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.
Unlocking the Collections
A research residency for an early career, London based artist to engage with The Collections Library at the Museum of the Home. Residencies took part in 2021 and 2022 with advice from Artquest on improving application and…
WFH Residency
£1000 award to convert the first COVID lockdown in 2020 into a ‘work from home’ residency Responding to a collapse in work opportunities during the first COVID lockdown, the WFH Residency paid artists to conduct a ‘working from…
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…