Newplatform.art is a not-for-profit organisation created to support artists in the early stages of their careers. We know that getting started as a professional artist can be overwhelming — and we’re here to help.
MADE IT 2025: Graduate Open Call Now Live! Are you a North West art graduate from the class of 2024 or 2025? This one’s for you.
Clay City is a year-long collaboration between Throwing Shapes and Staycity, offering one 12-month graduate program and three 3-month professional residencies for ceramic artists.
Hafod Studio Artists Residency Beginning an artist’s residency in Snowdonia for three weeks has been a truly extraordinary and wonderful experience. Three weeks is a perfect amount for a residency of this kind. Before this, in my 25 years since […]
I definitely want to spend time looking at residencies. How can I get … organise … host … one? I am very keen to see if I can’t make the residency* at Hospitalet more active and useful to those of […]
IMMA welcomes applications for Dwell Here 2026: One Year Residencies for nationwide and internationally based practices to reside for one year at the Museum.
The Sidney Nolan Trust invites entries from contemporary artists working across all media in the UK or internationally.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is launching its 2025 Yorkshire Graduate Award scheme, offering another placement for a recently graduated BA or MA artist, from any Yorkshire-based university, to work and stay on-site for two weeks.
I am both disappointed and frustrated not to have received an artists’ working grant (again). It would be fantastic to have the opportunity to live and work as an artist full-time for a year at least once. I thought that […]
A focus on alternative art education programmes, from self-organised to more structured offerings from institutions.
Supermarket day 1 Yesterday’s meetings (’Meetings’?) went well. Some where a little off topic … or perhaps rather the topic was the catalyst … starting point … for an unexpected direction. The meeting about working at the edges became something […]
We’re offering bursaries of £500 to £1,500 to Black, Asian, Brown and/or Global Majority artists at every stage of their career. Apply now for the opportunity to develop new skills and networks to take your work to the next level. […]
We’re offering bursaries of £500 to £1,500 to artists at every stage of their career. Apply now for the opportunity to develop new skills and networks to take your work to the next level. Who can apply: Current a-n Artist […]
Connecting curators with artists and encouraging UK-wide collaboration and exchange.
Established artist Susan Stockwell offers professional mentoring to aspiring and practising contemporary artists.
Sessions are in person, online, one-to-one or in small groups and will provide whatever is needed from studio visits, crits, online discussions to gallery visits.
