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A new online programme of talks and knowledge sharing sessions for Artquest Exchange members.
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Finding and Applying for Opportunities
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Date: Thursday 24 September 2026, 10–11.30 am (UK time)
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Location: Online talk hosted on Zoom
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Booking: FREE event, but booking is essential
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In this session we’ll explore and pool our experience of artist opportunities including:
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Different types of opportunities available:
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- Where to find them
- What they offer at different career stages
- How to assess whether they’re right for you
- How to decide when an application is worth your time, energy and resources
- Practical tips for applying
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Image credit: Jonas Pequeno, T ENSEMBLE, 2019
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Highlighted opportunities
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Produced by Ikon, Art at HMP Grendon and Spring Hill is a major three-year artist residency funded by the Rothschild Foundation. The Artist in Residence will be supported by Ikon to develop an ambitious body of work based on their specific interests and media in response to the carceral setting and in dialogue with its communities. The selected resident will …
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Artcore invites applications from two UK-based artists to participate in the Winter Residency Programme 2027 at Space Studio, Vadodara, India. Connecting Threads 2027 offers artists the opportunity to join the winter residency cohort, working alongside artists from different parts of India. Over four weeks, selected artists will have time and space to develop their practice, engage with a new artistic …
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Applications are open for Unlimited’s Partner Awards. There are 11 awards totalling £280,000 available to disabled artists across England, Scotland, and Wales. Each award is delivered through a partnership with an organisation based in the UK. The awards support the creation of new work spanning across theatre, performance, digital media, music, visual arts, and more. Awards can cover everything from …
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AA2A is an artist Residency Programme and Professional Practice Development at art and design institutions across the UK. Open to practising artists who have been out of formal education for at least one year and are looking to develop their creative practice through access to specialist facilities, equipment and support within a university or college environment. The 2026/27 programme includes …
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Light Up The North (LUTN) is launching ILLUMINE 2, a commissioning opportunity for Black and People of Colour (POC) artists. The opportunity is to create a new, mid/large-scale light art installation that will tour to multiple light art festivals of LUTN members. The ILLUMINE commissioning opportunity includes an artist’s bursary of £8,000 and a projected production/creative budget between £40k – …
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Artcry is closing and to celebrate and mark the ending they are funding one final grant for an artist to make political work in public space. They are looking for an artist/s to make work exploring the erosion of the right to protest in the UK. Applications are taken on a rolling basis, there is no deadline. The fund will …
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ARRIVAL Gallery invites artists from all backgrounds and disciplines to apply for the £100 ARRIVAL Grant, a free rolling funding opportunity designed to keep support simple, open, and accessible. The grant is open internationally and there is no application fee. One valid submission is accepted per artist, per round.
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Outside In is inviting artists to submit work for a group exhibition at David Zwirner London. This exhibition is dedicated entirely to artists whose work has never had the platform it deserves. Artist working in wide range of practices including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, textiles, printmaking, mixed media, performance and digital work are invited to apply. This opportunity is free …
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The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from professional visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and/or artists who work on paper, including printmakers. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis: there are no deadlines. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time and the Foundation will review expenditures relating to an artist’s professional work and personal expenses. The unrestricted …
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The White Pube Creatives Grant is a one-off £500 grant to be given out to a different working-class creative practitioner based in the UK once every month. This grant has been set up to support creatives of all ages who are early in their careers and would benefit from this no-strings attached financial support to help them in whatever they …
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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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Open call - Apply to Art Worlds
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For this Art Worlds call for proposals, we would like to commission at least one artist to contribute a written article, video, or audio piece exploring what value means within their practice and experience as an artist.
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Value is a term that is often discussed in relation to the financial worth of artworks, yet artists create many different forms of value through their practices. Artistic work can generate cultural, social, public, educational and economic value, but artists are not always recognised, paid or compensated for the value they create.
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We invite proposals that reflect on the value your work creates, the value you aspire for it to have, and the factors that shape, influence or determine that value. We are interested in personal perspectives, critical reflections and lived experiences.
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Deadline 10am, 14 September, 2026
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Image credit: Jamila Prowse from the series Things We Remember
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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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Art and design A-levels at record low uptake
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The Campaign for the Arts’ analysis of 2026’s A-level results reveals that arts subjects now account for just 10.0% of all A-level entries – a record low.
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Stopping while ahead
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London gallery Sid Motion to shut after a decade, she says she is winding up "while the programme and finances are still intact"
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John Cage changes his tune
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A 639-year-long John Cage organ piece just changed chord, for the first time in two-and-a-half years
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Female artists garden told to vacate roof terrace
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The Artist's Garden on the roof of Temple Station has been told by owner Places for London, Transport for London's commercial property arm, to move out so that the area can be assessed for potential repairs.
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