📣 Just announced! ⁠.⁠.🗓️ Join us on the 18th Nov for Together We Will: New Recommendations for Best Practice ⁠.⁠.With speakers from across the arts, we'll launch a sector-led action plan for achieving long-term systemic change in the visual arts.⁠.

In Summer 2023 we launched a new survey to better understand the needs and experiences of artists and artworkers in the South West. 381 responses were received- a big thank you to everyone who took part!. View the full #2024VASWSurveyReport on our website.

Opening at RWA this February, this playful exhibition by John Hoyland is inspired by a group of unique ceramic sculptures, which he affectionately called his "mad little hybrids." .

Get involved with an evening of hands-on explo­ration into how peo­ple are using cre­ativ­i­ty to engage with (and resist) the destruc­tion of life on earth. This workshop is part of the WEVAA programme. For more information:.

John Hansard Gallery presents the first major sur­vey of Dan­ish-Green­landic artist Pia Arke (1958 – 2007).

Exciting news for Cornwall! 👀 Penryn Methodist Church is to become a major new creative space for art exhibitions and creative activities. For more information:

Merry Christmas from everyone at VASW! To all those who celebrate Christmas, we hope you are having a wonderful and restful break. We can't wait to see what 2024 brings.🌲.

'The Battle Over Mazepa' is a powerful new mov­ing image work by acclaimed Ukrain­ian artist and film­mak­er Myko­la Ridnyi. Showing at John Hansard Gallery until 13th January 2024. For more info:.

As part of our online professional development programme, we are offering places on Funding Bid Example Bank, an on demand training course by Christina Poulton. 🎉Application deadline: 31st December 🎉. image: Chelsey Cliff. For more info:

Open call!💥We’re look­ing for pro­pos­als from artists and pro­gram­mers to host an in-per­son gath­er­ing for oth­er cre­ative prac­ti­tion­ers in rur­al contexts. Budget: £4500.Delivery between Mar- Oct 2024. For more info:

📢 Job Opportunity!! 💥⁠.⁠.@bricksbristol are recruiting for a new Head of Programme. ⁠. Deadline for Applications: (10am) Tuesday, 2nd January 2024⁠. For more information:.

At Arnolfini this winter, 'Dream and Refuge' presents a selection of recent acquisitions and works from the Jerwood Collection. The works explore home, refuge, and movement. For more info:

Cornwall creatives! Do not miss the chance to see BRIDG­IT (2016), a powerful film offering a com­plex med­i­ta­tion on the rela­tion­ship between place, time and iden­ti­ty, screening at CAST Cornwall. Fore more info:.

WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITY! 💴 As part of our online professional development programme, we are delighted to offer five places on The Kaleidoscope Network’s upcoming workshop Financial Recording, Tax & Self-Assessment!. For more info:.

Need a little help with a funding application? Get involved with this workshop by Simon Poulter, looking at how to develop a project and submit a successful funding application. Hosted by CAMP . For more info:.

So here are some exciting opportunities to kickstart your week! 🤩. Experience Newquay is looking to commission a range of organisations to deliver cultural events, workshops and permanent installations across Newquay town centre. For more info:

Just opening at Exeter Phoenix; A solo exhi­bi­tion of new video and instal­la­tion works by artist James Pad­dock who explores the real­i­ty of Voice Hear­ing to cre­ate an insight­ful dialogue. For more information:.

We are DELIGHTED to announce that Visu­al Art South West have been suc­cess­ful with fund­ing from Post­code Local Trust, to deliver new programme of activity in 2024!! 🥳🥳🥳. Read more:.

Are You Coming To Church? 🤨🫵⁠.⁠.Join us to cel­e­brate the launch of Spike Island’s 2023 Dig­i­tal Com­mis­sion: Are You Com­ing To Church?, an inter­ac­tive web-based game cre­at­ed by Ama Dogbe. ⁠.⁠.More info: #vasw #visualartssw #wevaa⁠

This is the final week to check out Exeter Contemporary Open 2023! . This year’s shortlist showcases the work of fourteen contemporary visual artists who work across painting, sculpture, photography and video.

📢 Just 5 Days Left! .Help us shape our work to better serve you by completing our new Annual Artists & Artworkers survey . 🗓️ Deadline: 31st October 2023 .🔗Link to complete the survey: