Networks

This is an atlas of workshops, facilities, art groups and spaces in the UK, organised by location and by type, to help you make connections in your area and further afield.

Please add you own initiatives (and indeed towns or categories) to the atlas, but keep in mind that all listings should be sympathetic to the ethos of this site.

Here's a guide on how to add to the atlas to help you get started.

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North East

Artists

* Newcastle

Art Groups

Name	Website / contact	Who you want to connect with, why	What you want to share, why
BJ Choudrē	www.bjchoudre.co	I'll connect with anyone as 'The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity' ~ Keith Ferrazzi
Daniel Russell	d.russell@thenewbridgeproject.com	Anyone who wants to make leaps of the imagination and share DIY organising methods because I am interested in challenging the boring neoliberal slide into the abyss	I want to share tools and methods for pushing creativity and connections for artists and non-artists because it's my interest and also my job.
Tom Lines	tom.p.lines@gmail.com	Anyone interested in weird spaces, monsters, the Neo-Gothic, in-between things and places, cursed imagery, ecology, bugs, using everyday things in wrong ways	I work in digital art, music, sound, installation and painting. I'd like to connect with anyone with the same interests. I'd love to work with people to make sound to accompany visual work or film, or even to collaborate digitally on sound or music with people, or do a group show around Gothic or ecological themes. I also need help from someone who knows a bit about coding to help realise some interactive installation work.
Euan Lynn	http://www.euanlynn.com	People who are interested in sharing ideas around the built environment and radical politics - to build a network of creatives working around this topic, to collaborate, share knowledge and produce new work/shows/outputs	Knowledge of mid-century architectural projects and their politics / electronic sound making techniques / North East local history - to help shine a light on an overlooked part of the country and overlooked radical potentialities within architecture and synthesisers.
Victoria Louise Doyle	victorialouisedoyle.com - victorialouisedoyle@outlook.com	I would like to connect with the spirits of photography, so hit me up for a seance if you too would like to delve into that world! I am keen on exploring learning and researching alternative ways of learning that are then developed into methods of teaching, if you are intrigued by this then I would like to connect with you.	I'm not sure what I would like to share as of yet, but I shall keep you posted!
Will Stockwell	wstockwell@live.co.uk www.instagram.com/vvillstockwell	Cross-disciplinary collaboration between Art+Science, generating creative solutions to problems, and making art-work outside of galleries are key motives of Will’s practice.	Will works across mediums: recently making video. He is inspired by the irreverence of artists such as John Baldessari (USA, 1931-2020) who famously vowed not to “make anymore boring art”. This ethos is reflected in Will’s work, which aims to unpack the process of making art in playful and humorous ways.
Sue Loughlin	sueloughlin.com sueloughlin73@gmail.com	Anyone who isn't sure what's going on or what to do about it, particularly if you are an artist with kids, so that we can seek some common ground and be less terrified and angry about the status quo	Would like to share experinces, ideas, opportunites as well as cups of tea and shoulders to cry on (virtually or IRL when COVID allows) because everything is better with tea and a chat.
Jenny Mc Namara	jennymcnamara.com and spaghettofactoro.weebly.com	I'm happy to connect with other visual artists/sculptors, especially abstract artists or anyone interested in: colour and pattern, neuroaesthetics, installation art, minimalism and repetition, curation, perception and visual processing or the crossover between art and science	I'd be happy to collaborate with like minded people, exhibit/curate/write together and I'm especially interested in speaking to scientists or other artists interested in science/visual processing/the value of abstraction/how art can be good for you
Lauren J Matthews	laurenjmatthews.weebly.com	Anyone interested in Northumbrian folklore, occultism, witchcraft, folk horror, manga/anime, sequential art	I want to provide resources on comics/sequential art, trying to bridge the gap between this medium and illustration/fine art
Margaret Jennings	@margaretkokoro, margaretkokoroarts@gmail.com	socially-engaged, participative, critically-questioning eco-arts practice	happy to offer workshops, silent walks, mindfulness spontaneous sketch classes based on re-sensitising to nature, gifted tree planting exchange ceremonies. Keen to link up with people who are interested in eco-arts.
Zoe Kendall	@zoe_appy, zoekendall@proton.me	Other performance artists, to possible collaborate on performance events and workshops together, or to get to know what other performance artists are up to.	I would like to share what I am doing in Newcastle, with The Performance Troupe and The Performance Showcase.
Charl otte	[1]		truth beauty message to get my insta if that makes sense.
Abbie Joy	@joy_allways, abigail.joy.arts@outlook.com	✿♥‿♥✿	( ･×･) .

Name	Base	Website	Description
Paper Jam Comics Collective	Newcastle upon Tyne	[2]	Network of local comic artists which hosts regular meetings, workshops/events and publishes anthologies on a variety of themes.
Grainger Market Arts Residency	Newcastle upon Tyne	[3]	Collective producing observational drawings of the historic Grainger market

Alternative Art Education Projects

Name	Base	Website	Description
The Collective Studio	The Newbridge Project	thenewbridgeproject.com/events/the-collective-studio/	The Collective Studio is a 10 month artist development programme for early-career creative practitioners in any creative discipline (very broad definition of art). It is for recent graduates, people who haven't been to university, and those returning to or taking a new direction in their art-making. It supports the development of creative talent in the North East region through studio and hot-desk membership, and further afield through associate membership. It equips practitioners with both pragmatic and creative skills. It opens for applications once a year, usually in May/June.
Practice makes Practice (PMP)	The Newbridge Project	[4] thenewbridgeproject.com/join/practice-makes-practice/]	Practice makes Practice (PMP) is an artist development programme run by artists for artists and the wider arts community. It focuses on developing artistic practice and equipping individuals with the skills to support them to build an artistic career. This is done through a regular programme of events, workshops, field trips, exchanges, mentoring and opportunities (including the annual PMP residency). It is programmed through suggestions from studio and associate members, ensuring what the programme is artist-led and develops in response to the needs and interests of members. There is a tiered membership offer which gives access to all events and opportunities, you can attend a one-off event as a non member, and 10 bursaries for free-membership are offered annually to practitioners from low-income households.

Galleries (with studios) / Studios (with galleries)

Name	Address	Website	Description
The NewBridge Project	232-240 High Street, Gateshead, NE8 1AQ	[5]	The NewBridge Project is an active artist-led community that supports artists, curators and communities through the provision of space for creative practice, curatorial opportunities and an ambitious artist-led programme of exhibitions, commissions, artist development and events. The NewBridge Project was established in 2010 to provide exchange and support in an engaged community of artists, and our public spaces are places where artists and local communities can come together to work, learn and socialise with each other. They deliver a programme of exhibitions, performances, screenings, educational talks and workshops in consultation with artist members, creating a programme that is responsive to the environment within which it exists, that builds solidarity, and that places community-centred, experimental, collaborative and socially conscious programming at its heart.

