Open Call: Resilient Roots

About the Open Call

Resilient Roots is a co-created programme and group exhibition for people taking their first steps into showing their work. After ten years of running artist programmes, A has learned that beginnings are often the hardest part. Confidence wobbles. Applications feel out of reach. Many people don’t even call themselves artists yet. That’s why we’ve built something that meets you right where you are. Eight artists will come together to learn, share, and grow. Along the way there will be mentoring, group crits, workshops on choosing work, and hands-on experience of curating and hanging. It all builds towards an exhibition in our main gallery in January 2026. This programme is for anyone who makes it. Whether you call yourself an artist or not doesn’t matter. What matters is your creativity, your enthusiasm to learn, and the joy of making. Bring your energy. Take initiative. Have fun. Together we’ll grow strong roots for your future practice.

What is Offered

One-to-One Mentoring (October–November 2025), Group Crit / Networking (Saturday 25th October 2025), Workshop: Selecting & Editing Work (Thursday 27th November 2025), Workshop: Curating & Hanging (Taster) (Wednesday 7th January 2026), Exhibition Opening (Friday 9th January 2026). Participants will gain confidence in preparing and presenting work, experience in curating and installing, a supportive peer group, the chance to co-create an exhibition, and a deeper sense of resilience and joy in art making.

Requirements

This programme is for anyone who makes it. Whether you call yourself an artist or not doesn’t matter. What matters is your creativity, your enthusiasm to learn, and the joy of making. Bring your energy. Take initiative. Have fun.

How to Apply

Apply via the provided Google Forms link: https://forms.gle/MzD2rPupSEikP8YC7