Supporting early-career creatives in the visual arts
Creatives commissioned
180+
Commissions paid
£20,000+
Collections ft. our projects
25+
No Jobs in the Arts equips early-career creatives with skills, opportunities, and a platform to champion their voices. They support early-career creatives who want to work in the visual arts, and others to collect their work.
The No Jobs in the Arts team programmes disruptive cultural activity, from the Midlands, creating levelling up opportunities for early-career creatives, namely emerging artists and curators at the start of their careers. Their programme aims to address environmental issues, as well as to support unheard voices.
The projects No Jobs in the Arts lead include events, workshops, educational activities, exhibitions – always delivered by, for, or with early-career creatives. You can find their publications in public and private collections across the UK, including in the Tate’s Library.
No Jobs in the Arts support the creation of new artwork, like ‘Disabled people are nature’, a commission illustrating why plastic straws are not evil, and ‘In Conversation‘. An Interview series sharing experiences of inclusivity, accessibility, and self-empowerment in the arts by people of colour.
The team work nomadically, collaborating online and in-person, with creative spaces, places, and people, to support early-career creatives.
Anyone can support No Jobs in the Arts by making a donation, signing up to their mailing list, and following them on Instagram, @nojobsinthearts
Image: Fringe of Failure, 2022.
Photographed by Joe Westley.