Co-operatives & Collaborations

Name	Base	Website	Description
Star and Shadow	Newcastle upon Tyne	[6]	Star and Shadow Cinema is a volunteer-run DIY space for Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, and the north east UK. It is set up as an open-to-join co-operative housed in a building it owns, dedicated to culture coming from and/or programmed by the grass roots - particularly cinema and music.
For Solidarity Map	Newcastle & Gateshead	[7]	For Solidarity is a growing peer-support network initiated by The Newbridge Project. It is made up of organisations, projects, initiatives and individuals across the North East. Collectively we aim to strengthen and grow existing networks of solidarity for a more democratic, socially just and ecologically sustainable world that supports all of our material and social needs. The network is made visible through the For Solidarity Map, a useful tool for mapping the solidarity economy and sharing stories , created in collaboration with the Solidarity Economy Association.
More Than Meanwhile	North East of England	[8]	More Than Meanwhile Spaces is an ongoing, collaborative project that explores long-term futures for artist-led initiatives and workspaces in the North East. Organised via a flexible working group which (to date) has involved researchers from The NewBridge Project, Newcastle University, the University of Northumbria, and Newcastle Council. The project included a series of workshops and events which brought together over 80 artists, artist-led spaces, creative workspace providors, local authorities, funders, local businesses and academics. Two reports have been published as part of the project which have documented discussions and potential future actions.

North West

Artists

Name	Website / contact	Who you want to connect with, why	What you want to share, why
Jessica El Mal	http://www.elmalart.com	contact@elmalart.com	Always up for collars with other artists, creatives, groups anyone!
Andrea Allan	www.andreaallan.co.uk @andreaallan_	Researching Alternative Art Schools - speaking to artists on those programmes, who organise them etc. would be great.
Grace Collins	https://gracecollins.cargo.site @onethousandprinces	Anyone interested in connecting up smaller towns in the North West / working collaboratively / taking up space where people can't find enough of it.	Can share some organising skills, semi-helpful art chats, time, networks and a good old fashioned pep talk!

Publications

Name	Website	Subject
Corridor8	https://corridor8.co.uk	reviews, essays, features, exploratory writing, and interviews relating to contemporary art in the North of England
The White Pube	https://thewhitepube.co.uk	based between Liverpool and London, TWP publish reviews on art, games, films, books and theatre. They run a monthly grant for working class creatives, and host a Successful Funding Application Library.
The Double Negative	http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk	Liverpool-based magazine (online and occasional print) featuring critical analysis, interviews, reviews, essays, experimental texts and commentary on under-the-radar culture.

* Blackburn

Organisations

Name	Address	Website	Description
Idle Women	Unity House, 49-51 Preston New Road, Blackburn, BB2 6AE	https://idlewomen.org/	Idle Women is an arts and social justice project that creates vibrant and adventurous spaces with and for all women.

* Birkenhead

Galleries

Name	Address	Website	Description
Convenience Gallery	Bloom Building, 3 Abbey Close, Birkenhead,	https://www.conveniencegallery.org	Convenience Gallery is a contemporary arts space established in 2019, with support from Small Steps Events. We want to offer an inclusive space for new and local artists to exhibit work, run workshops and develop their creative practice.

* Bolton

Galleries (with studios) / Studios (with galleries)

Name	Address	Website	Description
Neo	Studios: 1st and 2nd floors, Corporation Chambers, Corporation Street, BL1 2AN. Gallery: The Market Place, BL1 2AL	http://www.neoartists.co.uk	You can become an associate, a studio holder or studio user, there are also residency opportunities with neo studios and an open call for exhibition in the neo Artprize with multiple awards for a variety of disciplines. Neo studios has a 3D studio, print room and dark room.

* Liverpool

Galleries (with studios) / Studios (with galleries)

Name	Address	Website	Description
The Royal Standard	5 MANN STREET, L8 5AF	https://the-royal-standard.com	The Royal Standard (TRS) is an artist-led gallery, studio complex and registered charity based in Liverpool. We are dedicated to fostering opportunities for the most outstanding recent graduates and emerging artists through providing affordable studio space, free public exhibitions, events and training. We support 45 artists as well as having a dedicated gallery based in Northern Lights, Cains Brewery Village L8
FACT	88 Wood St, Liverpool L1 4DQ	http://www.fact.co.uk/	FACT Liverpool is the UK's leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art, film and new media. Home to two galleries, a cinema, café and bar.
OUTPUT gallery	Roaming	http://outputgallery.com/	Working exclusively with creative practitioners from or based in Merseyside. Previously based on Seel St, the gallery currently organises off-site events and postal exhibitions.

Liverpool based orgs/events

Name	Address	Website	Description
DaDa Fest	Bluecoat School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX	https://www.dadafest.co.uk/what-we-do/	DaDa - Disability and Deaf Arts. We inspire, develop and celebrate talent in disability and deaf arts. DaDaFest produce opportunities for disabled and d/Deaf people to perform and access the arts, including training and a festival programme.
Liverpool Artists' Network	Roaming	https://liverpoolartistsnetwork.org	A sharing platform and directory that connects artists, organisations, venues and art groups through networking meetings, a mailing list, and a map.
Homotopia	Roaming	https://www.homotopia.net	Supports LGBTQIA socially engaged artists with an annual festival in November that shares works in venues across the city - Homotopia is the UK's longest running LGBTQIA arts and culture festival.
Writing on the Wall	Toxteth Library	https://writingonthewall.org.uk/about/	Hosting two annual literature festivals, WoW programmes writing and art, aiming to be responsive and inclusive, and a showcase for new talent.
Aspen Yard	1 Aspen Grove, L18 0SR	https://www.aspenyard.co.uk/studios	The site of Granby Workshop and a cluster of studios for artists and writers.

* Liverpool City Region

Name	Address	Website	Description
Heart of Glass	11 Haydock St, Saint Helens WA10 1DD	https://www.heartofglass.org.uk/	We believe that art has the power to bring us together and create real change, for the people of our community, and the place we call home.

* Manchester

Galleries

Name	Address	Website	Description
Stock	1030 Stockport Road, M19 3WX	https://www.creativetourist.com/venue/stock-gallery/	An artist run project space in Manchester, with exhibition space for emerging and early career artists
Castlefield Gallery	2 Hewitt Street, M15 4GB	https://www.castlefieldgallery.co.uk/	We deliver a critically acclaimed and diverse annual programme of exhibitions , projects, and events from our main gallery in central Manchester that gives early and mid-career artists the opportunity to produce new work and develop their practice – the only such organisation in Greater Manchester with the ability to facilitate this, on this scale. You can join the associates membership scheme (annual membership costs £60. Benefits of the scheme include: Opportunities to apply for the Castlefield Gallery Associates Members Exhibition, Access to temporary spaces via Castlefield Gallery’s New Art Spaces scheme, which offers ‘Pop-up’ project/exhibition spaces for artists and creative practitioners, Artist talks, Peer-to-peer crit sessions, much more.
Paper Gallery	PAPER Unit 12 Mirabel Studios 14-20 Mirabel Street Manchester M3 1PJ	www.paper-gallery.co.uk/	PAPER is an artist-led, commercial gallery based in Manchester and represents a range of emerging and mid-career artists whose practice is based around the medium of paper. This ranges from drawing, painting, and printmaking to artist's books, video, and performance. The gallery opened in August 2012 and has a regular programme of exhibitions, presenting the work of gallery artists as well as providing a platform for outside curatorial projects. In 2013 PAPER instigated an Artist-in-Residence programme, Exploring PAPER, and in 2014 a mentoring scheme for artists based in the North-West of England, funded by Arts Council England.

