Previous Cove Park crafts residents Jane Kelly (2004), Andrea Walsh (2008) and Deirdre Nelson (2010) have work in ‘Craft In Dialogue’ which opens at Dovecott Studios on 3rd November 2011. Deirdre’s work also features a collaborative piece with Christos Tsiolkas, Cove Park’s International literature resident 2010.

The exhibition celebrates the work of makers who have received craft development bursaries from the Inches Carr Trust since it was established in 1996. Including a diverse range of work and showcasing many of Scotland’s leading craft practitioners.

The purpose of the bursaries is to help established artists develop their skills or research a particular aspect of their practice.

Find more information here.

Application guidelines for both the 2012 craft and visual arts residency programmes are now available here. National and international artists are welcome to apply and the deadline for all our applications in Friday 27 January 2012.

Previous Cove Park residents Nao Matsunaga, Andrea Walsh and  Dawn Youll will be exhibiting work in AWARD, the BCB’s major survey of current ceramic practice in the UK. Presented at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, the home of the finest historic and contemporary collections of ceramics outside London, the exhibition brings together the leading edge of contemporary creative ceramics design, practice and manufacture. For more information see the BCB website.

Previous Cove Park residents Dawn Youll, Nick Evans and Anne Gibbs have work featured in ‘Placement’ an exhibition of contemporary ceramic objects by artists with connections to Wales and Scotland.  This original and compelling exhibition explores the narrative possibilities of ceramics through material, form, history, image and context.

Part 1: 17 Sept – 16 Oct 2011*, FCA&C @ St Andrews Museum (Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9TA, tel 01334 659380; open Mar-Sept 10.30-4, Apr-Oct 10-5, free). Artists: Stephen Bird, Claire Curneen, Lowri Davies, Laura Ford, David Shrigley, Dawn Youll

PART 2: 22 Oct – 20 Nov 2011, FCA&C @ St Andrews Museum (as above). Artists: Lowri Davies, Ken Eastman, Nick Evans, Laura Ford, Anne Gibbs, Cecile Johnson Soliz, Conor Wilson, Dawn Youll

”The Ring’ at Hnoss Gallery, Sweden will feature work by Cove Park’s 2011 UK Crafts Resident Lina Peterson. The exhibition runs from 9th Septmber – 9th October and will be accompanied by a seminar on the 9th September with guest speakers looking at the ring from different perspectives.

Related Artist's Profiles:

• Lina Peterson

2010 Cove Park residents Panel, in collaboration with Atelier (artist Lucy Mckenzie & designer Beca Lipscombe) will be presenting a new range of clothing at the Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow School of Art, from 15th – 18th September.