CVAN EM is looking for new Steering Group Members
CVAN EM is seeking new members to join our Steering Group at an exciting moment of growth, investment and regional development. Open to Artists and Arts Workers based in the East Midlands.
A resource documenting recent and ongoing projects delivered by CVAN EM, often in collaboration with partners but always celebrating and supporting visual arts and culture in the region.
CVAN EM is seeking new members to join our Steering Group at an exciting moment of growth, investment and regional development. Open to Artists and Arts Workers based in the East Midlands.
Questions to Ask When Working With Others is a gathering where artists / arts workers can meet to share their experience/s of challenges related to their practice. Conversations to be centred around, but not exclusive to fractures, expectations and breakdown when working with others. This gathering with be held by artist-filmmaker Beverley Bennett and consist of a series of sharing activities to take place during the session centred around the theme.
Do you live or work in the East Midlands or West Midlands and plan to attend the opening of the Venice Biennale 2026? Would you like to connect with fellow art professionals ahead of your trip?
Ode to the Midlands is commissioning six mid-career artists to develop and deliver new digital artworks between April 2026 – March 2027.
This year’s CVAN EM AGM takes place at a pivotal moment for the visual arts, both regionally and nationally. The event will serve as both a moment of reflection and a platform for dialogue, raising CVAN EM’s profile and helping ensure our work remains inclusive, relevant, and creative-centred.
How can organisations use storytelling, qualitative impact, and advocacy to articulate value when funders prioritise measurement.
This session focuses on professional growth, opportunity awareness, and commercial development.
Join Sarah Titheridge and Phill Wilson-Perkin, experienced art technicians, teachers, and organisers of the BECTU Art Technicians Branch for this sector-focused session on supporting the technical workforce.
Open to visual arts organisations located in or programming across the East Midlands & West Midlands to foster cross-regional connectivity and sustained artistic development.
Two-part session combining practical skills development with networking and peer exchange for visual artists and makers based in, hailing from or connected with Mansfield.
Hannah Wallis in Conversation with Cathy Wade, moderated by Colette Griffin. Exploring how visual arts focused project spaces, organisations and institutions can facilitate open exchange.
Lunch, Play and Conversation with Jo Harrison from Art Working Parents Alliance and Assunta & Lou Art Club. Saturday 15 November 2025, 1-3PM at New Art Exchange, Nottingham.