Networks

Name	Website / contact	Info
MIF Artist Assembly	https://mif.co.uk/my-festival/	Artist meet up once a month to share ideas, usually have a speaker or activity and free food and drink!
Castlefield Gallery Associates	https://www.castlefieldgallery.co.uk/associates/	Castlefield Gallery Associates is a membership scheme for artists, writers and independent curators working in contemporary art. It is aimed at artists, writers and curators consciously making and exhibiting work as part of an ongoing critical debate about the direction of contemporary art.

Galleries (with studios) / Studios (with galleries)

Name	Address	Website	Description
Bankley Studios	Bankley Street, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 3PP	http://www.bankley.org.uk	The studio currently has over 30 Artists in residence working across a range of disciplines including painting, textiles, photography, installation, sculpture and ceramics. In addition to the studio spaces there is also an artist run gallery space. You can become a studio holder, the gallery also hosts open call exhibitions including the Bankley Open. Runs open-calls for curatorial projects.
Depot	-	https://depotartstudios.com	art studio and project space located in Manchester, the studio space often transforms into a platform to display and promote contemporary art.
AWOL Studios	-	www.awol-studios.co.uk	AWOL Studios is a buzzing, creative hub in the heart of Ancoats. AWOL has an eclectic mix of artists, designers, filmmakers, tattooists etc.

* Salford

Galleries (with studios) / Studios (with galleries)

Name	Base	Website	Description
Islington Mill Art Academy	Islington Mill	www.islingtonmill.com/about-us/islington-mill-art-academy	Islington Mill Art Academy (IMAA) is our free peer-led art school. It is open to anyone who wants to be an artist. Learning activity (workshops, crits, coaching, group residencies and projects) is shared and led by the energy and ideas of the current student-members. The Academy is not formally accredited; students choose to graduate when they feel ready to work more independently as artists.
Short Supply	Islington Mill	https://www.shortsupply.org/	Short Supply was established for the purpose of generating creative opportunities, and facilitating and curating collaborative events specifically for artists in the North West. Particular emphasis is placed on ensuring emerging artists and recent graduates have the chance to put themselves out there, but Short Supply is a platform for all creatives, and aims to try and cultivate a supportive network across the board..

Name	Address	Website	Description
Paradise Works	East Philip Street, Salford, M3 7LE	https://www.paradise-works.com	Independent Gallery, project space and community of 30+ artists. You can attend film viewings, artist discussions, workshops and you can become a studio member. It hosts the north west graduate show which is selected through open call.
Hot Bed Press	The Casket Works, Cow Lane, Salford. M5 4NB	www.hotbedpress.org	Hot Bed Press was established in 1994 by a small group of graduates/artists looking for somewhere to print. The group established a ‘not for profit’ company operating on charitable principles with the aims of supporting artists, promoting printmaking and educating a wider audience in printmaking and related arts.

Yorkshire and the Humber

Hull

Name	Website / contact	Who you want to connect with, why	What you want to share, why
Charl otte	[9]	Hull ppl	film, vfx... let's see if anything on our backburners align collab etc
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Alternative Art Education

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Name	Base	Website	Description
Studio Groups	Feral Art School	https://www.feralartschool.org/	The Feral Art School offers high quality learning experiences for adults over 18 with a curiosity for engaging with and making art work. We are a co-operative consisting of professional artists, designers and educators who encourage experimentation, high aspirations and individual fulfilment. We encourage a collaborative approach, exploring and sharing experiences to develop personal practice. No previous experience is required to access our courses but we offer a progression from general introductory level to more specialist levels. For those who want to develop their creative practice further we have Supported and Independent studio schemes where members are offered a space to work in and have regular tutor input. We are part of a growing national and international network of alternative art schools but distinctive to our context in the city of Hull.

* Leeds

Galleries (with studios) / Studios (with galleries)

Name	Address	Website	Description
Assembly House	44 Canal Rd, LS12 2PL	https://www.assemblyhouse.art	an artist-led gallery and studios located in a Victorian textiles mill alongside the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Since 2013 we have been supporting emerging creatives in Leeds by offering affordable studio spaces, career support and funded opportunities. We also host a monthly programme of exhibitions, gigs and events.
Serf	23—25 Wharf Street, LS2 7EQ	http://serfleeds.co.uk	an artist-led community and project space in Leeds, UK. We provide open-plan studios and workspaces for over 25 artists and provide opportunities to curate exhibitions, showcase work and experiment within our project space.

* Sheffield

Events spaces

Name	Address	Website	Description
Flaw Collective / Gut Level	-	-	Space for events, DJ nights, skill sharing
Sidney & Matilda	RIVELIN WORKS, S1 4RH	https://www.sidneyandmatilda.com	Independent live venue and gallery. Available for gallery and event hire, used by multiple local organisations and practitioners to host free events, exhibitions and accompanying artist talks.
Foodhall	121 Eyre Street, S1 4QW.	https://www.foodhallproject.org	Our core activity is the running of a community cafe, where communal meals made from surplus food donations are served on a ‘contribute what you can’ basis. Foodhall is also a space for culture, music, arts and community events; hosting talks and academic presentations and festivals; and catering private parties and events. Profits from these events go toward funding Foodhall’s core and branch activities.

Galleries (with studios) / Studios (with galleries)

Name	Address	Website	Description
Bloc Projects	-	-	Gallery space and studios
S1 Artspace	-	-	Gallery and studios- available for private hire
GLOAM	95B Mary Street S1 4RT	https://www.facebook.com/GLOAMGallery	contemporary art gallery, and studios - available for private hire

Studios

Name	Address	Website	Description
Womp Space	-	-	Studio space, host events, screenings and residencies

West Midlands

Artists

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* Birmingham

Alternative Art Education Projects

Name	Base	Website	Description
Masters of Something	Birmingham	https://mastersofsomething.wixsite.com/2019/about @masters_of_something_	an open-source professional development group, collaboratively run by a cohort of artists and makers, working to provide opportunities for each other over the course of an entire year. You can attend Masters of Something meet-ups
Black Hole Club	Vivid Projects, 16 Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, B5 5RS	http://www.vividprojects.org.uk/blackholeclub/	a programme of creative development and collaboration for artists and creative practitioners with a diverse range of backgrounds and cultural interests. Participants are selected from an annual open call and use the year to collaborate, test and present new aspects to their practices.

