer/​artist/​pleasure activist).
Posted
23/04/24
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Multidisciplinary

Shap­ing the Visu­al Arts Nationally

Cre­ative coach and entre­pre­neur Ceri Hand inter­views CVAN’s nation­al direc­tor, artist and cura­tor Paula Orrell about mak­ing the arts more equitable.
Posted
11/01/24
Region
Region-wide
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Public art

Som­er­set Art Weeks Festival

Open Call for exhi­bi­tions, events, and fes­ti­val activities
Closing
11:59 30/04/26
Region
Somerset
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Writing

Tate St Ives Ithell Colquhoun Study Day — The spaces between: From the indi­vid­ual to the collective

A social evening and study day to gath­er and share reflec­tions on the work of artist Ithell Colquhoun
Dates
02/05/25 – 04/05/25
Organisation
Tate St Ives
Region
Cornwall
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Writing

The ARE­VA Writ­ers’ Room II

A 6‑part, 3‑month pro­gramme help­ing organ­i­sa­tions exam­ine insti­tu­tion­al lan­guage, reduce bias, and cre­ate vocab­u­lar­ies of equi­ty and care.
Closing
23:59 03/12/25
Region
Region-wide
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Installation

The Courts Visu­al Arts Com­mis­sion 2024

Cre­ative Youth Net­work is look­ing for emerg­ing and ear­ly career artists aged 16 – 25 years old to cre­ate art­work for their new cre­ative enter­prise hub
Closing
10:00 23/02/24
Fee
£1000.00
Region
Bristol
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Writing

THEIR x FLARB (Free Lazy Arty Rad­i­cal Bookclub)

Join Ellen Gillett (she/​they) for FLARB, the Free Lazy Arty Rad­i­cal Book­club, in a spe­cial THEIR session.
Date
02/05/26
Organisation
'a space' arts
Region
Southampton
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Research

What if…?

Seeds of Tomor­row Grow­ing Today. Join us online or in-per­son in Bris­tol for a night of explo­ration into the world of com­mu­ni­ty tech and art!
Date
17/10/24
Organisation
Knowle West Media Centre
Region
Bristol
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Writing

WIT­TA verse Film

Inter­views and mate­ri­als gath­ered at an infor­mal week-long cre­ative residency/​experiment called ​‘WIT­TA verse’, led by Lizzie Lloyd and Kit Poulson.
Posted
01/05/24
Region
Region-wide
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Multidisciplinary
Writing

WIT­TA Writ­ing Resource, Film and Podcast

Resources by Lizzie Lloyd and Kit Poul­son; points of depar­ture, a lit­tle some­thing to turn your writ­ing inside out and upside down.
Posted
01/05/24
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Multidisciplinary

Work Par­ty for Cheats

A play­ful com­mu­nal space for cre­atives to get the stuff done that we just can’t get done. Each par­ty­go­er brings a task that has defeat­ed them.
Date
01/10/24
Organisation
Knowle West Media Centre
Region
Bristol
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