Artist opportunities
20-21 Visual Arts Centre hosts a diverse programme of exhibitions across all six exhibition spaces and offers a number of opportunities for regional, national and international artists to exhibit or sell work.
20-21 regularly posts opportunities to be included in group exhibitions, apply for commissions or other specific projects on artist opportunities listings sites such as Arts Jobs, CuratorSpace, ArtDeadline.com and Axisweb (please note: you may have to subscribe to be able to view opportunities listings on some websites).
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Current opportunities:
Artist Commission: 2025 Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award
Artists are invited to apply for the 2025 Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award (ARMA), Artist Commission, hosted by 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, worth £4,000. The award funds an artist or artists to undertake work with children and young people over approximately six weeks, the experience will inform the creation of a commissioned artwork accessible to the public.
The successful artist(s) will deliver a programme of creative workshops, inspired by food and healthy eating, for children and young people ages 11 and over. Children taking part form part of the North Lincolnshire Children in Care Council and are children with care experience.
An outcome of the workshops, led by the artist(s) will be to create a temporary art commission at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, informed by the participatory/education programme. The commission is to be completed by October 2025, for a launch event in November 2025, after which point, it will tour to other venues taking part in ARMA 2025 including Oriel Davies, Powys, Fabrica, Brighton and Dundee Contemporary Arts.
Deadline: Monday 6 January 2025
Further information and details of how to apply:
ARMA 2025 Call for artists information (.pdf)
Applying to exhibit at 20-21
We are open to proposals and applications from working artists or curators of all levels to be included in our exhibitions programme. Proposals are assessed at regular curatorial group meetings in which we discuss the forthcoming programme. Please download the documents below and complete and return the Exhibition Application form if you would like to proceed with a proposal for an exhibition.
Further information
If you require any further information regarding exhibiting at 20-21 please contact the exhibitions manager Dominic Mason at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre on 01724 297183 or email exhibitions.2021@northlincs.gov.uk
Downloads
Exhibition application info sheet (doc 293KB)
Exhibition application form (doc 307KB)
Other Artist Opportunities
Artist workshops
20-21 runs artist-led workshops in conjunction with our exhibition programme or aimed at specific audience groups. We also hold a database of artists, which we are able to distribute in response to enquiries about workshop leaders within the region who are experienced in leading creative activity sessions.
If you are an artist experienced in running creative workshops for adults, children, school groups or groups with special needs, there may be occasional opportunities to run sessions within our workshop programme. Please email your contact details, a brief CV and details of your workshop experience to 20-21.epd@northlincs.gov.uk to be placed on our database of workshop artists.
20-21 shop
We encourage artist and craft makers from the UK, Europe and particularly from the counties of Lincolnshire to apply to have work stocked in the 20-21 Visual Arts Centre shop. Please see the 20-21 Shop page for further details of how to have your work considered.
