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We haven't covered artist studio compounds for a while!

[Mother House Studios - Lewisham
artist studios & creative co-working environment with integrated care @motherhousestudios ]

👶🏼 What's special

Affordable child-friendly creative workspaces and art studios in Lewisham, South London. It opened in 2024 and is rooted in the original Mother House Studio model, founded in 2016 by Dyana Gravina as part of Procreate Project.

Studios and desk spaces available in a creative studio that includes playroom, enclosed garden and children's facilitator.

Inclusive and accessible pricing to lower barriers of entry for parents and carers in the arts and creative sector.

The approach challenges traditional childcare structures that often separate children from parents and parents from their workspaces. Instead, it fosters an inclusive environment where artistic practice and caregiving coexist, benefiting both artists and their children.

👶🏼 How to apply

Email them at mhslewisham@gmail.com

👶🏼 Personal thoughts

I recently visited a studio holder there and was impressed by the relaxing environment and the abundance of space for children there (playroom and outdoor garden). 🍠 by @batataforartists

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19 days ago

[Apply now to be a Mentee on International Curators Form (ICF)’s Pilot Mentorship Programme 2026/27] @icf__

International Curators Forum (ICF) is a catalyst and leader for cultural transformation in the visual arts, advocating for and fostering an equitable, inclusive and accessible ecology that sustains and is sustained by the value of diversity.

They now welcome applications from emerging or early-career creative and cultural practitioners of colour based in London who would benefit from free, focused, short-term one-to-one mentorship.

🧋 Selected mentees will receive:

- Three one-to-one mentorship sessions between November 2026 and January 2027
- One in-person cohort networking session during the week of 15 February 2027
- Online group training during the week of 19 October 2026 and check-ins during the Programme

🧋 Mentors of this round:

Larry Achiampong, Dr Ajamu X, Tanya Auclair, Ain Bailey, Suzanne Dhaliwal, Anu Henriques, Daniella Rose King, Tobi Kyeremateng, Siphiwe – Nokukhanya Mnguni and Keith Piper.

🧋How to apply:

Fill out an online form that will take at least 30 minutes (link in bio)

Deadline: 7 September 2026, 11:59pm BST

🧋 Personal thoughts:

I'm one of the mentors of Cohort 2, which is ongoing currently. ICF has provided a lot of support for both mentors (including training) and mentees. It's amazing to be part of a well structured mentorship programme! 🍠 by @batataforartists

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2 months ago

[Kakilang is commissioning one ESEA artist with a conceptual or visual arts practice to develop a new body of work, with a public presentation in spring 2027] @kakilangarts

❥ Concept

In an age of scarcity and excess, what forms of art making remain relevant? zero material recognises that each material, whether tangible or intangible, carries its own agency that awaits to be exercised creatively — informed by diasporic experience, it proposes unorthodox approaches like hacking, smuggling and piggybacking as artistic practice.

❥ Fee:

£2,500 artist fee + £800 production budget

❥ For whom:

-UK-based artists of East and Southeast Asia heritage
-Has been practicing conceptual or visual arts of at least two years
-Right to live and work in the UK between August 2026 – June 2027

❥ How to apply

Fill out a simple form on Kakilang website (link in bio)

Deadline: 10 August 2026 by @batataforartists

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3 months ago

[Artist Grant is finally back! A biannual programme providing unrestricted financial support to artists worldwide] @drabl

🍞 What

£12,000 will be distributed in total. Six £2,000 grants will be awarded to six artists, providing a financial boost to further their artistic practices. A panel of 11 judges will decide the successful applicants by popular vote.

🍞 Who could apply

Artist Grant is designed to have as few barriers to entry as possible: open to anyone who considers themselves as having a fine art practice. This includes but is not limited to: painters, sculptors, video artists, performance artists, installation artists, sound artists and photographers. Applicants need no formal training or education to apply.

You could be based anywhere in the world. Factors of age, locality, gender and ethnicity will be considered to ensure equal opportunities.

🍞 Deadline

Apply ASAP!

Applications will be open for two weeks from June 18th to July 2nd (at 23:59) or until 1500 applications are received.

🍞 How to apply

Fill out a simple form on Artist Grant website (link in bio). by @batataforartists

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4 months ago

[Film London launches Open Call for The FLAMIN Fellowship 2026-27] @film_london

🔋 What is provided

Established in 2017 and now in its ninth edition, The FLAMIN Fellowship is a major development programme for early-career artist filmmakers living in England, supporting six practitioners every year. The Fellowship aims to support the most exciting, innovative and challenging moving image practices from filmmakers at the early stages of their careers, with development and funding for new work.

In addition to a £2,500 development bursary towards a specific project, The FLAMIN Fellowship offers a unique opportunity in developing professional artistic practice with a series of monthly workshops, which cover key areas including selling artwork, film festival strategy, writing funding applications, archiving your work, sound design, insurance, copyright and sustaining artistic practices.

