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Artist Support for Exhibition, Funding, and Sustained Practice

Artist Professional Support (APS) provides structured support, programmes, and exhibition opportunities for artists and small organisations developing work for public presentation, funding, and sustained practice.

We work across disciplines, including visual art, performance, music, writing, and interdisciplinary practice.

Over 1,400 artists have been supported through exhibitions, programmes, and development.

We work at key points where ideas need to be clarified, applications strengthened, or work moved into a public context, offering practical support that leads to clear outcomes.

Our approach is shaped by artist led practice, access, and shared experience.

What We Do

APS operates across mentoring, programmes, and exhibitions.

Programmes provide structured, longer term development through peer cohorts, critique, and public outcomes.

Exhibitions and public presentations create opportunities to test and share work in real contexts.

1:1 support helps artists move work forward at key points.

Together, this creates a connected route from early ideas through to public presentation and funded projects.

APS is designed to reduce barriers to exhibiting and funding by combining practical support with real opportunities to show work.

Why we do this

APS is artist led and shaped by the realities of making work now.

We work alongside artists navigating rising costs, limited space, and uneven access to opportunity. Our programmes are designed to reduce those barriers and support artists to build sustainable practice on their own terms.

What You Leave With

Work with APS is outcome led. You leave with:

  • A developed project ready for funding submission
  • A clear plan for exhibition, performance, publication, or public presentation
  • Written material that communicates your work effectively
  • A defined next stage for your practice
Artist smiling at an APS exhibition opening run by a creative organisation Leeds

Who Is This For

Artists preparing funding applications

Artists developing work for public presentation

Artists needing structure, direction, or critical challenge

Organisations developing artist-led programmes

Programmes and Exhibitions

APS delivers exhibitions, cohort programmes, and artist development opportunities across multiple spaces.

These include open calls, structured programmes, and partnership projects, offering clear entry points depending on where you are in your practice.

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Offers

1:1 Mentoring
Focused sessions to develop work, applications, or direction across disciplines

Critique
Targeted feedback on specific works, projects, or texts

Programme Support
Advisory and development support for artist-led programmes and organisations

If you are developing work for funding or public presentation and need structured support, book a session or get in touch.

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We are building what artists need now.

The Mill Gallery

Unit 5 Cardinal House

Swinnow Grange Mills

Leeds

LS13 4EP

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