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Documents, toolkits, resources and guides for artists and the visual arts sector.
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Creative Careers Support
The Meet Eric Library is a curated hub of creative career resources, opportunities, and industry insights designed to help young people explore pathways into the creative industries.
Approx. reading time: 5–8 mins to browse the main library.
Studio Affordability – Herbert Affordability Formula
The page outlines studio affordability pressures in London’s visual arts sector and explores pricing models like the Herbert affordability formula.
Approx. reading time: 4–6 mins.
Creating a Collaboration Rider (artist care) by Jack Ky Tan (Feb 2026)
The report assesses how UK cultural tax reliefs for theatre, orchestras, and museums/galleries improve income, output, international activity, and sector resilience across the creative industries.
Approx. reading time: 15–25 mins.
Successful funding applications (The White Pube) (Nov 2020)
The White Pube Funding Library is a collection of real successful funding applications used to help artists and creatives learn how to write stronger grant applications and understand what funders look for.
Approx. reading time: 2–4 mins.
Artswork - creative career support
The website describes a UK charity that empowers children and young people through creativity, helping them build skills, confidence, and pathways into creative careers through training, programmes, and youth-led projects.
Approx. reading time: 2–3 mins.
Creative Freelancer’s Climate Almanac (Julie’s Bicycle) (May 2025)
The Julie’s Bicycle toolkit is a practical guide for cultural organisations on measuring and reducing carbon emissions across creative production, touring, and operations, with tools, case studies, and step-by-step sustainability actions.
Approx. reading time: 10–15 mins.
The Elefsina Manifesto: Envisioning a Culture of Care (July 2023)
The Elefsina Manifesto is a call for cultural organisations and artists to adopt a politics and ethics of care to improve wellbeing, equity, and social connection.
Approx. reading time: 6–8 mins.
Going global: a guide for disabled artists
The guide provides practical advice, tips, and resources for disabled artists to develop international careers while addressing access, travel, safety, and working abroad challenges.
Approx. reading time: 6–8 mins.
Calderdale Creates: Creative Directory
An online hub connecting creatives, cultural organisations, freelancers, and opportunities across Calderdale to support collaboration, visibility, and growth within the local creative sector.
Approx. reading time: 3–5 mins to browse the main directory.
The Uncultured: ACE Project Grant and DYCP Templates
The page provides downloadable Arts Council England application templates, budgets, and guidance resources to help artists and organisations prepare funding bids more easily.
Approx. reading time: ~8–12 minutes per resource
Guides on commissions; Artquest
Public art in Yorkshire database
The site promotes a region-wide collaboration that showcases and cross-promotes exhibitions across public galleries and museums in Yorkshire, aiming to increase engagement with visual arts and encourage audiences to explore cultural venues across the region.
Approx. reading time: 2–3 mins for homepage.
Beyond the Obvious 2 Publication
Shape Arts Podcast
UNLIMITED: Managing unpaid request for your time
New Contemporaries Artists’ Mentoring Programme
Axisweb - mental health for artists
Extraordinary Creatives Podcast with CVAN director
How to write ACE funding bids
