Want to develop your practice, but unsure how to “make the leap”?

Over the past three years, the Rupture team has worked with over 1,000 international artists at all stages of their careers, providing a prolific platform for artistic growth and collaboration.

We meet each artist where they need to be met, and provide the time, space, and rigor to examine and expand individual practices.

Kate and Sally are available for Individual Practice Mentoring coaching sessions, which are held via zoom or in person, working one on one.

Sessions with Sally are £75 VAT inclusive for 50 minutes individually, or six sessions for £375 VAT inclusive paid in advance (one session free!). Sessions with Kate are £98 per session or 6 sessions for £490.

Unsure if Practice Mentoring is right for you? All prospective clients meet with Kate or Sally for a free 20 minute consultation to confirm that it is a good fit for everyone.

Practice Mentoring

Practice can be a powerful thing. It drives creative expression. It can feel distant and undefinable. Kate and their partner in practice, Sally will share what they have learned about life in the generative. They will explain how everyone, even with no training, can build a framework to support the urge and impulse to make and use inspiration and reference to find the individual  generative which leads to the new.

We consider the questions:

What is it to BE an artist?

What IS practice?

WHY and HOW we make and what steps that can be taken to build and expand an individual sustainable practice.

Examining & Expanding Your Practice Workshops

Here at RuptureXIBIT, we offer artists an affordable space in which to expand and define their practice during a four-week intensive mentoring residency concluding with an open studio event. This is an opportunity to push your practice and show experimental and unresolved work and talk about it across disciplines and communities devoid of hierarchy. Experimental means experimental to you: how you ask more of your practice.

We accept proposals based on the artist’s desire to develop through experimenting and showing. RuptureXIBIT is interested in the new and believes the new comes from an engagement with a willingness to stretch, push, and fail. We are a lab, a workout space, a place to try things you are unsure of. We are your trampoline.

 We’re currently accepting residency proposals for our 350 sq. ft. High Street shop-front gallery. This intensive mentoring residency consists of four weeks of studio/gallery space, plus four 90 minute mentoring sessions and the opportunity to be part of our studio community. It includes access to our workshops and group crits and the more informal support that comes with working from the studio. Plus, we offer promotion of the residency and open studio across numerous platforms and full support from our experienced in-house team.

Places are limited - get more details and apply here

Intensive Mentoring Residencies & Open Studio

Artist crits are often absent from our professional practices post education, so following the success of our group crits during our open call shows and residencies, we're currently focusing the energies of the studio on artists developing their individual practices.

Alongside bespoke practice mentoring, we have found crits to be the most powerful tool to help artists at all stages of their careers. The crits will be held in the intimacy of our back studio space, where Kate and Sally will lead the sharing of work and supportive discussion with other artists.

Please bring 1 piece of work or images of the work and a packed lunch.

SparkCrits

Testimonials from our students & colleagues

  • “The critique event expanded my perspective on my artistic identity, allowing me the freedom to discuss my art openly. It also sparked a curiosity to explore my work through performance and mixed media. Kate and Sally's dedication to what they do at Rupture is a pure joy and an inspiration. Thank you for creating a space where artists can thrive and be celebrated. This experience has ignited my passion to continue my artistic journey with newfound confidence and creativity.”

    - Anna SparkCrit Attendee

  • "Being part of the Lawless Imagination Exhibition was an incredibly enriching experience. The exhibition not only provided a platform for my works but also fostered an engaging community that celebrated creativity without boundaries. I particularly appreciate the immersive and well-curated curation at the front gallery space; it perfectly aligns with the theme of the show. Thank you for bringing it to life. I am honored to be part of this inspiring community and am grateful for the opportunity."

    Feifan, Rupturist.

  • "It’s been a wonderful experience to exhibit at Rupture. It truly is a space for art. I’m especially impressed by the critique session Rupture organized; we got to share insights about our works. It was very supportive and helpful."

    Boyuan, Rupturist.

  • “Being part of the Lawless Imagination exhibition has been a transformative experience for me as a young artist. The gallery team's level of involvement and enthusiasm has left a lasting impression. I wish more galleries embraced such deep exploration of artists' universes and personalities. The atmosphere of involvement was refreshing—where my voice was heard and valued. I felt a sense of responsibility for my work and gained tremendous motivation to continue pushing boundaries. The critique event expanded my perspective on my artistic identity, allowing me the freedom to discuss my art openly. It also sparked a curiosity to explore my work through performance and mixed media. Kate, Sally, and Olivia's dedication to what they do at Rupture is a pure joy and an inspiration. Thank you for creating a space where artists can thrive and be celebrated. This experience has ignited my passion to continue my artistic journey with newfound confidence and creativity.”

    Anna, Rupturist.