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Members Show 2025
Members Show 2025
We’re excited to announce the call out for the Members Show 2025!
If you would like to show your artwork at this exhibition you need to:
be an Ort Gallery Member (join / renew your membership here)
send us up to 3x jpegs with your artwork & up to 1x A4 page with an artist statement
send this to us here with the title “Members Show 2025”
deadline is 19th November
We will accept all artwork we receive as long as it is safe for viewing by a family audience and does not contain any hateful content.
We want to offer opportunities to all creatives, regardless of income or current situation. If you are not able to afford the membership fee right now, please get in touch with us and we will offer you a free membership for 12 months.
Membership
Ort Gallery’s Membership Programme
For only £50 per year (£40 discount) you can enjoy a range of exclusive benefits – including taking part in our Members Show, professional development, opportunities and discounts from us and our partners.
Membership provides vital support to the organisation and our commitment to artistic excellence and social impact in Birmingham. In a changing political landscape where the arts are less and less supported it is only with the support of our members that we are able to exhibit contemporary work representing underrepresented voices and increase the engagement of local residents in the arts.
Membership costs just £50 for twelve months and the easiest way to purchase is online here. Students and people with limited funds can purchase a discounted membership for just £40. We are committed to widening access and opportunity regardless of income. If you cannot afford a membership please contact us for a free space.
Make sure friends and family don’t miss out by buying them a Gift Membership too. Just select this option when purchasing!
Member Benefits
As an Ort Gallery Member you are entitled to:
Submit your work to our annual Members Show
Artist Members Pack full of practical information on working in the arts sector
Free Professional Development sessions (1-1 mentoring, peer to peer sessions)
Discounted events
Warmth Training
Resources
Monthly Reading list curated by our Artistic Lead Aaisha
Opportunities, offers and invites from our Partner Organisations
Any questions? Do feel free to contact us.
Members Show
Members can take part in our annual Members Show. Applications for our 2025 Members Show are now open! Please scroll up for info on how to submit your artwork.
Every year we exhibit the art work of our members in a group show celebrating the best new local talent! Find pictures from previous years here
Professional Development Sessions & Videos
We run regular professional development sessions which are free to members. Most commonly these are one to one mentoring sessions with a member of our team to support you with your visual language, topics of your work, fundraising or other career development.
We also run peer to peer sessions to encourage more exchange and support amongst local artists as well as Meet the Artist events during our exhibitions giving you the chance to practice public speaking and meet your audience.
We have five Professional Development Videos offering insight into how to break into the arts industry, how to find and take up opportunities, working with organisations and how to become and work with curators. These are free for anyone to access here
Adil Amin
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Bernd Reichert
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Bob Teal
Cat Hamilton
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Crow Dillon-Parkin
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Gina Smith
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Hasret Brown
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Helen Garbett
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Hira Butt
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Imogen Morris
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Jason Clarke
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Jonnie Turpie
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Kirk Andrews
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This was my submission for th...
Laurie Ramsell
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Lesley Stewart
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Maggie Leaver
Birmingham Artist using contemporary painting approaches and experimental methods in watercolour and oils. Colour and...
Mark Highton
My 3 works are on paper (size A4 29 x 21cm), they are in acrylic paint. Theses works are initial studies for larger c...
Noreen Lopez
I am a local Balsall Heath resident – Calligrapher; Bullet Journalist; Mixed Media Artist; Occasional Poet, (and re...
Sherrie Edgar
Through the use of filmic and photographic media, Edgar examines instances of loneliness and isolation within working... read more
T Munyua
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Uzmah Naz
Hi everyone my name is Uzmah Naz, I have studied a BA Degree in printed textiles in surface design. My work is based...