Fancy a FREE studio space in central Brighton for a whole year?

Final year students from the School of Art and Media can now apply for the Cass Art x Phoenix Studio Award 2025, which offers one graduating student the chance to work in a professional studio at Phoenix Art Space — completely rent-free.

This award is a collaboration between Cass Art, Phoenix Art Space, and the University of Brighton, to provide support to help emerging artists to continue developing their practice after graduation.

The winning student will receive a full year of free studio space at Phoenix Art Space in Brighton’s city centre, running from September 2025 to August 2026.

The Studio Award will be given to a student who demonstrates:

• A commitment and ambition to your professional practice.
• Engagement with current contemporary practice.
• Willingness to participate in public events and occasional studio visits at Phoenix Art Space studios.
• Commitment to taking part in discussion and critical debate.
• Willingness to be part of a lively community of artists.
• Commitment to spending the majority of your working time actively using the studio space.
• Showing how your practice will benefit from the provision of a free studio space at Phoenix.
• How you will use Cass Art supplies in your practice.

How to apply

Complete the application form and return it to SAM-Operations@brighton.ac.uk by 11.59pm on Monday 19 May 2025.