New Contemporaries is an annual exhibition that is open to all final year undergraduates and current postgraduates of fine art at UK colleges. The exhibition aims to support artists and provide some form of professional opportunity, right at the start of their careers. Launched at Liverpool Biennial, New Contemporaries 2002 includes artists: Helen Barron, Kieran Brown, Lesley Halliwell, Lucinda Metcalfe and John Summers.