LOCAL

All Ways Learning
www.allwayslearning.org.uk
Training for arts professionals working in creative industries in the Southern and South East Arts regions

ARTEL
www.artel.org.uk
ARTEL is an artist-led organisation that creates exhibition opportunities for professional visual artists based in and around West Sussex. With no permanent exhibition venue it presents work in a variety of formats and locations.

Artpoint
www.artpoint-trust.org.uk
Public art commissioning agency. Services include a register of artists in the South East region.

Aspex Artists' Resource Centre (ARC)
www.aspex.org.uk
Based at Aspex Gallery in Portsmouth. ARC provides networking events, surgeries, seminars, critique groups and practical information for artists.

The Basement (Brighton Fringe Arts Production)
www.brightonfringe.net
Brighton Fringe Arts Production is an artist development agency. They provide various administrative and production services. They also run a gallery.

Brighton and Hove Connections
www.sussexcareers.co.uk
Sussex Careers Centre provides careers information, advice and guidance. You can access 'Funderfinder' (a software programme for identifying potential funding sources) if you go to Sussex Careers Centre on Frederick Place, Brighton.

Biscuit Studios
www.biscuitstudio.co.uk
Biscuit Studios is a fully working artists studio and ceramic workshop in Hove, set up by Kellie Miller, an established ceramic artist.

Brighton Art Fair / Brighton Craft Fair
www.brightonartfair.co.uk
BAF/BCF is organised for artists by artists and the main emphasis is on individual artists selling directly to buyers. The Art Fair is usually held in November.

Brighton Independent Printmaking
www.brightonprintmaking.co.uk
Open access fine art print workshop dedicated to the production and promotion of original prints as a Fine Art medium. BIP also run classes.

Brighton Photo Biennial
www.bpb.org.uk
Brighton Photo Biennial programme includes exhibitions, commissions, events, publications and education projects, realising and promoting new bodies of work from artists internationally.

Brighton Photo Fringe
www.photofringe.org
Network supporting the professional development needs of photographers and visual artists in Brighton and the local area through the creation of a fringe festival linked to the Brighton Photo Biennial.

Brighton Resource Centre
www.resourcecentre.org.uk
Various equipment available at reasonable rates for people working as groups.

DADA South
www.dada-south.org.uk
A forum for disability arts organisations and disabled artists aiming to support and develop disability arts practice within the South East.

Farnham Maltings
www.farnhammaltings.com
An arts centre in Farnham providing workshop, exhibition and studio space, and facilities for performance and theatre production. Resources include 'Self Start for Creative Businesses' (Kate Martin 01252 718001).

Fotonet South
www.fotonet-south.org.uk
A network and programme of services set up to develop and support photography in the South.

Lighthouse
www.lighthouse.org.uk
Lighthouse provides creative and professional development opportunities for filmmakers, screenwriters, animators and artists working with the moving image and digital technology. Based in Brighton.

Neutral Space Gallery
www.neutralspace.co.uk
Neutral Space Gallery in Hove programs exhibitions of established contemporary artists from England and abroad, but also gives the opportunity for emerging artists.

Permanent Gallery
www.permanentgallery.com
The Permanent Gallery in Brighton is an environment where artists can experiment with new ideas and new ways of working. They offer critical and practical support to produce, present and contextualize the work.

Phoenix Arts Association
www.phoenixarts.org
Phoenix Arts Association provides practicing artists with low cost studio space. Phoenix also runs a programme of workshops, residencies and exhibitions.

Photoworks
www.photoworksuk.org.uk
Photoworks is a visual arts organisation that commissions contemporary photography projects, produces photography exhibitions and publications, and initiates research and education programmes.

RAG The Revolutionary Arts Group
www.artistsandmakers.com
A Worthing based arts group supporting artists to make new work.

Red Herring Studios
www.redherringstudios.org
Studio group with spaces in two sites, one in Hove and one in Brighton.

