2025 Bursaries
WOS is funding four bursaries of £250 each and providing support and mentoring for our 2025 Summer Art Weeks. This will enable new talent in the early stages of their creative journey to get involved and assist in the transition to becoming an artist.
We welcomed applications from talented artists aged 18 and above, working in any art medium (2D, 3D, mixed media etc), who have never participated in WOS Summer Art Weeks before. The bursary is to facilitate their involvement in the Summer Art Weeks and can be used for materials to produce artwork, framing, printing, display equipment, travel costs etc.
The successful artists are also given one year’s free WOS registration and Summer Art Weeks 2025 entry (combined value of £140), as well as support in finding a venue. In addition, we provide mentor support through our network of established artists, who help them prepare for the event.
Our 2025 Bursary Winners
(from left to right)
- Zélie Swan (painter) venue107
With a background in nursing and other health-related fields, Zélie always found the time for creativity. Following a period of ill-health, she started painting and fell in love, primarily focusing on portraits. Zélie approaches each piece with curiosity, trying to capture the subject’s likeness and also create something beautiful. Painting to her is not just about the final piece, but the joy of the journey, and how therapeutic the process of bringing a vision to life can be! - Katherine Taylor (ceramicist) venue 63
With a background of over 20 years working in the NHS, Katherine’s journey into pottery began at a psychiatric hospital where she worked, and which had a pottery studio and kiln. She was struck by the therapeutic impact that working with clay had on the patients and fell in love with the medium herself. Katherine hand-builds ceramic vessels that embrace imperfection; she enhances texture and narrative to shape each piece, and alters its form to give it a more organic feel. - Eve Beazley (multi-disciplinary artist) venue 114
Eve uses a range of techniques to communicate the stories that exist in and on her body. Through mixed media and layering techniques she creates groups of images that communicate multiple ideas about herself. They are not identical, but have connections – they form a group, a community. Together they start to tell Eve’s story. By exploring her creative practice through a feminist lens, with each artwork completed she finds out more about herself, her body, and practice.
- Carla Moss (textile artist) venue 37 &40
Carla recently left a job in the corporate world to pursue a full-time career as a textile artist. She focuses on dyeing fabrics and wools to create stitched creations, influenced by the natural world. Her ambition is to set up a creative hub where she can share her working processes with other like-minded individuals by leading workshops, and by establishing a community in which she can pass on her skills and learn from others.
What we support
In addition to the bursaries, we are also improving the way in which we support all the artists new to Summer Art Weeks or those who have perhaps only been involved a couple of times before. This support includes:
- Help in finding a venue – check out the CONNECT section of the website
- Marketing / Get Involved Workshop in Spring 2025
- Closer links to the network of area reps, who will act as a mentor / buddy
- Help & Resources in a dedicated registered artists’ area to include information on video production, photography, social media etc
We will regularly communicate with you by email, but if you have any specific support queries then please email emerge@warwickshireopenstudios.org
