Members Interview

Annie Richard’s intricate beadwork brings together nature, geometry, mathematics, memory, and a deeply meditative creative process. Since discovering bead embroidery in 2019, she has worked with thousands of individual glass beads to create detailed compositions featuring mandalas, circular forms, and geometric patterns. Inspired in part by her mother’s lifelong connection to beadwork, Annie sees mathematics and art as complementary ways of understanding the world. Her recent use of watercolour beneath the beadwork adds a more fluid and unexpected element to her otherwise precise practice.

A practical guide to artist residencies and grants, including opportunities for financial support, dedicated studio time, and career development, plus five essentials to prepare before applying.

Niyati Mehta’s creative journey is shaped by experimentation, curiosity, and a desire to understand herself through art. Working across watercolour, graphite, acrylic, and oil, she gives herself the freedom to explore different techniques and visual possibilities rather than staying within the boundaries of one medium. Each material offers a new way to approach an idea, while the process itself becomes a form of personal discovery. Her practice reflects the belief that an artist’s visual language develops gradually through making, experimenting, and paying attention to what continues to feel meaningful. Personal experiences…

Are artist memberships really worth the fee? From exhibitions and education to networking and community, here’s how to decide whether a membership offers real value for your art career.

Four short films under 10 minutes that explore burnout, observation, ambition, comparison, and the importance of making space for your own creativity.

Mairéad Robb's vibrant paintings grow from a deeply personal relationship with nature. Inspired by childhood memories of Ireland's landscapes, flowers, forests, and wild spaces, she transforms everyday details into expressive works filled with colour and feeling. For Mairéad, nature is more than a subject—it is a place of memory, comfort, healing, and belonging. Her paintings encourage us to slow down and notice the beauty we often pass without seeing, from changing moss and delicate leaves to sunlight moving through trees. Through bold colour and close observation, she creates work that celebrates…

Only few days remain to submit your work to The Beauty of Still Life Virtual Exhibition. Open to women and non-binary artists worldwide, the exhibition invites artists to share their unique perspectives on the timeless still life genre.

Discover the woman behind Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, from Lisa Gherardini’s identity and the painting’s mysterious smile to its infamous theft and lasting influence on generations of artists.

Catch up on this week’s biggest art world stories, from new museum leadership and major anniversaries to exciting exhibitions celebrating artists, creativity, and culture.

Jane Bauman's creative practice brings together painting, photography, mixed media, found materials, and personal history. From her early experiences with art and the East Village art scene of the 1980s to her current studio practice, Jane has built a body of work shaped by curiosity, experimentation, and transformation. She often revisits old works, discarded materials, childhood images, and studio remnants, allowing fragments of the past to become part of something new. Her fascination with apophenia the human tendency to find patterns and meaning in unrelated things also plays an important role…