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New Painting: Sweet Confetti

Colourful heads creating swirls and trails as they come into their full bloom of the season. The wind undulates amongst the petals causing the loose-limbed to create sweet confetti over the garden bouquet. Joining, colliding and playing. A true scene […]

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Bouncing back

Well, ‘bouncing’ probably isn’t the right word, but I’ve got heaps more energy . I recovered from my op really quickly and I was back on my feet ( literally) within 4 weeks and itching to get back into the […]

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New Painting: Blue Light

This lady is imbued with brisk cheeriness as she smiles her sunny yet blue light out to touch the others in the garden. Everyone knows that she has a heart of pure generosity as her bossy façade occasionally drops to […]

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New Painting: Small Moments of Magic

Peeking and twitching behind foliage curtains, you can see the occasional wondrous dazzle and sparkle as sunbeams sweep across the flower patch. These hidden gems are shyly waiting for their true love to seek them out and whisk them into […]

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2024 – How was it for you?: Shannon Ward

We catch up with Telford-based painter Shannon Ward after a whirlwind year in which she was featured in a-n’s Degree Shows Guide 2024, graduated from Wolverhampton School of Art in June and went on to win the Freelands Painting Prize.

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2024 – How was it for you?: Emma Douglas

London based artist Emma Douglas works with a wide range of media, including drawing, printing, painting, photography, sculpture and film. Here she reflects on a successful year that included winning the Working Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize.

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ELIA Academy 2025 call for contributions

ELIA Academy 2025: Life-Integrated Learning is a three-day event hosted by Kristiania University College, Oslo dedicated to arts teaching and learning and the advancement of higher arts education.

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Royal Society of British Artists | OPEN CALL 2025

Artists are invited to submit work for exhibition alongside members of the Royal Society of British Artists at the RBA Annual Exhibition 2025.
Submissions are ONLINE ONLY and open until Wednesday 8 January 2025.
www.mallgalleries.org.uk/open-calls/royal-society-british-artists

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Calling UK-based deaf BSL artists and designers

John Hansard Gallery is seeking Expressions of Interest from UK-based deaf BSL artists and designers to submit work for a community exhibition happening as part of Southampton BSL Fest 2025.

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Apply for the Rome Prize

The “Rome Prize” of the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo is the most important award granted to distinguished artists who reside in Germany or of German nationality.

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childhood, interrupted

Childhood, interrupted. is a call for artwork relating to childhood experience.

Childhood (noun):

The condition of being a child; the period of life before puberty

Interrupted (adjective):

Broken, discontinued or hindered

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CONTEXTURE

This is a call for women textile artists making work in response to their experiences of being a woman.

Contexture:

• the act of weaving or assembling parts into a whole

• an arrangement of interconnected parts; a structure

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Please Vote for my December Art Contest Entries

My Boldbrush contest entries for December are selected from my latest collection of mini canvases (literally painted just last month). They join my Beautiful Blooms collection, and appear in the Flower Patch virtual exhibition which is running through December. I’d be delighted if […]

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New Painting: Giggles

Natural flowery contours sit together as if they’re perched on a school step in the playground sharing dunking sherbets and giggling. Giggles (mixed media painting on canvas, 3″x2″) available click for purchase info

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NXTHVN Studio & Curatorial Fellowships

Open call for Studio and Curatorial Fellows. Founded by Titus Kaphar and Jason Price in 2018, NXTHVN was designed with a core aim to build an alternative model of arts mentorship and career acceleration through a specially designed curriculum

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Head of Commercial & Visitor Operations

We are seeking a Head of Commercial and Visitor Services to play a pivotal role in our transformation, which includes a brand-new ticketing and welcome hall, as well as the new shop in a dedicated and atmospheric space.

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Visitor Engagement & Programmes Manager

Chiswick House & Gardens Trust (CHGT) is seeking an energetic and commercially focussed person to fill a key position within a small dynamic team.

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Commercial Development & Events Manager

Chiswick House & Gardens Trust is looking for an entrepreneurial, strategic and commercially focused person to fill a key position within a small dynamic team.