Galleries

Name	Address	Website	Description
Centrala Space	Unit 4 Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, B5 5RT	http://centrala-space.org.uk	A nationally and internationally recognised centre for Central and Eastern European art and artists. You can attend many of the free events hosted in the space including music nights and readings. Partakes in ‘first Friday’.
Cheap Cheap	68a Lombard Street, B12 0QR	http://thomas-kilby.co.uk/index.php/cheap-cheap/	A project space & gallery in Birmingham, UK. Housed within the same building as The Lombard Method (an artist-led studio).
Eastside Projects	86 Heath Mill Lane, B9 4AR	https://eastsideprojects.org	Gallery in Digbeth, running artist symposiums and open calls. You can attend talks and symposiums within the gallery, You can join their initiative EOP (Extra Ordinary People) which will send you opportunity updates, and access trips (with other EOP members) to other galleries and arts festivals in the country. You can also apply to the EOP annual members show - if your proposal is chosen you recieve £1000 artists fee and up to £1500 for production and curatorial guidance. You will also be able to book 1-2-1 chats with ESP staff and talks with staff around guidance setting up your own spaces. There are also publishing fairs held in the gallery and Christmas art fairs that EOP members can apply to take part in. Eastside projects also takes part in the Syllabus programme and in first friday events
Recent Activity	80–82 Floodgate Street, Digbeth, B5 5SR	https://recentactivity.org.uk	A curatorial project based in Digbeth, with a nomadic vitrine

Galleries (with studios) / Studios (with galleries)

Name	Address	Website	Description, how to get involved
Grand Union	Unit 19, Minerva Works, Fazeley Street, B5 5RS	https://grand-union.org.uk	Grand Union provides high quality, affordable studios for visual artists in the heart of a supportive creative community, with frequent opportunities for members of the public to visit behind the scenes. You can become a studio holder, as well as attending events, workshops, exhibitions that are hosted in the space. There is also a graduate residency programme for graduates in Birmingham which provides studio space and mentoring for a year. Partakes in Digbeth ‘First Friday’, where galleries open into the evening and host events, with local artists on the first friday of every month.
Stryx	Unit 13, Minerva Works, Fazeley Street, B5 5RS	http://stryx.co.uk	a female-led gallery and studios that focuses on supporting artists through residencies and artist development programmes. You can become a studio member, Stryx also partakes in first Friday and hosts events including performances and live music.
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Workshops

Name	Address	Website	Description, how to get involved
Modern Clay	17 Minerva Works, Fazeley Street, Birmingham, B5 5RS	https://modernclay.org	Modern Clay provides a studio research facility for the production of ceramics, run as a co-op. Core values: artists, education and public. You can hire out the studio for self-funded residencies and attend reasonably priced, varied workshops.
STEAMhouse	108 Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6DT	https://steamhouse.org.uk/	STEAMhouse is a production space in Birmingham, UK. It hosts a range of fabrication facilities including woodworking, metalworking, 3D printing and more. The facilities are free to use for registered companies, which includes artists registered as self employed.

* Stoke-on-Trent

Galleries

Name	Address	Website	Description, how to get involved
AirSpace	4 Broad Street, ST1 4HL	http://www.airspacegallery.org	A collaborative, artist led project, providing professional development opportunities, studio and exhibiting space and support for artists. You can be a studio holder, attend film viewings, artist soup kitchens, workshops, and assist the gallery in the maintenance of the Spode rose garden. There are exhibition call-outs and opportunities as well as events such as karaoke nights held in the gallery.
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East Midlands

Artists

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* Leicester

Galleries (with studios) / Studios (with galleries)

Name	Website	Address	Description
Two Queens	https://2queens.com	2 Queen Street, LE1 1QW	an artist-run gallery and studios situated in Leicester’s Cultural Quarter. In addition to our public facing opportunities, we have regular open calls within our associate membership (aimed at those who wish to benefit from the critical dialogue and support that a peer group of fellow practitioners can provide, but do not require a studio space).
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* Nottingham

Galleries (with studios) / Studios (with galleries)

Name	Website	Address	Description
Backlit	https://backlit.org.uk	Alfred House, Ashley St, NG3 1JG	artist driven contemporary art gallery and studios. You can become a studio holder, attend workshops in skills. Past examples include workshops in concrete construction.
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Studios

Name	Website	Address	Description
Primary	http://www.weareprimary.org/about/	33 Seely Rd	studio and workshop spaces, and an innovative public programme.
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Colchester

Galleries

Name	Website	Address	Email Address	Description
Firstsite	firstsite.uk	Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH	info@firstsite.uk	Firstsite presents a varied and challenging programme of exhibitions, commissions, residencies and screenings, in a broad range of media and art forms, by nationally and internationally acclaimed artists.

Great Yarmouth

Galleries

Name	Website	Address	Email Address	Description
PRIMEYARC	originalprojects.co.uk	PRIMEYARC, UNIT C, Market Gates, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2BG	info@originalprojects.co.uk	PRIMEYARC is run by originalprojects;. originalprojects; works with contemporary artists and communities in Great Yarmouth, co-creating ambitious objects, experiences and developmental activities that respond to the place and people, building relationships for a sustainable future.
The Yare Gallery	yare.org.uk	26 South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2RG	lyn@gy-pt.org	The Yare Gallery is available for artists to hire and stage exhibitions, the charge will be modest and is intended to simply cover costs, in some cases we will provide the gallery for free if there is a community or charity benefit.

Studios

Name	Website	Address	Email Address	Description
PRIMEYARC	originalprojects.co.uk	PRIMEYARC, UNIT C, Market Gates, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2BG	info@originalprojects.co.uk	PRIMEYARC is run by originalprojects;. originalprojects; works with contemporary artists and communities in Great Yarmouth, co-creating ambitious objects, experiences and developmental activities that respond to the place and people, building relationships for a sustainable future.

Norwich

Art Spaces

Name	Website	Address	Email Address	Description
Ambition's Graveyard	membership.ambition.rip	Unit 6C, ABC Wharf, Norwich, NR1 1QH	hi@ambition.rip	Ambition's Graveyard is a collaborative interdisciplinary art space for experimentation, exploration and sharing, co-created with its members.

Galleries

Name	Website	Address	Email Address	Description
Anteros Arts	anterosfoundation.com	11-15 Fye Bridge Street, Norwich NR3 1LJ	enquiries@anteros.co.uk	The Anteros Arts Foundation is a charity for education and the promotion of the Arts in Norfolk. Offers spaces for exhibitions, art classes and workshops, live music events and venue hire.
East Gallery NUA	nua.ac.uk/university-life/east-gallery	Cavendish House, St Andrews Street, Norwich, NR2 4AE	gallery@nua.ac.uk	East Gallery is a city centre public art space showcasing a programme of exhibitions by internationally recognised artists, curators, and design practitioners, run by Norwich University of the Arts
Fairhurst Gallery	fairhurstgallery.co.uk	17 Bedford St, Norwich, NR2 1AR	enquiries@fairhurstgallery.co.uk	The gallery showcases a vibrant variety of exhibitions, aiming to promote and develop new professional artists and their careers as well as assisting well established practitioners reach new and wider audiences.
Josey	josey.co	15a Willow Lane, Norwich, NR2 1EU / 16 Ten Bell Lane, Norwich, NR2 1HE	info@josey.co	Gallery open Saturdays and by appointment
Moosey Norwich	mooseyart.co.uk/pages/norwich	Labour in Vain Yard, Norwich, NR2 1JD	norwich@mooseyart.co.uk	Moosey is a contemporary art gallery based in London and Norwich. Focusing on Introducing emerging artists, monthly exhibitions and limited edition prints.
OUTPOST Gallery	norwichoutpost.org	10b Wensum Street, Norwich, NR3 1HR	questions@norwichoutpost.org	OUTPOST is an artist-run charity, based in Norwich, committed to the uncompromising presentation of contemporary art. The charity runs a gallery which currently facilitates a programme of 5 exhibitions per year, alongside a series of offsite projects, events, and artists editions.
The Undercroft	artinnorwich.org.uk/the-undercroft.html	Under the Memorial Gardens in front of City Hall in the city centre – postcode NR2 1NE	clarehubery@norwich.gov.uk or events@norwich.gov.uk	The Undercroft is a raw and robust, uncurated artspace in the centre of Norwich. It is the space beneath the Memorial Gardens in front of City Hall, St Peter's Street, owned and administered by Norwich City Council and made available to artists at a nominal fee.

