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Upcoming Community Events for August 2025
📆 14th AUGUST 12-1PM
Meet & Greet: Say Hello
📆 21st AUGUST 6-7PM
DIY Exhibition Making
📆 28th AUGUST 1-2PM
Meet & Greet: Drawing Club
Head to the Axis Community to read more and RSVP: buff.ly/ANw5QXd
📍 All events are free and online.
Highlights https://buff.ly/ExWF1Ze
1. liminal lands, 2025 by Victoria Lucas
2. No Direction Home, Blowin’ in the Wind, 2024 by Ngo Chun Tse
3. Tellus Nullius: Solo 3, 2023 by Veronica Vossen
4. The Visitor, 2025 by Denise Hickey
🎬 AXIS ART FILM FESTIVAL 🎥
We’re thrilled to introduce the Axis Art Film Festival - our newest way of championing contemporary artists. Visit here for more information: buff.ly/aZsBbuD
Upcoming Community Events for August 2025
More online peer-led member events this summer!
👉 Head to the Axis Community to read more and RSVP, or look at our website here: buff.ly/ANw5QXd All events are free and online.
What do artists do all day? Over to You!
Chris Wright's practice is ever-evolving. Currently, her work sits at the intersection of sound, time and the body, using media such as photography, film, installation, sculpture, and the internet.
👉 See more from Chris' here:
Highlights: buff.ly/SQDTR6d
1. Untitled, 2025 by Mia Roberts
2. En Pointe, 2025 by Jenny Baines
3. A Butterfly's Dream, 2023 - 2025 by Samantha Cary
4. MYSTIC TRUTHS (WHEN ALGORITHMS BECOME FORM), 2023 - 2025 by Tom Ireland
SIX QUESTIONS with Hannah Leighton-Boyce and Uma Breakdown
Axis Fellows Hannah Leighton-Boyce and Uma Breakdown in conversation. Head here to see the full conversation: buff.ly/b5Ah7Py
Six Questions with Hannah Leighton-Boyce and Uma Breakdown
Axis Fellows Hannah Leighton-Boyce and Uma Breakdown in conversation. Head here to see the full conversation: buff.ly/b5Ah7Py
🗣️ VOICES FROM Cardiff
SHIFT is proof that experimental, artist-led spaces can reshape a city’s creative scene. Under Jon Ruddick’s guidance, SHIFT has become a launchpad for collaboration, where sound artists and visual artists collide and experiment.
👉 Read the full article here:
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🗣️ VOICES FROM Cardiff
We spoke with Jon Ruddick, Cardiff-based sound artist, curator, and co-founder of SHIFT Cardiff CIC @shiftcardiff, a creative collective and experimental sound space supported by the Axis Vacant Space scheme.
👉 Read the full article here:
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📷: Paisley Randell
Highlights https://buff.ly/2bmKfQv
1. BLOODSOUND, 2022 by Zinzi Minott
2. The Double Act, 2023 - 2024 by Madi Acharya-Baskerville
3. 'don't go chasing waterfalls', 2025 by Katrina Cowling
4. The Cot: Prima Materia, 2025 by Larain Briggs
MEET & GREET: DRAWING CLUB
If drawing has a place in your practice, or you are interested in it and want to get to know some of your fellow members - join us for our first drawing meet-up.
Visit here to book: buff.ly/DSpuRBk
💭 A place to think, read, and test things out.
Joanne is one of three artists awarded an Axis bursary in May this year. We’re excited to follow her journey as she develops new ideas and practices.
📹 Share your video in the 'Say hello' space in the community here:
buff.ly/hcMQh4n
POP-UP CRIT CLUB: Looking to collaborate?
Professional Member event: Looking to share your work, get feedback, or meet other artists? Come along to our next Pop-Up Crit, moderated by Axis Pro Member Katie Taylor.