Same Sky
www.samesky.co.uk
Same Sky is a professional arts company that works in community settings. They act as a resource for schools and other community groups, supplying information, specialist advice and a program of residences. They also produce site-specific events and installations, permanent and temporary public art.

Studio 106
www.studio106.co.uk
Studio group based in Hove.

Studio4Artists
www.studios4artists.co.uk
Set up by a group of local artists, Studio4Artists provide a complex of low-cost visual arts facilities for fine artists and designers living in Chichester.

Sussex Arts Marketing
www.sam-culture.com
Sussex Arts Marketing provide research, training, conferences and seminars, project management, and marketing for major arts venues and emergent arts organisations.

TN Lawrence & Sons
www.lawrence.co.uk
Wide range of art & printing materials, including high quality / specialist materials. Online shopping also available via website, plus fact sheets and discussion forum.

NATIONAL
A selection of links to national arts organizations, funding bodies, and artists’ networks.

[a-n] The Artists' Information Company
www.a-n.co.uk
The Artists' Information Company provides information, news, advice and debate for visual and applied artists, via a website and a monthly magazine.

APD Network
www.apd-network.info
A network of organizations that provide training and professional development services for visual and applied artists.

Artangel
www.artangel.org.uk
A commissioning agency working with artists to produce temporary work in non-gallery locations.

Artquest
www.artquest.org.uk
  www.artquest.org.uk/artlaw
Provides advice and information for London-based visual artists, including an extensive web based directory of resources.  This includes Artlaw ­ a Q&A service and research resource focusing on legal issues for artists.

Arts and Business
www.AandB.org.uk
Charitable organization developing creative relationships between business and the arts.

Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB)
www.ahrb.ac.uk
Higher education research council supporting research and postgraduate study in the arts and humanities through bursaries and research grants.

Arts Council England
www.artscouncil.org.uk
The national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.  Offers development awards for individual artists and supports arts organizations.

Association of Photographers
www.the-aop.org
Network for professional photographers.

AXIS Visual Arts Service
www.axisartists.org.uk
The national database of artists and makers presented online. Artists can apply to join - download application from website.

British Council
www.britcoun.org/arts/index.htm
Provides support for British artists working abroad.

Crafts Council
www.craftscouncil.org.uk
The UK national body for promoting the contemporary crafts. Supports makers with Crafts Council Development Awards and professional development services.

Design and Copyright Society (DACS)
www.dacs.co.uk
Independent non-profit-making society for artists and photographers, advising on copyright.

ENGAGE
www.engage.org.uk
Association for arts professionals and visual artists involved in gallery education and audience development.

IXIA
www.ixia-info.com
The national body for the support and development of public art practice in the UK.

Littoral
www.littoral.org.uk
Littoral aims to develop new arts projects in response to issues about social, environmental, and cultural change.

Locus+
www.locusplus.org.uk
Locus+ is a public art commissioning agency working with artists on the production and presentation of projects, primarily for non-gallery locations.

New Exhibitions
www.newexhibitions.co.uk
Gallery & exhibition listings for contemporary arts spaces.

New Work Network
www.newworknetwork.org.uk
A network for artists, producers and venues in live art, new media, video and installation.

Princes Trust
www.princes-trust.org.uk
Provides financial support and mentoring for people under thirty starting a business.

Public Art On-line
www.publicartonline.org.uk
A public art resource, provided by Public Art South West. Website includes case studies and a selection useful links.

Public Arts
www.public-arts.co.uk
Public art commissioning and consulting agency.

Re-title.com
www.re-title.com
Re-title.com is an online art directory of gallery exhibitions & contemporary visual fine artists.  

Situations
www.situations.org.uk
Situations is a research and commissioning programme devised to investigate the significance of place and context in contemporary art.

SPACE
www.spacestudios.org.uk
A charitable organization providing affordable studio space, professional training and support.