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,…
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…
Flanders Arts Institute
Expertise centre for visual arts, performance arts & classical music. The Institute supports and stimulates the development of the arts and policy. It works in arts research, support for artists and organisations, and international relations / exchange.
Node Center
E learning programme for curators and art professionals. Courses include curating and exhibition design, financial management for artists, art writing and criticism, art handling, and art gallery management.
Art & People
Bristol based art advisory service. Offers professional development coaching for artists and accessible curating advice for collectors. Coaching is available as single one to one sessions, multiple sessions over 6 weeks, or in groups.
B&R Productions
One to one development for creative writers, including editing and dramaturgical support, either online or in person at The Studio in Hastings.
https://www.bandrproductions.co.uk/individual-creative-practice-development
Victoria Helena Mihatovic
Coaching and one to one career mentoring with artists, including reduced rates for students and recent graduates.
Castlefield Gallery Associates
Membership scheme for artists, writers and independent creatives working in contemporary art from Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. £60 per year (2023). Provides members with information, skills, opportunities, resources, promotion and critical dialogue. Regular monthly in person and online…
Starving Artists
Paid for membership artist led organisation listing a wide range of artist opportunities and open calls, plus mentoring.
FREELANCE : FUTURES resources
FREELANCE : FUTURES was a summer programme of learning and action for equitable conditions in culture in 2022. Most seminars and presentations were recorded and are still available online. Sessions explored sector organising, freelancer rights and…
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuE1_rPcXIz-0aKm_HvcmNw/videos
I LIKE NETWORKING
Coaching and mentoring for women and non binary people in the creative industries. Aims to help individuals thrive in their creative careers, connecting companies and organisations to diverse talent and resources to better support their workforce. Lists…
VocalEyes
Listings of art and culture events presented with audio description. For blind and visually impaired people going to theatres, museums, galleries, heritage sites and online.
Stage Text: captioned and subtitled culture listings
Listing of captioned and subtitled theatre and talks events around the UK.
Autism in Museums
Listings of relaxed, autism friendly events in UK museums and galleries
DASH
Disabled led visual arts organisation. It creates opportunities for Disabled artists to develop their creative practice. These opportunities take many forms, from high quality commissions to community based workshops. Includes free online resources for artists professional development.
WM College: Creative Practice courses
A range of courses covering various areas of artistic practice development, including research idea development, meaningful reflection, documenting & showcasing 3D work, how to find and enter competitions and exhibitions, finding and applying for grants…
Gresham College
Gresham College, founded in 1597, provides free educational videos and lectures at university level. An extensive online collection of their talks is available for free, including more than 3,000 videos, featuring over 1,200 speakers dissecting hundreds of topicai