Artist support

SPACE supports and promotes artists through tailored professional development programmes, practical workshops, one-to-one mentoring, peer crit sessions and artist awards. Find out how SPACE can support you and your creative practice.

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SPACE Advice Bureau
Out of SPACE Podcast
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Artist Awards
SPACE Colchester Creative Practitioner Support Programme (paint brushes)
SPACE peer-to-peer
Impact & research
Tuesday 7 October, 6.30 – 7.30pm

Ben Cove Award 2026: Q&A with Melanie Cove and Karen Davies
Deadline: midnight on Mon 1 Dec 2025

Ben Cove Award 2026

Ben Cove portrait
Applications are now closed

Ben Cove Award 2024

Ben Cove portrait
Aug 2025 – Feb 2026

SPACE x Art Schools Studio Awards 2025
2024

José Jun Martínez: Valerie Beston Award 2024
CURRENT

Unlock Your Artworld Network with Ceri Hand
2026

SPACE artist workshops FAQs
2023

Jhonatan Pulido: Valerie Beston Award 2023
2023

Gal Lesham: SPACE/New Contemporaries Studio Award 2023
CURRENT

Publishing practices with London Centre for Book Arts 
September 2024

Getting ready for September Open Studios 2024
CURRENT

SPACE artist resources
CURRENT

Diversification, or how to make a living as a creative
CURRENT

How to drive better and more traffic to your creative website
CURRENT

How to start presenting and selling yourself and your work online
CURRENT

How to prepare for a studio visit, both online and IRL
CURRENT

How to write about your work & artist statement
CURRENT

How to do PR for artists
CURRENT

How to prepare your CV, bio, artist portfolio and website
Tue 16 Jul 2024, 6 – 7pm

Starting out: resources for artists