Click here to RSVP to the event if you're a Professional Member: buff.ly/GuyG2JJ
Highlights: https://buff.ly/SqS6iKC
1. The Devil at the Belfire Fair Devil's Dyke, Brighton, 2025 by Danny Manning
2. Rituals of Unconventional Love, 2025 by Ducky Elford
3. 4 Beautiful Obscenities of Virginia Woolf, 2025 by Michelle Abbott
4. Sharp Petals, 2025 by Tracy Satchwill
Head to the Community: We host regular online meet-ups open to all members. These are informal, friendly spaces to chat, share ideas, and get inspired. buff.ly/p7L9x0U
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Using Axis for Networking
Looking to build your network and connect with other artists? Here are a few ways you can use Axis to do just that:
👉 Join Our Public Events
👉 Keep in Touch
👉 Engage with the Axis Community
👉 Join a Peer-led Meet-up
Head to the Community here: buff.ly/p7L9x0U
10 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY!
Axis invites applications for the Axis Fellowship 2025, a prestigious, fully-funded development opportunity for early to mid-career artists.
See more information here: buff.ly/CTLsdHk
NETWORKING - Top Tips!
Here are 3 simple steps to help you feel more confident and intentional when reaching out or following up:
💭 Step 1: Prepare your introduction
📝 Step 2: Create a contact list & a plan
📬 Step 3: Keep in touch
Let us know any networking tips you have in the comments!
‘Averaging’: Acknowledging Living-With Practices
Sean Roy Parker, one of our 2024 Fellowship recipients, shares an extract from a long text he has been developing.
Read the full here: buff.ly/NPngu5S
APPLY NOW for the Axis Fellowship 2025
Axis invites applications for the Axis Fellowship 2025, a prestigious, fully-funded development opportunity for early to mid-career artists. Supporting a cohort of three artists over two intensive 3-month periods.
See more information here: buff.ly/76AaKVa
Axis Community Event - Making Meaning with Objects
Thursday 17th JULY, 6:00 - 7:00pm
Click here to book: buff.ly/0ro489u
👉 Need access support? Contact paisley@axisweb.org
Highlights: https://buff.ly/pFlC7rN
1. Angst-ious Moment, 2016 by Paul Critchley
2. We Are Only Partly Real (Zones 1,2 & 3, Night Cycle), 2024 - 2025 by Michelle Marie Forrest and Steve Dutton
3. postnatureglitch II, 2022 by Victoria Lucas
4. Alborough, 2025 by John Vincent
Axis member Sam Hutchinson releases CHARRED CELL, a new print publication of photographic works made during his time on the Axis Fellowship in 2023 - 2024.
⚪ Published May 2025
⚪ First Edition of 75
⚪ Available here: buff.ly/CNBrGbg
📷 : All images from CHARRED CELL by Sam Hutchinson
MEET & GREET: Say Hello! 👋
Join us for Axis’ monthly 'Meet & Greet' - a friendly, informal online session to connect with fellow members. Come as you are: introduce yourself, ask a question, or just listen in. Find out more and RSVP here: buff.ly/QX0y63p
SUBMISSIONS OPEN for Axis Art Film Festival
If you are an Axis Pro Member, go to the link in our bio or: buff.ly/WRDyhX9
If you are an Axis Associate, Axis Starter or non-Axis member, go to the link in our bio or: buff.ly/P32Sh6o
📷: Still from 'John Barleycorn Must Die' by Matt Rowe
Have your say in shaping the Axis Community!
We're exploring new ways to connect, support and grow together, and we want to hear from you!
🗳️ Vote now & add your own ideas in the comments! Visit the Axis Community to find the poll, here: buff.ly/Bsbazzq
Highlights https://buff.ly/ZajNqco
1. actually its about love, 2025 by Helen Acklam
2. Untraced Land (Triptych), 2024 by Lyndsay Martin
3. Absurd Labour, 2016 by Emily Joy
4. The Mouse Trap, 2024 by Alan Baker
Got questions about the upcoming Axis Fellowship opportunity? Join us for an informal Q&A session where members can ask general questions and get clarity on the process.
👉 Head to the Community to book your space: buff.ly/NapWG5p
📷: Uma Breakdown, Earth A.D. 2 (2023).
Upcoming Community Events for July 2025
We’re excited to launch a fresh new programme of online, peer-led events just for Axis members, starting this summer!
🧭 Head to the Axis Community to read more and RSVP, or head to our website here: buff.ly/hpGsBOf All events are free and online.
