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Contemporary art flag commission

The Collection and Usher Gallery is looking for an artist to design a new series of contemporary art flags for the Usher Gallery, in response to the idea of 100 years of votes for some women and the beginning of the ongoing journey towards equality. To mark this important anniversary, we are inviting proposals that look at the broad and universal themes of equality and civil and political rights and what these mean today.

Schools Co-ordinator

We are seeking someone with demonstrable experience in supporting and communicating with schools, who understands current gallery education practice and with a keen interest in creative learning. This new post will allow Towner to develop our current offer. The post-holder will take a key role in coordinating our Annual Schools exhibition.

The ACS Studio Prize (Recent Graduates)

For a second year running,  ACS is offering an artist the chance to win £6,000 to contribute to the cost of an artist’s studio in the UK.

Artist commission

We are seeking applications from artists who work in a socially responsive way, who would be interested in exploring notions of women’s beauty across the diverse communities of Sneinton, Nottingham, over a 1-3 month project or residency.

Call for Physical and Digital Performers

LEVEL is seeking performers for the SENSE project to join our team to develop and tour this work. We are looking for Physical Performers and Digital Performers (performers can also be a mix of both).

Business Development Manager

This is a key role in the development and implementation of Artcore’s fundraising strategy that aims to build a sustainable and diverse funding base for Artcore. The role is responsible for building relationships with our supporters, customers and local businesses and seeking out opportunities to meet fundraising goals. The role will work with the senior management team to support the development of Artcore as a creative centre for visual arts.

Personal Assistant to the Head of Education

The National Gallery is looking for a PA for the Head of Education. You will provide a full, high quality, administrative and secretarial support to the Head of Education to ensure that best use of their time and effective internal and external communications.

Gallery Artist

The National Gallery’s Education Department is looking for casual Gallery Artists to join the team and contribute to the delivery of the onsite public programme of practical art-based sessions and to outreach workshops.

Gallery Educator (part time)

The National Gallery’s Education Department is looking for Gallery Educators to join the team.

Gallery Educator (term time)

The National Gallery’s Education Department is looking for Gallery Educators to join the team.

Gallery Educator (full time)

The National Gallery’s Education Department is looking for Gallery Educators to join the team.

Executive Support Manager

New Art Exchange (NAE), an award winning and nationally acclaimed arts organisation, is looking for an Executive Support Manager to join our CEO office to provide comprehensive, direct and proactive support to the CEO and Chairman and board committee                   

Artist in Residence at the National Memorial Arboretum

The National Memorial Arboretum is inviting applications from artists who wish to develop their practice by working with the site’s collections, landscape and knowledge.

UKYA City Takeover Nottingham

UK Young Artists is seeking submissions for a week-long ‘City Takeover’ in Nottingham. The call is open to artists aged 18-30 working in Art, Design, Literature, Music, Moving Image and Performance.

In:Site Festival – Commission Opportunity for new graduates

In:Site Festival is an annual opportunity for new graduates to create temporary, bespoke public artworks outside in Birmingham City Centre. The festival, produced by Craftspace, has been taking place since 2000 and has developed into a week-long event showcasing a wide variety of makers. The festival is distinctive in commissioning new graduates to develop, define and reflect on site-specific and/or socially engaged craft practice in a public setting.

Project Producer/Coordinator

GRAIN Projects is looking for a freelance and highly organised emerging producer/coordinator with an interest in contemporary photography, the visual arts, projects and events and participatory opportunities, linked to audience development and community engagement.  This is a unique opportunity to work with this new organisation and comes at an exciting time. 

Bursary & Mentoring Support for Artists & Makers

Chrysalis Arts is launching a two-year programme for Artists & Makers to support two areas of professional development: – emerging talent in early career artists and / or – new skills and artistic innovation in Rural and Green Arts Practice

Open Call for Artists – London Pop Up Art Fair

The London Pop Up Art Fair is hosted by Sunny Art Centre in the heart of the city London. This art fair is intended to be a launch pad for the very best young and emerging artists from across the UK and the world. You will be able to immerse yourself in a place filled with many different contemporary artists, from painters, illustrators, graphic designers, 3D artists, to ceramic and jewellery designers, you will explore a great gamut of practices.

East Midlands Graduate Project: EM18: Call for Submissions

Surface Gallery is now accepting submissions for our tenth East Midlands Graduate Project: EM18: Nottingham’s only graduate residency. This opportunity supports Fine Art graduates from across the region by offering a free residency and exhibition in an independent contemporary art space to kick-start the transition from university to professional art world.

Alternative art and literature magazine seeks Fall 2018 submissions

Alternative art and literature magazine The Matador Review is now accepting submissions for the Fall 2018 publication. We publish poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and creative non-fiction, inviting all unpublished literature written in the English langu …

Aesthetica Art Prize

Celebrating excellence in art from across the world, the internationally renowned Aesthetica Art Prize offers both emerging and established artists the opportunity to showcase their work to a wider audience and further their engagement with the art world.

Art Quest Writing Opportunity

Interested in writing for Artquest about your local art scene? Art Worlds gives an insider, day-in-the-life view of the current realities of living and working as an artist in different places around the world. We are keen to hear about the everyday ways in which you manage to keep making work, the specifics of the art scenes and contexts you operate in and some of the practical and philosophical challenges you face in sustaining your career in a particular setting at a particular time.

NOW you see me – shadow/mentoring and exhibition opportunities

Carol Parker is collaborating on an Arts Council England funding application which will provide the opportunity for 4 artists living/working in Fenland, Forest Heath or Peterborough to receive a paid shadowing and mentoring package working with older adult in residential care; plus exhibition opportunity during June 2018-Oct 2019.