Studios

Name	Website	Address	Email Address	Description
Muspole Workshops	muspoleworkshops.co.uk	25-27 Muspole Street, Norwich, NR3 1DJ	info@muspoleworkshops.co.uk	Muspole Workshops has studios of all shapes and sizes, some with shared access and facilities and some self-contained. Studios are let with 24-hour access on a monthly basis, allowing maximum flexibility for artists.
Norwich Art Studios	norwichartstudios.com	27 Bedford Street, Norwich, NR2 1AG	Web form	Based in the Norwich Lanes, the studios take over the 2nd and 3rd floors of the historic old Hovells building. On the 2nd floor there are up to 30 spaces across three interconnected levels, the whole space is one huge open plan area creating a real sense of community. On the 3rd floor are three private offices, a communal kitchen and bathrooms.
OUTPOST Studios	norwichoutpost.org/studios	Gildengate House, Upper Green Lane, Norwich, NR3 1AX	studios@norwichoutpost.org	OUTPOST Studios is an artist-run studio complex, based in Norwich, committed to providing affordable spaces for contemporary art practitioners in the eastern region. Since its founding in 2010, OUTPOST Studios has established itself as one of the largest studio providers for artistic activity in the East of England. OUTPOST studios are based in Gildengate House, Anglia Square, where it is currently occupied by more than 80 artists.
St Ethelreda's	No website	St Etheldreda’s Artists Studios, King Street, Norwich NR1 1QH	lindachapman49@hotmail.com	St Etheldreda’s Artists’ Studios is housed in the beautiful church of St Etheldreda, opposite Wensum Lodge in King Street. It is the longest running artists’ studios in the city in one of the city’s oldest streets. Currently eleven members have working spaces in the church. Some first Saturdays of the month the studios are open from 12 to 4pm to show an exhibition of fresh work by some or one of the member artists.

* Peterborough

Early Career Programme

Name	Base	Website	Description
Early Career Aritsts	Peterborough, Southend & Liverpool	[10]	Over the next few years Metal is looking to further develop a programme of support for Early Career Artists, those in their first few years of defining themselves as an artist. Though not exclusively, we are particularly interested in how we can help early career artists who live or work in our host cities of Liverpool, Peterborough and Southend on Sea. Below are our current programmes that support those in the first few years of their artistic career.

South West

Artists

Name	Website / contact	Who you want to connect with, why	What you want to share, why
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* Bristol

Studios

Name	Website	Address	Description
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* Bath

Art Spaces

Name	Website	Address	Description
The Andrew Brownsword Gallery	https://www.edgearts.org/whats-on/andrew-brownsword-gallery/	The Edge, University of Bath	Gallery
Bath Artists Studios	http://bathartistsstudios.co.uk	Example	Gallery space and studios
Bath School of Art and Design	Example	Bath spa university, Locksbrook campus	Gallery space
The Art Cohort	https://www.theartcohort.co.uk	13 Chelsea Road	Gallery space, art shop, workshops

South East

* Brighton

Alternative Art Education Projects

Name	Base	Website	Description
TheAntiMA	Coachwerks	theantimabrighton.wordpress.com	The AntiMA Brighton is a peer-lead, collaborative arts education programme based in Brighton. Meeting monthly at Coachwerks, a gallery, workshop and artist studio space, members of the programme deliver workshops, talks and experiences to the rest of the group as well as participating in crits, research and event planning that encourages peer learning as well as personal practice development.
Brighton Photo Fringe		photofringe.org/	Photo Fringe is a volunteer-led, collaborative platform providing essential professional development opportunities and peer-support for lens-based artists. Brighton Photo Fringe runs a trainee curator programme for those interested in working with lens-based media as well as open opportunities for lens-based artists to present work during their biennial festival.

* Hastings

Studios

Name	Website	Address	Description
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* Margate

Alternative Art Education Projects

Name	Base	Website	Description
Open School East	Adult Education Centre, Hawley Square, CT9 1PF	www.openschooleast.org	Established in 2013, Open School East is a Margate-based space for artistic and collaborative learning that is free, versatile and non-exclusive. The Associates Programme: a year-long development programme for emerging artists and cultural practitioners from diverse backgrounds and generations; The Young Associates Programme: a full-time, year-long, accredited art and design programme for local young people aged 16-18 who experience difficulty in their education.

Galleries (with studios) / Studios (with galleries)

Name	Base	Website	Description
CRATE	1 Bilton Square, High Street, CT9 1EE	http://cratespace.co.uk	Based in an old print works, the building combines working and project space and is designed to give artists access to dedicated, affordable space for experimentation, production, documentation and research. There are three floors of studios, and two project spaces on the ground floor. The project spaces are available for short-term use by practitioners, alongside a programme initiated by CRATE.

* Milton Keynes

Art Spaces

Name	Website	Address	Description
Milton Keynes Art Centre	https://miltonkeynesartscentre.org	Parklands, MK14 5DZ	a multidisciplinary arts centre set in the grounds of Great Linford Manor Park. We present a programme of artists’ projects, events and educational activities inspired by our unique location. We provide access to specialist ceramic, silversmithing and wood shop resources, and the space to explore new ideas and directions in the development of craft, design and the visual arts.

* Portsmouth

Studios

Name	Website	Address	Description
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* Southend on Sea

Alternative Art Education Programmes

Name	Base	Website	Description
TOMA: The Other MA	Southend	[11]	The Other MA (TOMA) is a 12-month artist-run education model based in Southend-on-Sea. TOMA is currently the only postgraduate level art programme in Essex after all others were stopped by their host Universities. It was set up in 2016 to offer responsive, affordable, accessible art education to artists. TOMA is unaccredited in the traditional sense, but provides a programme of learning that will benefit artists in the same way.

Artists

Name	Base	Website	Description	What would I like to share?
Graham Burnett	Southend on Sea	spiralseed.co.uk	Artist, permaculturist, community practitioner. Part of TOMA cohort 2022 - 24	currently working on 'Patchwork Orchard' project in conjunction with South Essex Homes, creating micro-community orchards in public spaces in Southend, including social housing schemes
Gulsen Guler	Southend-on-sea	[12]	Researcher &Artist working at the intersection of technology, society, and power.