🔋 For whom:

- Based in England

- Artists with experience in working with moving image (at least two previous works that have been shown in exhibitions or screenings)

-Applicants who have had a professional artistic practice* (outside of higher education) for at least two years, but for no more than five years**. Applicants do not need to have engaged in higher education to be eligible for the programme

🔋 How to apply:

Deadline: Monday 1 June 2026 midnight

Stage 1: A short online application (link in bio) from which up to 12 artists will be selected

Stage 2: Up to 12 artists will be invited to submit a more detailed application that will include an idea for a project to develop, and will be invited to attend an interview. They will each be given a fee of £100. Interview questions will be shared in advance.

🔋 Personal thoughts

Quite a few artist filmmaker friends have received this fellowship, and I observed how the fellowship network supported a specific project as well as the long-term development of their moving image practice. 🍠 by @batataforartists

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5 months ago

[Artist-run space Lake launches 3 open calls for 2026] @lake.space

🚣🏼‍♀️ What is Lake

Lake is an artist-run space by @nishantshuklastudio in Deptford supporting sound-led and spatial practices — built around an 8.2 surround sound system. They build programmes around artists who need time, space, and technical conditions to develop work that doesn't fit neatly into conventional formats.

🚣🏼‍♀️ The Open Call

The 2026 programme is structured around three strands — Exhibition, Lake Lab, and Lake Live — each with a distinct format, fee, and set of conditions. They are sequenced to allow ideas to develop across cycles, with public access embedded throughout.  

All selected artists are paid. All work is supported with technical resource and curatorial attention throughout.

🚣🏼‍♀️ For whom

They are looking for artists whose work has a genuine relationship to sound, space, and physical presence — whether that’s installation, residency, or live performance. 

Any medium as long as it meets the criteria above.
Any career stage.   
You can apply for more than one strands. 

🚣🏼‍♀️ How to apply

Deadline: 7 June 2026, 23:59 BST

Apply by filling out a form at lakespace.org/open-call (also link in bio) by @batataforartists

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5 months ago

[Applications are now open for Syllabus IX] @wysing.arts.centre @eprjcts @pssquaredbelfast @sitegallery @studiovoltairelondon

✏️ What

Syllabus is an alternative, artist-led learning programme that supports 10 artists across 10 months, with in-person gatherings, 1-2-1 mentoring and a growing national network.

Developed collaboratively with Wysing Arts Centre (Cambridge), Eastside Projects (Birmingham), PS² (Belfast), Site Gallery (Sheffield), and Studio Voltaire (London), Syllabus offers time for artists from across the UK to discuss ideas, work, life and approaches to practice, while building community and taking risks.

Beginning in September 2026, Syllabus IX will be built around a series of six intensive in-person weekend gatherings. The ten selected artists will collaboratively develop the curriculum, with curators and artists from partner organisations, the Syllabus Coordinator, and Syllabus IX Artist Lead, Harun Morrison.

Artists will receive:
- A bursary of £1,250, towards accommodation and travel costs.
- A £75 budget per artist to support learning on the programme, e.g. books, or exhibition entry fees.
- An access budget available upon request

✏️ How to apply

They use Submittable for applications. Applications can be made via text, audio or video. Link in bio.

Application Deadline: 10am, Tuesday 19 May 2026

✏️ Who can apply

-18+, artists at any stage of their career can apply
-Applicants must have been out of formal education for at least 4 years. This includes art and non-art related programmes, and both academic and practice-based PhDs.
-They are also interested in hearing from artists who have not progressed through formal art training routes at all by @batataforartists

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5 months ago

[The White Pube - "one of the first truly new voices in British art criticism in the twenty-first century"] @thewhitepube

👀 Who

The White Pube is the collaborate identity of Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad. They've been writing art criticism together since 2015.

👀 What they do

Every Sunday, they post a text on their website (link in bio) about a cultural experience. Could be art, books, games, films, a theme park etc. They also read the text on their podcast.

They give a grant out to working class artists every month. And there’s a library of successful funding applications where people voluntarily submitted materials.

They also published a book ‘Poor Artists’ with Penguin in the UK and Prestel in North America.

👀 Personal opinions

Such sharp, sincere, down-to-earth cultural criticism with political awareness, across class, geopolitics, and disability justice! If you feel cynical about the art world sometimes, read or listen to them and you will find a constructive ally...🥔 by @batataforartists

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6 months ago

Folks I've been eagerly waiting to share this incredible annual opportunity!

[VISIO – European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images, including € 𝟑𝟓.𝟎𝟎𝟎 Production Fund for 3 moving image artists based in Europe (UK included)] @schermodellarte

🌞 What

VISO Production Fund is promoted and produced by Lo schermo dell’arte, a festival of film and contemporary art in Florence, and curated by Leonardo Bigazzi (@leonardobigazzi.a).

This year, the fifteenth edition collaborates with @centropecci , @fondazioneinbetweenartfilm, and @macba_barcelona, with support from Human Company, which provides reimbursement of participating artists’ travel expenses.

