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Plateforms Open Call – hARTslane ANNUAL ARTIST MEMBERS’ SHOW

Plateforms

hARTslane Annual Artist Members’ Exhibition

20–22 March 2026

OPEN CALL

The plate as an object.

We are interested in how you engage with the object directly, the object must be present in some manner, It can be found, fabricated, altered, fragmented, multiplied, etc. Let the material conditions of the object generate the work.
A plate is both the constraint and the provocation.

All media and processes are welcome, including sculpture, installation, sound, performance, film, painting etc.

On Sunday 22nd, the exhibition will be closed to the public and we’ll organise an Artist Members’ Coffee Morning, an opportunity for the artists to socialise and network in a friendly environment. 

Eligibility

    • Open to all hARTslane Artist Members
    • hARTslane has a policy of saying yes to artists: all registered submissions will be exhibited

    Practical Information

      • Space & Scale:
        Works should be suitable for a group exhibition in a shared gallery space. Large, complex, or performative works are welcome, but must be discussed in advance.

      • Performance & Time-Based Work:
         Performances can be live, durational, or documented. Please indicate your preferred format when registering. Film and video works will be shown using available gallery equipment where possible; artists may be asked to provide specific technical requirements or equipment.

      • Installation:
        All artworks must be submitted ‘ready to hang’. hARTslane will be responsible for installing the artworks. Any special technical needs must be clearly stated in advance.

      • Sales & Fees:
        Works may be for sale but hARTslane won’t be responsible for this. hARTslane doesn’t take any commissions on sales. No submission fee applies.

      • Invigilation:
        One member of hARtslane team will be present to invigilate the exhibition at all times on Saturday. If you’re available to co-invigilate, please let us know.

      • Insurance & Care:
        All reasonable care will be taken, but artworks are shown at the artist’s own risk.

      Key Dates

      • Deadline for Registration:
         Tuesday 10 March

      • To Register:
         Please complete this Form  
      • Artwork Drop-off:
         Wednesday 18 March, 6–7pm at hARTslane

      • Exhibition Opening:
         Friday 20 March, 5–8pm

      • Exhibition Open:
         Saturday 21 March, 12–6pm

      • Artist Members’ Coffee Morning:
         Sunday 22 March, 11am–1pm

      • Artwork Collection:
         Sunday 22 March, 1pm

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      DIY Residencies Online presentation + workshop

      Dates and Times

      Friday 27 March 1-2:30pm BOOK

      Thursday 23 April, 6-7:30pm BOOK

      Friday 15 May 2026, 1-2:30pm  BOOK

      Cancellation policy:
      Refunds are available up to 24 hours before the event begins. After that, while we’re unable to issue a refund, we’ll gladly offer you a place in a future similar session.

      hARTslane Presents:
      DIY Residencies

      Online presentation + workshop

      Take control of your creative journey and design the residency experience you deserve.

      DIY Residencies is an interactive online session combining a concise presentation with a reflective workshop, created for artists who want to reclaim agency over their time, focus, and working conditions. Instead of waiting for competitive or inaccessible opportunities, this session offers inspiration and practical tools to help you design and plan your own self-organised residency.

      This presentation + workshop is relevant to all creative disciplines, including visual artists, writers, performance artists and musicians.

      What to expect

      • A clear introduction to DIY / artist-initiated residencies

      • Real examples and case studies drawn from professional practice

      • Practical tips and tools to organise your own residency

      • Guided reflection time to start planning your own idea

      • Peer feedback in small breakout groups

      • Access to slides, worksheets, and other resources.

      Format & details

      • Format: Online presentation + reflective workshop

      • Duration: 90 minutes

      • Participants: Maximum 15

      • Fee: £15 per participant

      • Platform: Zoom  

      Participants will leave with practical resources and a clearer sense of how to create protected time, dedicated focus, and space for experimentation within their own circumstances.

      Session leader

      Cristiana Bottigella is an art producer with over 25 years’ experience supporting artists to develop their practice, access resources, and create meaningful cultural impact. Her work focuses on socially engaged art, artist-led infrastructures, and sustainability.

      She is the founder and director of hARTslane Gallery (South East London) and a director at the London School of Muralism. From 2000–2009, she ran the residency programme at the Pistoletto Foundation in Italy. In 2024, she authored the DIY Residencies guide for the Arquest website and currently co-runs Making a Buck Without Selling Out, a six-week course on artist practice development.

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      Promotional poster with a bold, DIY aesthetic for a course titled Making a Buck Without Selling Out, presented by hARTslane. The background is a rough-textured, rusty red with torn paper-style beige panels layered on top. At the top, the black text reads: hARTslane Presents:. Below, in large capital letters, the title is displayed: MAKING A BUCK WITHOUT SELLING OUT. The typeface is heavy and hand-cut in appearance, giving the design a raw, grassroots feel. There are no images or dates—this version focuses solely on the title and presenter.

      Making a Buck Without Selling Out – Open for registration!

      Promotional poster with a bold, DIY aesthetic for a course titled Making a Buck Without Selling Out, presented by hARTslane. The background is a rough-textured, rusty red with torn paper-style beige panels layered on top. At the top, the black text reads: hARTslane Presents:. Below, in large capital letters, the title is displayed: MAKING A BUCK WITHOUT SELLING OUT. The typeface is heavy and hand-cut in appearance, giving the design a raw, grassroots feel. There are no images or dates—this version focuses solely on the title and presenter.

      Macking A Buck Without Selling Out is open for registration!

      Next course: April 2026

      Making a Buck Without Selling Out is hARTslane’s new course on artists’ professional practice, with hARTslane co-director Cristiana Bottigella and guest tutor Sophia Kosmaoglou, founder of ART&CRITIQUE and co-founder of the Radical Pedagogy Research Group.

      We created this course because we recognise that there’s a gap in art education—one that rarely prepares artists for the realities of building a practice in today’s culture industry.  

      The art world’s economy is full of contradictions. Artists are expected to be visionaries, provocateurs, and entrepreneurs all at once. We’re told to challenge the system—while also expected to succeed within it. Artists must survive and keep making work within a capitalist economy. That means negotiating visibility, marketing, and income—without selling out.

      This course confronts that tension. It asks:

      • What does it mean to prioritise artistic integrity over marketability?
      • How do you stay connected and visible without getting drawn into competition and isolation?
      • What does autonomy look like when you also need to pay the rent? 

      This programme isn’t a checklist or a formula. It’s a space to ask difficult questions about what keeps your work going, what threatens to undermine it, and how to protect your autonomy while expanding your networks and building community. You’ll also reflect on what success means for you, and what it takes—emotionally, materially, ethically—to keep your practice sustainable over time.

      You’ll get 6 online sessions, weekly activities with tangible outcomes, peer review, written feedback, and collective learning, a workbook to map your progression, resources, tools, and one-to-one tutorials to review your action plan.

      Find out more and register on the course page

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