Art Spaces

Name	Base	Website	Description
Focal Point Gallery	Southend	[13]	"Focal Point Gallery is South Essex’s only public contemporary art gallery, open to all. Offering an exciting and ambitious programme of largely free workshops, talks, outdoor film screenings and offsite projects, we also present four major exhibitions a year featuring both international and local artists. We believe in building a community and a safe space to enjoy art and the creative process, where everyone is valued" -- from their website
The Ironworks	Southend-on-sea	The Ironworks	New arts space, cafe and events venue in Southend High Street.

Greater London

Artists

Name	Website / contact	Who you want to connect with, why	What you want to share, why
Margaret Jennings	@margaretkokoro, margaretkokoroarts@gmail.com	socially-engaged, participative, critically-questioning eco-arts practice	happy to offer workshops, silent walks, mindfulness spontaneous sketch classes based on re-sensitising to nature, gifted tree planting exchange ceremonies
Esther McManus	esthermcmanus.co.uk, @esther_mcmanus	I'd like to be in touch with comics artists and cartoonists to share work-in-progress and receive/offer feedback. I'd love to join an online crit group	Happy to share printing and bookbinding skills through skill-shares or taking on jobs
Niklas Gustafson	@niklasg33 or Niklas.gustafson@mail.com	Think I need a studio (pref NW London) at some point!
Imo Jeffes	@imo_jeffes	https://cargocollective.com/imogenjeffes	I make film, do performances and just want to connect with other london artists and colab and have shows together and what not. Find me on instagram or get in touch via my website lets try and get something together by 2021!!!!
Matilda Glen	@matildaglen or www.matildaglen.co.uk	I'm interested in connecting with other artist and organisations in my local area Kings Cross Islington
Ju Canon	@jucanon or https://www.jucanon.com/	I'd like to connect with other artists, painters? and find out about residencies to apply to.	I am happy to chat and I can help for graphic design matters.
Zaneta Zukalova	@zaneta_zukalova, www.cargocollective.com/zanetazukalova	I'm up for connecting/collaborating with other artists, I'm local to Deptford
Dancing Pixels	Instagram or Tumblr	I'd like to meet people (I'm based in NW London) interested in videoart, live cinema and video projections to discuss our practices, inspirations and share feedback	live video projection skills with TouchDesigner
Sophie Chapman	www.sophieandkerri.com, @sophie_chapman	Be good to be in touch with other artists interested in film, social justice, collaboration, punk. Local to Bermondsey, studio in Hackney.	Have space we can use when covid safe, wana swap music
Abel Shah	https://www.abelshah.com/	We're an artists duo investigating ideas around collaboration and the disruption on value systems. We also run a residency called residency 11:11. We're always looking to meet, do thing and chat with other practitioners	Always up for sharing ideas
Fredrix Vermin	https://www.fredrixvermin.com/	Evil Genius & Part-Time Artist from South-East London working with text, performance, video, installation and occasionally playing with fire. Part of Hot Bed Press print exchange through Art Hub Studios 2020, 2021, 2022 'Construction' bound with micro publishing group Grotti at London Centre for Book Arts, Held at The British Library Performed at Stour Space, Space Station 65 and the Barbican with The Readers	Always up for collaboration. contact via Instaspam
Eva Sbaraini	@evavoo_art evaimagines.com	Peer to peer mentoring Exhibiting Collabortation Interested to connect with artists working with - Portraiture Queer theory 3D scan data Advanced digital fabrication techniques	I have technical knowledge in - 3D scanning 3D modelling 3D printing

London-wide alternative art education projects

Name	Base	Website	Description
AltMFA	Across London	www.altmfa.uk	AltMFA is an Alternative Master of Fine Art Course established in 2010, by artists, for artists, as a free alternative to studying a university-based Masters programme in London.
Constellations	UP Projects/ Flat Time House	www.upprojects.com/projects/constellations/	Constellations is a free development programme for artists who are working with socio-political issues, community-oriented practice and/or public contexts. UP Projects has developed this programme in partnership with Flat Time House to support artists who are interested in further developing their practice, collaborating with others, and accessing new networks.
Into The Wild	Chisenhale Studios	[ http://www.intothewildchisenhale.co.uk/about.html ]	Now in its sixth year, Into the Wild is a free, year-long development programme for recent BA graduate artists. It aims to offer support and inspiration to artists in the early stages of their career and in need of practical advice on how to survive and thrive in the real world and develop their practice. Selected artists are up to 3 years out of BA and represent a diversity of practices from across the spectrum of colleges in London and further afield. The programme involves an 8 week (1 day a week) course crammed with talks and workshops by leading arts professionals, plus a year involving mentoring from Studio Members; exhibitions: publications and tool kits; curatorial support; and a residency. Residencies take place off-site, and are tailored to the participants in association with a plethora of exciting institutions. Into the Wild is led by artist Sophie Chapman & Chisenhale Art Place's Artist Development Coordinator Rosie Hermon, in collaboration with the artists at Chisenhale Studios. The programme was conceived by Chisenhale Studio Members as a way of giving back and reaching out to new generations of artists.
Evening Class	May Day Rooms	evening-class.org	Evening Class is an experiment in self-organised education that has been active since January 2016. It's a space where we can cultivate common interests, develop research and collectively decide the class’s programme. Our programme takes the form of public workshops, talks and debates, reading groups, radio broadcasting, performances, walks, and publishing.
New School of the Anthropocene	London/ Worldwide	[14]	The New School of the Anthropocene is an experiment. But it is also an act of repair. In partnership with October Gallery in London, we seek to reinstate the intellectual adventure and creative risk that formerly characterised arts education. The mainstream university has proven unable and unwilling to engage with the condition of social crisis and the prospect of ecological ruin. Valuing experimentation and mining the critical-creative seam, we have shaped a trans-disciplinary ethos and a non-hierarchical gathering of academics and students forged in conviviality and trust.

* Hackney

Print Studios

Print Club London

Dalston

[15]

Open 24 hours a day 365 days a year. We have six screen beds, two t-shirt carousels, t-shirt dryer, storage facilities, a washout room and the mother of all exposure units. We supply the facilities and members supply their consumables such as ink, paper, screens, and emulsion.

Atom Gallery

Stoke Newington

[16]

You are welcome to phone or email Mark or Richard for a chat about your printing requirements. Of course you can drop round too but best to check we are not up to our necks in something first and we can give you some attention. Giclee print and screen printing available.

Workshops

Hackney Wick Arts Club

Hackney Wick

[17]

HWAC was formed to provide an affordable and practical space for local artists and makers with access to facilities for woodwork & carpentry, welding, rigging, graphics, painting, printing and electronics.

Galleries/Studios

Stour Space

Hackney Wick

[18]

A socially minded organisation offering exhibition, performance and studio space for the development of creative enterprises. Supported through the Mayor of London’s Culture at Risk Business Support Fund and the Creative Land Trust.

PEER

Hoxton

[19]

I went the other day, their ethos is so good. They are really community-driven and offer internships.

