OUR STORY
When we talked to artists in the area at the beginning of this process their priorities were ‘getting work seen’ and easy access to information, support and training rather than having to search across the internet to find the ‘right’ resources.
ArtMakers is therefore bringing methods of ‘getting work seen’ and access to sources of information support and training all in one place with easy click throughs to different parts of the website.
A Little History
ArtMakers is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company – Reg. No. 13269909 set up in March 2021. We launched the website in October 2021 and our first virtual exhibition ‘Into the Light’ curated by Quiet British Accent, opened in November 2021. We were supported in this work by InnovateUK.
By the end of 2022 we had over 100 artists and makers on the site. In September 2022 we held our first ‘live’ exhibition, as part of Appledore Book Festival.
We run the annual Appledore Book Festival exhibiton plus exhibitions at the Ntional Trust’s property ‘Aelington Court.
In July 2023 we opened THE Art Upstairs gallery in Bideford as an all year round space for the New Atlantic Wave (NAW). We also exhibited for the first time at the Battersea Affordable Art Fair.
WE NOW HAVE OVER 200 MEMEBERS AND THE NEW ATLANTIC. WAVE IS RECOGNISED AS THE THIRD LARGEST GROUP OF ARTISTS AFTER LONDON AND CORNWALL.
Want to know more?
You can read more about our story, and our beginnings, in our “ARTMakers Origins Story”, The beginnings of the ArtMakers Journey.
We would love to hear from you
Feel free to get in touch with us should you require any more information about what we do or to discuss posible exhibiions or art events.. You can reach us on admin@artmakers.uk, or via our Contact page