Curators Convening in Venice
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?
CVAN EM Activity
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.
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Ode to the Midlands | Call for Artists
Ode to the Midlands is commissioning six mid-career artists to develop and deliver new digital artworks between April 2026 – March 2027.
09 Feb 2026
CVAN EM's AGM 2026
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.
30 Dec 2025
Ode to the Midlands | Call for Organisations
Open to visual arts organisations located in or programming across the East Midlands & West Midlands to foster cross-regional connectivity and sustained artistic development.
05 Nov 2025
Archive
Better Together #15: Rethinking Value Beyond Metrics with Eleonora Belfiore
How can organisations use storytelling, qualitative impact, and advocacy to articulate value when funders prioritise measurement.
16 Dec 2025
Building Creative Futures | Mansfield Artist Development Programme: Session 2
This session focuses on professional growth, opportunity awareness, and commercial development.
25 Nov 2025
Better Together #14: Strengthening the Art Technical Workforce | Sustainable, Fair & Inclusive Practices
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.
17 Nov 2025
Building Creative Futures | Mansfield Artist Development Programme: Session 1
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.
31 Oct 2025
Better Together #13: How can we work differently?
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.
07 Oct 2025
Making Room for Children and Art
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.
30 Sep 2025
Better Together #12: Axis on AI
Mark Smith, Executive Director of Axis, discusses AI's impact on arts organisations and introduces Axis's AI Ethics Framework as a starting point for critical engagement.
27 Jun 2025
CVAN EM's Bigger Bursary
CVAN EM's Bigger Bursary offers £2,500 to an artist or arts worker living or professionally based in the East Midlands, building on the successful 2024-25 pilot programme.
11 Jun 2025
Recalibrating Space: Artist-led Practice as Public Realm
A day-long forum exploring the growing role of artists as active agents in shaping our built environment and civic life, hosted at NN Contemporary Art's newly redeveloped home in Northampton.
09 May 2025