Guest Projects

Hackney

http://www.guestprojects.com/

This is a kind of hybrid project space/gallery space. Their normal programming is based on pretty lengthy applications where you are (if successful) given a 'residency' for a month to try things out and host things. But you can message them directly, or go knock on their door, and ask if the space is ever empty to try something out just for a day/afternoon to document and reflect!

Space Studios

London Fields and other locations

[20]

SPACE is a leading visual arts organisation supporting artists in a changing urban environment by providing creative workspace, advocacy, support and promoting innovation.

* Brent

Studio, workshops, courses

Create Space London	Willesden	[21]	Create Space London offers a range of core courses, workshops and educational programmes at either minimal or affordable costs. These involve: wood, metal & plastics; screen-printing, ceramics, electronics and computing. Create Space London has a range of studios, workshops and gallery space where art can be practiced, created and exhibited.
NW10 Studios	NW - Multiple Locations	[22]	Affordable and reliable artist studios in growing selection of locations in NW London.

* Haringey

Alternative art education projects

The Essential School of Painting

Wood Green

theessentialschoolofpainting.com

The Essential School of Painting (ESOP) is an alternative art school based in Wood Green, London, specialising in short and year long courses taught by leading contemporary artists. The ESOP offers exciting, intellectually rigorous courses with the intention of advancing painting and fine art practice in the 21st Century. Classes are available for all levels of experience.

* Newham

Print services

Name	Address	Website	Description
Rabbits Road Press	Old Manor Park Library, 835 Romford Rd, E12 5JY	https://www.rabbitsroadpress.com	The community risograph printing press offers printing services and educational workshops. Open Access weekly during term time

* Southwark

Art Groups

Name	Address	Website	Description
F.A.T. Studio	-	-	Group running creative activites for + with locals

Artist Studios

Name	Address	Website	Description
Proposition Studios	30 Surrey Wharf, Malt St, London SE1 5AY	https://www.propositionstudios.com/	Proposition Studios is currently based across three sites in Shoreditch, Holloway and Peckham with studios ranging from large self contained units to big open shared spaces. Each site offers a very different type of workspace ranging from industrial warehouse to studios in listed buildings. Artists are encouraged to work together to develop public events representing their studio community.

Printing Workshops

Name	Address	Website	Description
DIY Space for London	96-108 Ormside Street, London, SE15 1TF	https://diyspaceforlondon.org/	DIY Space For London is a cooperatively-run social centre located in South London, just off Old Kent Road. We offer low cost creative facilities, meeting rooms and social space as well as space for screenings, talks and performances. We run on a members’ club model so that everyone has equal say in how the place is run. The space works to promote the ideas of mutual aid (helping each other) and cooperation (working together).

* Lewisham

Ceramic Studios

Name	Address	Website	Description
The Ceramics Studio Co-op	Units 14C, 16C, 17C Juno Way, London SE14 5RW	https://www.ceramicsstudio.coop/	Ceramics Studio Co-op is an artist-run purpose designed ceramics and sculpture workshop which operates as a workers cooperative. The studio is owned and run by the people who work in it and have equal say in what business does. We were set up in response to the lack of ceramics workshops accessible to new makers, and as an attempt to create a space of ethical employment for artists and designers.

Artist Studios

Name	Address	Website	Description
SET Studios	Unit 1 Lewisham Retail Park. London. SE13 7RZ	https://setspace.uk/	SET is a multifaceted arts and community organisation based in numerous centres across London. SET curates an eclectic and experimental arts programme alongside affordable artist workspace

Alternative art education projects

Lewisham Education Arts Network

Lewisham

[23]

Lewisham Education Arts Network (LEAN) champions arts education in Lewisham through empowering artist educators, those that work with them and strategic partners to foster high quality creative opportunities for children and young people.

* Tower Hamlets

LADA

Bethnal Green

https://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/

LADA support contemporary culture’s most radical and inventive artists, practices and ideas. They have a big research library that anyone can organise to go in to and use that is full of books and works and films to do with live art/performance.

Alternative art education projects

Name	Base	Website	Description
Into the Wild	Chisenhale Studios	www.intothewildchisenhale.co.uk	Now in its sixth year, Into the Wild is a free, year-long professional development programme for recent BA graduate artists. It aims to offer support and inspiration to artists in the early stages of their career and in need of practical advice on how to survive and thrive in the real world and develop their practice

Print Services

Name	Address	Website	Description
London Centre for Book Arts	Britannia Works, 56 Dace Road, Fish Island, London E3 2NQ	www.londonbookarts.org	London Centre for Book Arts (LCBA) is an artist-run, open-access studio providing education programmes for the community and access to resources for artists, designers and makers. They foster and promote book arts and artist-led publishing in the UK through collaboration, education, and by providing open-access to printing and binding facilities; a space for hands-on experience, knowledge sharing and skills exchange.

* Camden

Residencies

Name	Address	Website	Description
Residency 11:11	Hampstead	https://residencyeleveneleven.co.uk/	Residency 11:11 is an artist-led residency initiated in 2018 by Giulia Shah in collaboration with Alexandra Bell aiming to be shaped by the needs of its own residents and contributors . We accept proposals from all practitioners based outside of London for whom it is relevant to spend time working, researching and connecting outside of their “usual” environment.

Arts Organisation

Name	Address	Website	Description
Freelands Foundation	Camden	https://freelandsfoundation.co.uk/	An arts organisation focussing on art education and its accessibility.

* Islington

Artist Studios

Name	Address	Website	Description
Cubitt	Angel	https://www.cubittartists.org.uk/	Cubitt is an artist run cooperative based in Islington, London. Founded by a group of artists in 1991, Cubitt consists of a non-profit gallery, education programme and 32 artist studios.

Wales

Artists

Name	Website / contact	Who you want to connect with, why	What you want to share, why
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* Cardiff

Art Spaces

Name	Website	Address	Description
ArcadeCampfa	https://arcade-campfa.org	3b Queen's Arcade, Queen St, St Davids Centre, CF10 2BY	an artist-led gallery and project space located in the Queens Arcade shopping centre in Cardiff. We comprise two shop units; Campfa is an exhibition space with a year-long programme of contemporary solo and group exhibitions. Arcade is an experimental project space where we act as host for your exhibitions, workshops, talks and events. ArcadeCampfa provides studios for artists at Arcade Studios in Fairwater, Cardiff.
g39	http://www.g39.org	Oxford St, CF24 3DT	Part exhibition space, part community and part resource, g39 is a dynamic artist-led organisation for contemporary art in Wales. We organise and present a wide-ranging public programme of activities, from major exhibitions, talks and formal symposia to experimental projects and social events. We also run an informal membership scheme for emerging and mid-career artists who live and work in Wales. Through Warp (Wales Artist Resource Programme) we offer artists support and advice, training and information and facilitate networking between individual artists and groups. G39 does not represent artists commercially; instead we encourage their self-management and professionalism.

* Llandudno

Studios

Name	Website	Address	Description
MOSTYN	https://www.mostyn.org	12 Vaughan Street, LL30 1AB	The six gallery spaces exhibit the best in international contemporary art and craft, showing artists and makers from Wales and beyond.

