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How to throw your own party: peer mentoring as infrastructure
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Read Sophia Kosmaoglou’s article on how to self-organise and set up and deliver artist to artist mentoring, How to throw your own party: peer mentoring as infrastructure.
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Sophia was one of the long-term advisors on the Artquest One-to-One programme. Artquest One-to-One’s saw Artquest staff and professional career advisors deliver 30 free one-to-ones online each month. We invited the advisors to each write an article that focused on some of the questions they were most frequently asked by artists. Sophia has written an article on how artists can give peer-to-peer feedback through one-to-one sessions and self-organise. Rosalind Davis has also written an article on how to write an artist statement.
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Image credit: Remiiya Badru, 2024, Rhumblines. Making Space, Poplar
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Highlighted opportunities
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The Ingram Prize is an annual purchase prize open to visual artists who are within five years of graduation from a UK-based art school. Shortlisted artists will be invited to showcase their entries in a group exhibition and 3 will be selected as recipients of the Ingram Prize. One further artist will be awarded the Founder’s Award. All prizewinning works …
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Connections Through Culture (CTC) grants are designed to enable meaningful partnerships, cross-cultural exchange and long-term collaboration between the UK and participating countries. Grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 are available to support creative practitioners, cultural professionals, artists, organisations, festivals, biennials, hubs and collectives to develop and deliver projects across a range of themes and art forms. Applications must involve collaboration …
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The Axis Artist Awards support artists to develop their practice, test ideas, make work and keep going. This year, 38 artists will receive awards. There are 35 development awards of £1,000 to start something, test an idea, or move forward work that might otherwise stay on hold. There will also be 3 Fellow awarding ££4,000 for several months of time, …
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Eastside Projects and Birmingham School of Art invite applications from visual artists to be an Incidental Artist, supported by the Wheatley Fine Art Fellowship. This is not imagined as a placement, but as an opportunity to spend time working in and with the city, supported by and connected to both the School of Art and Eastside Projects. The selected artist …
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The Liu Shiming Artist Grants support the creation or completion of new projects that explore the interplay between traditional cultural or historical influences and contemporary artistic practice. Each year, up to five visual artists will be selected to receive a $5,000 grant. Artists from any country may apply, applicants must have been working for at least two years (but not …
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The OASis operates as a diffused platform across multiple spaces within the park, combining artistic creation, community engagement, and social activation. Applications are welcomed from artists interested in developing participatory, socially engaged practices with strong educational and/or community-focused components. Applicants should propose ideas for their time at the OASis. Activities may include workshops, co-creation sessions, personal artistic but community-based projects, …
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The Zsuzsi Roboz Scholarship supports contemporary figurative artists working in the Uk, primarily in painting and drawing to study for one year at Morley College London. The scholarship includes personal tutoring and mentoring from, and an opportunity to exhibit their work at the end of the year. The Scholarship is intended for a committed artist who have a developed artistic …
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The SET Film Festival Accelerator Programme is a dedicated development initiative offering three months of bespoke curatorial support to three UK-based artists and filmmakers. The programme offers the selected cohort the opportunity to refine and complete a film or video project currently in the production or post-production stage. Open to emerging artists and filmmakers currently residing anywhere in the UK.
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E.SUN Art Awards 2026 is an international painting competition organised by E.SUN FHC, E.SUN Bank and E.SUN Culture and Education Foundation in Taiwan. Artists worldwide are invited to submit one original painting based on one or more of the themes “Yushan” and “Music”. The Foreigner Category is open to people of any age with nationalities other than R.O.C. nationality. Eligible …
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The New Emergence Art Prize 2026 is an international open call for emerging artists. There is no set theme, and artists may submit work in any medium. The prize fund is worth over £5,000, with 9 awards supporting artists through cash prizes, artist materials, mentoring and a residency opportunity. Artists may enter up to 3 artworks. Entries should be original …
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Professional visual artists anywhere in England can ask us a question related to their practice and get a clear, concise answer for free.
Includes information on arts-related legal issues through our Artlaw programme.
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Contact us any time: our small, part-time team of practising artists aim to get back to you within 5 working days.
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Applied: Insights
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Insight reports helps policymakers, funders, higher education, local councils and government make decisions on how to support working artists’ careers and access to work. They provide a deep, data-informed understanding of what it means to sustain and grow a creative career.
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Through focused snapshots in time, comparative analysis across data gathered from our Applied: Partnership, combined with other research in and around the arts and culture, Applied: Insights make clearer the key questions and situations that affect artists’ lives and work.
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Artquest Exchange
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Image: 'The Exchange' art collaboration Wayne Chisnall & Calum F Kerr
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Artquest Exchange is our free, professional network for visual artists anywhere in the world. Find artists around the corner or around the world to:
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- work with, get feedback on your work, and advice on your career,
- meet in new places when you plan to travel,
- extend your professional network,
- arrange temporary studio and apartment exchanges.
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Artquest Exchange is open to any professional artist to join for free.
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News
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Council funding down
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New research from Equity finds that council arts funding is down 55% across the UK since 2010.
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ACE news
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ACE and DCMS respond to the Hodge review.
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Conway Hall’s 2026 Ethical Award
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Glasgow's cultural sector
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