New Podcast: Artist Hosts, Conversation #4: “Caterpillar” (on ‘Studios / Social Media’)

Listen to all podcasts here Harriet Burns, Elizabeth Challinor Jo Mary Watson and Matt Retallick (Independents Biennial 2021 Artist Hosts) and Patrick Kirk-Smith (IB Director)...

Jan Bentley

Part of the show Journeys Jan Bentley takes a different perspective by revealing the long-term effects from the ebbing-and-flowing of the sea and the...

Independents Biennial 2025: Volunteering

Independents Biennial 2025: Volunteering Next years’ programme is bigger than before, and has a more directed set of visions. To accomplish that, we need a mix...

Volunteer coordinator, Independents Biennial 2025

Hours: Flexible (avg. 26 hours p/w) Contract length: 7 months (April – September 2025) Contract type: Freelance Location: Office TBC / Home Working Renumeration: £16 p/h (£11,008 April-September) Employer:...

Week 4/5 (base texts)

Week 4/5 bled out of week 3, and didn't have a particularly clear theme. Our podcasts focused on social media, and our writing stumbled...

Independents Biennial 2025, Commission Guidance

Project Title: Independents Biennial 2025 Total commission amount (inclusive of time and materials): £500 - £4000 Festival dates: 7 June - 14 September 2025 Deadline: 7th February...

Independents Biennial 2025, Open Calls

Independents Biennial 2025, Open Calls Context: Independents Biennial is artist-led, and we want to make sure our artists still feel able to lead their own plans...

Thoughts (Part 3): Format

‘Thoughts’ is a series of text based images responding to questions posed by the artists and collaborators of Independents Biennial to our small staff...

Artists Union England – Survey of Income Levels and Work Models for artists (with...

Following a year where artists and freelancers have been left behind in the frantic grabbing of emergency funds from the organisations that make up...