Scotland

Artists

Name	Website / contact	Who you want to connect with, why	What you want to share, why
Lucas Priest / 🚶‍♂️The School of Pedestrian Culture🚶‍♂️	https://pedestrianculture.myportfolio.com/ @lucas.priest	The School of Pedestrian Culture is a pseudo-institution for the ‘play testing’ of psychogeograpic games aimed at disorienting how we encounter space and place across the Scotland’s central belt. With a particular focus on exploring, encountering and drifting through sites of change, community resilience and capitalist expansion. The School emerged from a lacking sense of a collective pedagogy at the Edinburgh Collage of Art following the COVID-19 Pandemic.	Please get in touch if you are interested in facilitating or joining a walk with the SoPC
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* Edinburgh

Studios & ARIs

Name	Website	Address	Description
Rhubaba	http://www.rhubaba.org/studio/#info	Rhubaba Gallery and Studios 25 Arthur St, Edinburgh, EH6 5DA	This is a really friendly small studio space with affordable studios for recent grads, they also host workshops and events by external artists. EDIT: Rhubaba’s gallery and studio spaces closed in 2021 but we continue to run an online and in-person programme while supporting artist development.
EMBASSY	https://www.embassygallery.org/	10b Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY	EMBASSY is an artist-led organisation based in Edinburgh that seeks to support early career artists, through the facilitation of exhibitions, commissioning opportunities, events and a public facing programming. EMBASSY was established in 2003 and since then has been run by a rolling non-hierarchical committee.
MUTUAL Artists Coop	https://www.instagram.com/mutual_coop/	21, Castlebrae Business Centre, 4BB, Peffer Pl, Edinburgh	Artist-Run studio cooperative offering affordable studio spaces. There are about 15 'studio' spaces in a big shared 1st floor unit on Castlebrae Business Centre (wheelchair accessible). Website is a work in progress! As of 2023 Studio rent ranges from roughly £50-£200pcm depending on size, access to natural light and 'real' walls
Sett Studios	https://www.instagram.com/settstudios/	127 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH6 8NP	Artist-run studios with dedicated gallery space. Run for artists, by artists.

* Glasgow

Print Services

Name	Address	Website	Description
Sundays Print	32 St. Andrew's Street, G1 5PD	https://www.sundays-print-service.co.uk	Risograph print service & open access studio
Risotto	22 Farnell Street, G4 9SE	https://www.risottostudio.com	Risograph printers

ARIs

Name	Address	Website	Description
Market Gallery	13 Ross St, Glasgow G1 5AR	https://www.marketgallery.org/	Market Gallery is a charitable artist-run organisation facilitated by a rolling committee of artist programmes a programme facilitator and a board based in Glasgow’s East End. It was established in 2000 and presents a varied programme of contemporary exhibitions, projects and events. We have recently moved to a new space in the Barras. We are committed to engaging and presenting artists’ work in collaborative projects and digital formats. We aim to offer an open and accessible platform for the discussion and experience of contemporary art in Glasgow and internationally.
Transmission	28 KING STREET GLASGOW SCOTLAND G1 5QP	https://www.transmissiongallery.org/	Transmission is a voluntary artist-run organisation and gallery displaying unique contemporary works by emerging artists since 1983

* Dundee

ARI's

Name	Address	Website	Description
Generator Projects	Unit 25, Ind Est, 26 Mid Wynd, Ind Est, Dundee DD1 4JG	https://www.generatorprojects.co.uk/	GENERATORprojects is a dynamic, vibrant exhibition and events space in the heart of Dundee. Founded in 1996, more than 25 years later GENERATOR still operates in the tradition of ARIs (Artist Run Initiatives): non-profit, volunteer-led, grassroots spaces that exist to foster and sustain creativity and participation in the arts. These peer-led spaces play a pivotal role in the arts ecosystem.

Northern Ireland

Artists

Name	Website / contact	Who you want to connect with, why	What you want to share, why
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* Belfast

Studios

Name	Website	Address	Description
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No Fixed Abode

A space for projects or groups that are peripatetic or exist across a number of sites around the UK.

Alternative Art Education Projects

Name	Base	Website	Description
School of the Damned	UK	schoolofthedamned.wixsite.com	School of the Damned (SotD) is an arts and educational platform. Re-forming on an annual basis, each cohort has the opportunity to define the agenda and produce work and events individually and collectively. SotD was formed in 2014 as a reaction to the increasing financialisation of Higher Education in the UK. SotD has no tuition fees, is student led and peer supported. We use our collective resources and networks to make the things we want to happen, happen.
The Syllabus	Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge; Eastside Projects, Birmingham; Iniva, London; S1 Artspace, Sheffield; and Spike Island, Bristol	eastsideprojects.org/projects/the-syllabus	Syllabus provides a learning programme for artists over a ten month period and is supported using public funding from Arts Council England. Syllabus is developed collaboratively with the participating artists, the partner institutions and two artistic advisors.
Antiuniversity	UK	http://www.antiuniversity.org	Antiuniversity Now is a collaborative experiment to challenge institutionalised education, access to learning and the mechanism of knowledge creation and distribution.
Festival of Alternative Art Education	UK	https://videomole.tv/festival/	The Festival of Alternative Art Education will bring together alternative art schools, peer-support groups and collectives in a range of events, performances, discussions, installations, stalls and workshops on education, pedagogy, peer-support, co-operation, self-organisation, labour and precarity.
New School of the Anthropocene	London/ Worldwide	[24]	The New School of the Anthropocene is an experiment. But it is also an act of repair. In partnership with October Gallery in London, we seek to reinstate the intellectual adventure and creative risk that formerly characterised arts education. The mainstream university has proven unable and unwilling to engage with the condition of social crisis and the prospect of ecological ruin. Valuing experimentation and mining the critical-creative seam, we have shaped a trans-disciplinary ethos and a non-hierarchical gathering of academics and students forged in conviviality and trust.

Trade Unions

Name	Website	Description
United Voices of the World's Designers + Cultural Workers (UVW-DCW)	www.uvwunion.org.uk/design-culture-workers	UVW-DCW is a cross-sector trade union organising isolated and groups of workers across the creative industries. A broad, cross-sector definition of cultural work is necessary in order to resist exploitation. If you work as a designer, curator, film-maker, illustrator, writer, artworker, educator or any other creative worker; in a studio, gallery, museum, art school, theatre, fashion company or even from your bedroom; as an employee, agency worker, intern, student or self-employed; join the fight to build a more equitable culture from below.

International

* Romanian Music

Name	Base	Website	Description
Dark Fusion	Bucharest	[25]	This band brings a fresh air in the Romanian rock community due to its eclectic style and the stunning shows they through, regarding the size of the stage.

* Romanian Artists

Name	Base	Website	Description
Cornelia Marculescu	Bucharest	[26]	She is a comicon, independent artist, which creates digital art. Check her pages on Pinterest, Facebook, Displate and ArtNation.

* France

Name	Base	Website	Description
M.O.C.O	Montpellier	[27]	Two contemporary art galleries in Montpellier, one with contemporary free exhibits 'Le Panacee', the other is 'Hotel des Collections'. They have contemporary exhibitions, events and gallery tours.

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