Opportunities

Glass Studio Hot Glass Assistant

We are looking for a studio glass assistant to join our small production team to assist in hot glass production (and to a lesser extent cold processes). Hot glass assisting experience is a requirement. The position is for immediate start but flexibility in starting date may be considered for the right applicant. Glasstorm is a […]

Artistic Director NLCG

North Lands Creative Glass will be advertising the post of Artistic Director In September to succeed Emma Woffenden when she stands down at the end of September 2016. There will be an open call with interviews of short listed candidates in October/November 2015. The appointment will be for three months each year for a term […]

AA2A placements 2015

  The AA2A project (Artists Access to Art Colleges) is offering around 65 placements, giving artists and designer makers the opportunity to undertake a period of research or realise a project using art college facilities e.g. workshops, IT facilities, lending library, and lecture programme.  AA2A schemes aim to benefit students and institutions through their interaction […]

Hot Glass Residencies NLCG

As part of its 20th year celebrations North Lands Creative Glass is offering 8 places on a hot glass residency programme to be run early in 2016. Each residency will be of four weeks duration and be run in two sessions with 4 artists in each session. The first residency will run from 1st to […]

Stanislav Libenský Award 2015

The competition is open to young artists from around the world, recent graduates of bachelor or master degree, who used glass in their final work. A completed online registration form together with photos of the object, CV and abstract of the work must be sent no later than June 30, 2015 midnight CET. The jury […]

Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary 2015/16

The Shape Arts Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary (ARMB), set up in memory of sculptor Adam Reynolds to support mid-career disabled artists, is now open for submissions. This year’s successful recipient will be awarded £5,000 and a three-month residency at The New Art Gallery Walsall in January 2016. The Bursary provides an opportunity for artists to […]

Flora Artist Residency, Wales

As part of the wider flora exhibition project originated by Oriel Davies flora.orieldavies.org we invite professional artists working across any medium from Wales and further afield to apply for a residency taking place at the acclaimed and unique setting of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire from October 2015. We are looking for an artist […]

Call for applications: MAKE 2015

14 November 2015 – 3 January 2016 MAKE is the Devon Guild of Craftsmen’s annual Christmas exhibition celebrating the diversity of contemporary craft. The exhibition focuses on selling handmade, high quality craftsmanship, highlighting one-off, unique pieces alongside small-scale batch production. The exhibition is open to any contemporary craftsperson and designer-maker whose work fits these criteria. […]

Exhibition Opportunity: Outsider Craft

Outsider Craft will showcase UK creativity by artists who define themselves as facing barriers to the art world. Submissions for the open call out are invited from UK-based artists whose work is three or two dimensional and centres around craft processes. The particular focus of this exhibition is to explore the imagination and creativity of […]

Artist / Maker in Residence Wigtown Book Festival

Spring Fling and Wigtown Book Festival are seeking to appoint a visual artist or maker as artist-in-residence for a two-part residency at Wigtown Book Festival 24 September – 5 October 2015 and Spring Fling 28 – 30 May 2016. INTRODUCTION In 1998 Wigtown became Scotland’s National Book Town. Since then this tiny town has been […]