Showing items tagged "Starting out"
30/30
Challenge yourself and kickstart your practice: join us in our annual project to make a new work of art every day for 30 days. A new name, but the same challenge: 30works30days is now 30/30 and took place in…
Alternatives to Art School
I’ve long dreamed of going to art school. Studying art in a lofty building, with ample studio space, and paints galore. But as a working class person, it’s hard to take a chance on an investment…
PRIMER
Essential advice and information for artists in England starting out in their professional career PRIMER is an ebook for early career and new starting visual artists, whether graduating from art school or just switching career. It’s aim is to…
BNC Mentors
Mentoring and events for New Contemporaries exhibitors from 2016 2023 As part of the New Contemporaries public programme, Artquest ran peer mentoring training and practice sessions held in ICA (London), BackLit (Nottingham), Gasworks (London) and the BALTIC (Newcastle).…
Internships
An internship is a junior level job. It should include hands on training while you work and earn money. What is an internship? There is no legal definition of an internship. An internship is a type of low level…
Make the most of your degree show
Your degree show is your first opportunity to make connections in the art world What is a degree show? A degree show is a public exhibition that happens at the end of an…
Affordable housing
Private landlord housing in London is the most expensive in England. There are other housing options that are more affordable than renting. Often these are short term and may not be suitable for everyone. If you are homeless…
A disabled artist in lockdown: Organise. Support. Create.
On The Island On the IslandWe experienceIsolation aloneTogether shieldedBy unwanted armsClashing aboutLike seas crashingSmashing againstExperienced isolationistsTogether aloneOn The Island During week two of the first lockdown, Boris Johnson promised to put his…
Internships
A collection of projects, resources and research around internships in the arts by Artquest. Since 2012, Artquest has researched, led and organised activity around internships in the arts. Intern Culture: a research report Our work started with Intern Culture,…
Bolton: Land of Opportunity
Two years ago, at a particularly challenging time in our lives my partner and I made big changes, I quit my teaching job and we moved to Bolton from London. Our aim was to prioritise being…
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…
Berlin: Care and Creativity: Working as a Disabled Artist
I started my training as a dancer fourteen years ago, first at A Level and then at the University of Brighton as part of their Performance and Visual Arts Bachelors Degree…
Glasgow: how to find sanctuary in the dear green place
As artists many of us are introverted beasts who choose the right time to make the most of creativity. It’s about getting a balance that fits with a responsibility to…
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…
Jojo Taylor: Go Thee Rhino and Make your Dreams Come True
Whenever I feel like giving up, I take a look at a piece of photocopied paper, with a picture of a rhino on it and these words. Go Thee…
Lifeboat
Studio residency, peer mentoring and career development award for MA postgraduates from University of the Arts London The Award Between 2012 and 2018 the Lifeboat award supported artists who had completed a postgraduate course at UAL in the previous…
Art Worlds Margate
It’s Monday morning and I’m walking along the seafront, waves crashing to my right and seagulls squealing overhead. I’m not on holiday; I’m on the way to my studio. I moved to the coastal town of Margate,…
Practice and pedagogy
How can artists earn a living? They often support their practices through some form of teaching. This could be through workshops or academic context. How can this approach to livelihood inform practice and vice versa? Members of…