The Walrus in the Natural History Galleries at the Horniman Museum
The Walrus in the Natural History Galleries at the Horniman Museum
The Workweek Prize
The Workweek Prize
A crowd gather outside Peckham Platform
Peckham Platform
Peer Mentoring workshop at the ICA
Peer Mentoring workshop at the ICA
AWP Internships
Funded internships at some of London’s most respected small arts organisations
An image of the Lifeboat studio
An image of the Lifeboat studio
Outpost mugs
Our promotional mugs for Outpost, one of our projects in 2015

Projects in 2016 carrying into 2017 were:

  • The Artists’ Pavilion 2017: An artists commission at the 2017 Venice Biennale and accompanying talks programme devised by UAL students
  • The Horniman Residency: A research residency at the Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • AWP Internships: Our annual internship scheme providing funded internships at small scale arts organisations
  • Outpost: Monthly studio visits with the Artquest team
  • PEER FORUM: Funding for peer mentoring groups at organisations around London
  • BNC Mentors: Annual one to one mentoring for New contemporaries exhibitors and accompanying public workshops on peer mentoring
  • Lifeboat: Studio residency award for UAL Postgraduates post university
  • The Workweek Prize: Annual prize awarded during the Art Licks weekend for innovative grass roots projects
  • Artquest Rates: Cut price access to facilities for artists at selected Artquest partner organisations
  • The Artists Fund: New small scale grants scheme for artists
  • PRIMER: Online publication to prepare students for working life as an artist after university

One off projects in 2016 were:

The Work of Art: one-to-one conversations with artists in their studios, talking about the economic and professional reality of their day-to-day lives. We spoke with artists Emma Smith, Barby Asante and Marianne Holm Hansen about the reality of their day-to-day lives: how their art practice is experienced in relation to competing demands on their time and money, the reality of work and life, how and when art work actually gets made, their motivations for keeping going and anticipations for the future.

  • Artquest website redesign: In 2016 we undertook a ground-up redesign of the Artquest website with Post Creative.
  • Artists’ Livelihoods: A major national study in partnership with a range of organisations to learn more about how artists earn money.
  • How can you make money without selling out? : A talk as part of Creative Enterprise Week 2016 at University of the Arts London that looked at the similarities and differences in what motivate. artists and more conventional entrepreneurs.
  • Resources for artists post University: A talk with Artquest Rates organisations for Graduate Futures Week at University of the Arts London that looked at the support available for artists after study.
  • Making the most out internships: A talk and panel discussion for Graduate Futures Week at University of the Arts London that looked at how to make the most out of internships