From 2001 to 2025 Artquest ran projects delivering career development support direct to artists in England: commissions, residencies, mentoring, grants, publications, image licensing, paid internships, artist studio assistant employment support, conferences. Read more about our change of direction toward research into artists working conditions, and find out how to work with us.
The Artist Researcher: artists and museums working together
Panel discussions on collaboration between contemporary visual artists and museums in the UK The talks, held in June 2019, were particularly aimed at smaller museums looking to broaden access and think differently…
ART/WORK: a conversation
A conversation about capital, labour, the working practices of artists, and the future of work This conversation, programmed and chaired by Artquest, looked at the themes of the residency, the working practices of artists, and the future…
Spaced Out
One day conference looking at the ways artists use urban space and its wider economic context Spaced Out, held in April 2018 at CSM, explored the uses of space by visual artists including themes such as The conference…