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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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Nurturing Talent is Create’s training programme supporting professional artists to develop their facilitation practice in challenging community settings. Create is looking for artists who are passionate about using the creative arts to empower vulnerable people, and is open to applications from animators, dancers, drama artists, filmmakers, musicians, photographers, visual artists and writers. The aim of Nurturing Talent is to grow …
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Artists Now Bursaries support visual artists at every stage of their career to develop their artistic practice and professional development. You can apply for between £500 and £1,500 towards a tailored programme of activities that will help you develop your skills, knowledge, networks, opportunities or professional profile. Applications should demonstrate a clear opportunity for development and explain how the proposed …
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The Sustainable Darkroom are looking for 5 UK-based individuals to join the funded Sustainable Darkroom Futures Residency, researching innovative systems for photography/filmmaking. This 6-month programme will culminate in an in-person exhibition and symposium in partnership with Sunderland University. They are seeking research and development projects that look at the bigger picture of systems in photography and film, encouraging applicants to …
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Submissions to the 10th edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize are now open. Inspired by LOEWE’s own beginnings as an artisanal workshop, the prize recognizes excellence, artistic merit, and innovation in craft, in all its forms. The Prize for the winning entry is 50,000 euros. The winning work selected by the Jury, as well as the works of the …
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Radical Sabbatical is a collaboration between University Collections, University of Birmingham and Eastside Projects which offers the opportunity for two artists to each undertake a six-month residency at the University of Birmingham centred on research and development. Radical Sabbatical 2027 will take ideas of touch as a starting point and are interested in receiving proposals that interpret this theme from …
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Applications are open to join the sixth cohort of the Other MA (TOMA), a 15-month artist-led education programme based in Southend-on-Sea. Each programme welcomes a cohort of 12 - 15 selected artists, working in any art form to take part in the active, intensive and responsive learning offer. Together, the cohort decide on their programme of workshops, visiting artists, exhibition …
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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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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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The Jonathan Ruffer curatorial grants support UK curators, museum professionals and researchers to undertake travel and other activities that will extend and develop their curatorial expertise, collections-based knowledge and art historical interests. The grants can support, for example: UK and international travel and accommodation for research trips and conferences, training courses and programmes of study (including online), subscriptions, for example …
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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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