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Artquest

Advice, opportunities, and insight for visual artists

Artquest one to ones

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Opportunities

Find opportunities and open calls for exhibitions, funding and more, and learn how to make better applications

30works30days

750 artists entered, 478 artists were left at the end of our April challenge

Artquest Exchange

A free peer to peer online community for individual professional visual artists, anywhere in the world. Find other artists to:

  • work and collaborate with, get feedback on your work, or advice on your career,
  • get to know artists in new places when you plan to travel,
  • find relevant content on our site more easily,
  • take part in our annual 30works30days challenge.

Find out more about Artquest Exchange, read the frequently asked questions and our code of conduct.

Rebecca Ryan, Neighbours, 2022
Rebecca Ryan, Neighbours, 2022

Research

Join us in researching the structures in the arts that impact artists working conditions, wellbeing and diversity, and help campaign for positive change.

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Each year Artquest works with hundreds of visual artists, as service users or freelance workers. We survey thousands more with our sector partners, and carry out formal and informal research into artists demographics, working conditions, barriers, ambitions and income.

All of our projects both directly benefit artists in their careers while finding out more about how they live and work. We use our research to generate insights into artists’ working conditions and the health of the arts workforce, without which the arts sector cannot exist.

Latest updates

The Eamonn McCabe Bursary
Opportunities

In recognition of the significant legacy and widely held respect across photography for Eamonn McCabe, the RPS, in partnership with Eamonn McCabe’s family and The Guardian and Observer newspapers, has launched the Eamonn McCabe bursary. In 2024 the bursary will…

Kakilang Commission Opportunity
Opportunities

Kakilang are looking to commission artists of Southeast & East Asian backgrounds, cultures, and/or identities whose work is exciting, bold, innovative, and addresses urgent contemporary issues. They will be awarding one £3,000 commission to an artist with a background in…

ACS Studio Prize 2024
Opportunities

The ACS Studio Prize offers recent graduates a £6,000 prize to help secure a studio space in a UK city of their choice. This year, ACS has once again partnered with Gurr Johns International, to offer this year’s five finalists…