🌞 For whom

- Artists aged 35 or under (born in 1991 or after)
- Work with moving images as part of their artistic practice
- European citizen or currently based in Europe (including 46 member countries of the European Council - UK is included)

🌞 How it works

𝟖 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 will be selected and invited to Florence during the 19th @schermodellarte, where they will develop their projects alongside fellow artists, curators, critics, producers, and directors from renowned international institutions. Mentors of this edition are @liberty.adrien curator and head of the Curatorial Department at @kwinstitutefcontemporaryart (Berlin), and @valentine.umansky curator @tate Modern (London).

The artists will also meet representatives of the project partner institutions and guests: @stefanocollicellicagol director Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci; @alessandro.rabottini artistic director Fondazione In Between Art Film; @claussegura Head of Collection at the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; artists @carlosmcasas and @saodatismailova, among others.

Funds will be awarded to 𝟑 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, whose resulting works will become part of the permanent collection of the co-producing institutions and will be premiered at the Festival in 2027.

🌞 How to apply

Deadline:
Friday, 15 May 2026, 11pm (CET)

Download the forms through VISIO website (link in bio)

🌞 Personal views

A few artist friends participated in the past editions and benefited hugely from the experience! 🍠 by @batataforartists

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6 months ago

[Proposition offers a new building of 53 artist studios in Poplar E14] @propositionstudios

🧘🏻‍♀️ What

Proposition is a charity that supports artists, creates arts and culture centers, and runs a public programme of events.

On top of the beautiful site in Bethnal Green with 88 purpose-built artist studios, Proposition just launched a new building in Poplar featuring 53 bright, spacious studios across three floors — many with high ceilings and superb natural light.

🧘🏻‍♀️ How much

Price ranges from £200 - £1,500 pcm all incl of bills and Wifi. Sizes range from generous 7.4 × 3.5m spaces to more compact 3 × 2.2m studios.

🧘🏻‍♀️ Benefits

Studio artists also get access to communal, public, and bookable spaces at Proposition Bethnal Green.

PLUS! Included in the license fee: 3 FREE classes per month at Waking Dreams Bethnal Green - choose from dance, aerial, gymnastics, martial arts and more - plus access to the sauna and ice baths.

🧘🏻‍♀️ How to apply

Applications now open through a form on proposition website (link in bio) by @batataforartists

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6 months ago

[New Contemporaries announces the annual open call for emerging and early career artists, this year in partnership with Focal Point Gallery] @new_contemporaries @focalpointgallery

🦭 What's on offer

A major group exhibition at @FocalPointGallery and partner venues in Southend-on-Sea in June 2027. Focal Point Gallery is Essex’s leading contemporary art institution, known for commissioning ambitious new work and supporting artists at pivotal moments in their careers. This exhibition brings your work into a nationally recognised public context.

From September 2026 to June 2027 you’ll take part in the Artist Development Programme, structured across in person and online activity throughout the year.

⚫ In person
A welcome weekend in Southend-on-Sea in September 2026 to meet your cohort, curators and invited practitioners. An in person Christmas social to reconnect and strengthen peer relationships.

⚫ Online
Six practical workshops and talks designed to help you build a sustainable career, covering areas such as fundraising, working with galleries, public commissioning, contracts and artist led practice. Ongoing mentoring and peer exchange throughout the programme.

⚫ Financial and practical support
£1000 artist fee for exhibiting.
Travel and accommodation bursary for in person activity. Dedicated access support, shaped with you and budgeted as part of the programme.

🦭 Who can apply

Emerging and early career artists aged 21 or over based in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales. There are no strict requirements around education, training, upper age limit or career path.

New Contemporaries actively encourage applications from artists who are underrepresented in the sector, including those who experience barriers linked to ethnicity, class, disability, gender and sexuality.

🦭 How to apply

Deadline: 2pm GMT on 30 March 2026

Applications are submitted through their Submissions Portal (link in bio).

There is a £25 application fee for the annual open call. This income goes directly back into delivering the programme and supporting selected artists. by @batataforartists

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7 months ago

[SET Social in Peckham launches a new series of free creative workshops on Fridays this spring] @set.social.peckham

🍵 What

SET Social is part of SET, an arts organisation and registered charity supporting affordable, artist- and community-led cultural spaces across London. They are launching a new six-week programme of free workshops for local residents this Spring. Running from 6 March to 10 April 2026, the programme will take place every Friday from 2-4:30pm.

Each session combines a relaxed, artist-led workshop, with free refreshments and space to socialise and chat. The programme is designed to be low-pressure and open to all, whether you go once or join them each week.

Workshops will include movement, zine-making, clay, gardening, food art, and portrait drawing sessions, led by local artists and community facilitators.

No experience is needed, and all materials are provided. Everything is free.

🍵 For whom

anyone in Southwark, especially neighbours around Peckham Rye, who would enjoy a free, friendly place to spend a Friday afternoon. There is no expectation to be “good at art,” and no pressure to speak or share. You can join in as much as you like, take breaks, or simply enjoy being around others. More details through link in bio.

🍵 How to register

Places are limited to around 15 people per session, so booking ahead is recommended. They will also keep a few drop-in spaces available where possible. To register, you can:

1) email their Community Engagement Coordinator, Tabitha, to sign up or ask questions: tabitha@setspace.uk

2) or visit SET Social in person to register interest and find out more by @batataforartists

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7 months ago