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.
I’ve been working with a lightweight 30 micron material. It isn’t glamorous, but it does something very interesting. Light passes through it. It diffuses colour. It disappears when the light changes. It folds. It catches air. It’s so thin, it can become almost nothing, and then suddenly become a large glowing form.
SCORE is an evolving practice for noticing how listening is organised across cultural organisations and exploring how it might be composed differently. It can be used within governance, staff and organisational life, curatorial and artistic relationships, and public programmes.
The session will include practical advice, common misconceptions and space for questions about the upcoming Arts Council England's National Portfolio application process.
This free, hands-on workshop introduces artists to the creative potential of Augmented Reality (AR).
CVAN EM and QUAD are delighted to announce that Rita Pena has been selected as the recipient of CVAN EM's Bigger Bursary, delivered in partnership with QUAD, supporting emerging lens-based artists living in the East Midlands.
CVAN EM and CVAN WM are proud to announce the artist and organisation partnerships for Ode to the Midlands (OttM), a major new cross-regional programme investing in artists, organisations, and audiences across the Midlands through digital contemporary art.
The photographic studio is often understood as a neutral space, stripped of the cultural and social elements that shape identity. In this workshop, Marley Starskey Butler and Euripides Altintzoglou propose alternative approaches to portraiture, foregrounding conversation and collaboration as creative tools.
On 23 July we will bring colleagues from Music, Computer Science and the VIP Studio together for a single intensive day of making: treating AI as a collaborator to compose, devise and perform live music, and to build a visual environment that listens to that music and answers it as it unfolds.
A Hands-On Robotics Workshop for Makers. What if your artwork could breathe, blink, or hesitate?
The session will include practical advice, common pitfalls and space for live questions around funding, income and sustainability.
for emerging lens-based artists living in the East Midlands
Unlock the secrets to a thriving creative career. This event is in partnership with CVAN EM, CVAN WM & Ode to the Midlands.
Taking place at a pivotal moment for the visual arts sector, the 2026 CVAN EM AGM provided an important opportunity to consider the wider context shaping our work.
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.
