Contemporary Visual Arts Network North West (CVAN NW)
Contemporary Visual Arts Network North West (CVAN NW) is a network creating opportunities for artists, organisations and professionals to develop their practice, share ideas, knowledge and resources, and cultivate relationships. They provide…
Art Network North East
Art Network North East is an advocacy and development organisation for the visual arts. We work with individuals and organisations across the region to support existing activity, effect change where it’s needed, and raise the profile of…
Arts Worker Directory
Arts Worker Directory is an ever growing resource of independents, freelancers and small businesses working within the arts across the East Midlands
TKE Studios
The Tracey Emin Foundation is a registered charity based in Margate, focused on supporting and promoting the visual arts. Its aim is to advance public education in both the appreciation and practice of visual art, including through the…
UAL Digital Collections
UAL’s digital collections include art works made by students, staff and alumni, and the history of UAL. Collections also include:
Visual Artists Association
Paid for membership network for visual artists including:
2020 Curates Creative Careers
Art business consultant based in Ireland offering paid for workshops and one to one mentoring to artists. Focus on art sales and generating sustainable incomes from artistic practice. Themes include working with galleries, selling art online,…
Digital Benin
Digital Benin brings together information from 5,246 objects across 131 institutions in 20 countries on the royal artefacts looted by British forces from the Kingdom of Benin (now Edo State, Nigeria) in February 1897 and distributed in its immediate aftermath. Historic Benin objects are…
Touring Exhibitions Group
Arts Council England funded non profit professional development organisation that supports touring exhibitions. Working across the UK and internationally with organisations of all sizes and types, representing all disciplines, including arts, craft, design, social history, natural history,…
UK Business Climate Hub
Provides net zero advice for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK, including case studies and information on funding.
The Black Curriculum
Social enterprise that addresses the lack of Black British history in local and national curriculums. Programmes for ages 3 25 aim to equip all young people with a sense of identity, and the tools to navigate a…
The 93% Club
A members’ club and social enterprise for people who went to state schools. Aims to dismantle class inequality in Britain through the power of community, breaking down structural barriers to social mobility and building a fairer future…
The Race Equality Code
Code and Accountability Framework for organisations to address race inequality in the boardroom and senior leadership team. Along with current best practice around addressing the challenges organisations face in this area, its Drivers provide radical and…
Liberate Tate
Archive of action and news from the art collective that carried out a 6 year campaign (2010 2016) to end BP sponsorship of Tate Gallery. The group made numerous performance interventions inside Tate galleries, including covering a naked…
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Creative Diversity
Set up in 2019 to identify and tackle obstacles to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the UK’s creative sector. Research has demonstrated the labour inequalities across the creative economy, and the APPG seeks…
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/230920/creative-diversity.htm
World Cities Culture Forum
A network of 38 ‘global cities’ that believe that culture helps create high quality urban centres and seek to make sustainable urban development, tackle climate change, and promote social equality. The Forum lets policymakers share research…
The Audience Agency
Charity that provides knowledge, data and insight for cultural organisations to understand their audiences. Tools and resources help arts organisations segment audiences and build audience strategy, develop and evaluate programmes, and get training.
Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
Provides independent research and policy recommendations for the UK’s creative industries. Themes include geography of the creative industries, value of arts and culture, skills and jobs, IP, diversity and inclusion, and business models.