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  • Meet Jess

    Meet Jess

    Meet Jess Burgess, MA Fine Art graduate and winner of the first Zealous Stories, open to UK-based painters. Jess’ practice asks questions surrounding the virtual screen, and has in turn driven her desire to explore painting as a slower medium. A fascination with recipe books has allowed her to break into new grounds, creating her…

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  • 10 photographers on World Photography Day

    10 photographers on World Photography Day

    As you may have guessed by now, we love celebrating creative talent, and what better opportunity to share some of the most awe-inspiring works by our photography community than on World Photography Day! Here are 10 photographers to watch.

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  • Website builders for creatives

    Website builders for creatives

    Choosing the best website builder to showcase and/or sell your work can be a little overwhelming. There are so many options available, and what works well for a filmmaker might not have the same benefits for a visual artist. Our blog on coding tips for creatives will help those of you who are up for…

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  • 7 tips to boost your open call

    7 tips to boost your open call

    From making sure your imagery looks great to inviting judges to review your submissions. Here are our 7 top tips to help boost the number of submissions you get for your next opportunity.

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  • Meet Maxwell, Breantonia and Nicholas

    Meet Maxwell, Breantonia and Nicholas

    We caught up with Emerge winners Maxwell Rushton (Art Prize), Breantonia (Music Prize) and Nicholas White (Photography Prize).

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  • Meet the Emerge Winners (pt. 1)

    Meet the Emerge Winners (pt. 1)

    Meet Pinkie Maclure, Katie O’Rourke and Emma-Marie Smith, winners of the Emerge Craft, Design and Creative Writing prize categories.

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  • Meet Zoe

    Meet Zoe

    Meet Zoe Wenban, Textile Design student and winner of the Applied Art Batsford Prize and Cass Art Award 2018, hosted by Pavilion Books. Creating everything from general surface designs and illustrations, to needlepoint and cross stitch pieces, Zoe’s work may appear colourful and celebratory but it often contains a darker conceptual meaning.

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  • Emerge Awards Ceremony (2018)

    Emerge Awards Ceremony (2018)

    We hosted our inaugural Emerge Awards in celebration of the UK’s best emerging creative talent at arts space, Ugly Duck! With cocktails, creative happenings and inspirational company aplenty, the Awards left us feeling excited and hugely optimistic for the future of the creative industries in the UK.

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  • Emerge Finalists Announced

    Emerge Finalists Announced

    It’s time to celebrate the Emerge finalists! Our guest judges selected the top 3 submissions from each category’s shortlist—no easy feat when you consider the exceptional variety of creative talent in all 12 categories.

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  • Emerge Shortlist Announced

    Emerge Shortlist Announced

    We’re thrilled to celebrate our Emerge shortlists! Thousands of submissions across 12 categories were whittled down to just over 180. It has been so uplifting to see such incredible talent among the UK’s emerging creative community.

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  • Meet Tobias

    Meet Tobias

    Trained as an Artist Blacksmith, Tobias is fascinated by the plastic state that occurs when metal is heated, and how its plasticity can be harnessed to create beautiful and functional objects. Creating objects that are informed and considered is the main focus of his professional practice.

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  • Meet Neil

    Meet Neil

    A passionate, thoughtful and deeply engaging performance artist who truly cares about his audience. Neil was recognised as one of Britain’s top 10 cabaret stars, and deservedly so! An artist who “leaves everyone glued to their seats”, his talent knows no bounds: concert pianist, magician, actor, relational artist, business strategist, comedian, compere and more. Discover…

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  • Meet Diogo

    Meet Diogo

    Meet Diogo Duarte, a London-based Image Maker who specialises in self-portraiture and psychological portraits. Diogo’s strengths lie in empathy and honesty, two traits that allow for the creation of powerful and stimulating art that goes beyond the boundaries of traditional photography.

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  • Meet Teresa

    Meet Teresa

    Meet Teresa Zerafa Byrne, an artist who questions the validity of memory and challenges our concepts of personal identity.

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  • 2017: A Year in Review

    2017: A Year in Review

    What a year! 2017 has been our best yet, and we couldn’t have done it without you. Here’s a look back at everything we’ve achieved together.

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  • We’re funded!

    We’re funded!

    Zealous has always been a labour love, for myself and those that have worked alongside me in making our company what it is today. A simple idea to bring creative talent from all the creative industries together and help them find one another; morphed into something much bigger. A bridge between organisations seeking creative talent,…

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