Published by Sternberg Press, this new catalogue documents the work of visual artist and 2011 Cove Park resident Chris Evans. The publication includes texts by Penelope Curtis, Marina Vishmidt and Tirdad Zolghadr, and was designed by Will Holder.
All Divided Selves is a new film by artist Luke Fowler who was Visual Arts resident at Cove Park in 2010. The film was developed subsequently on a residency at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and it considers the legacy of radical psychiatrist R.D. Laing. The film will have an installation at CSS Bard from November 9th – December 23rd then travel to Inverleith House in Edinburgh in February 2012. For more information click here.
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.
Calling all poets: a unique opportunity at Cove Park to develop your performance and find your true voice.
Applications are welcomed from poets to take part in this course from April 2nd – 7th 2012. The deadline for applications is Friday December 8th 2011. For a course description and other details please email Polly Clark on polly.clark@covepark.org.
Click here to view the flyer for this course, and go to ’2011′ on this website to find out more about the 2011 course.
A new solo exhibition by artist Deirdre Nelson ‘Contemporary Souvenir’ opens this Friday 7pm at Sirius Arts Centre . Cobh. Co Cork Ireland. With an interest in social history Nelson has explored the colourful town of Cobh and its stories of lace makers, knitters, ships, emigration, and the sea. The exhibition runs from 14th October – 13th November.
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.
The Jerwood Charitable Foundation who generously support Cove Park, invite artists from across making disciplines to submit proposals for Jerwood Makers Open, a £37,500 exhibition and commissioning opportunity from Jerwood Visual Arts. For more information about this opportunity see the Jerwood Makers Open website.
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.
This is a new solo exhibition by former visual arts resident Ciara Phillips. Showing at Kendall Koppe, Glasgow, the exhibition runs through October 2011.
A fantastic opportunity to see a major new solo show in the UK by 2008 Cove Park resident Abraham Cruzvillegas: ‘Autoconstruccion: The Optimistic Failure of A Simultaneous Promise’ opens at Modern Art Oxford on 28 September.
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.
Regular Cove Park residents Fuel Theatre Company have new projects on at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year, Fuel at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. For more information and to book tickets visit the Fuel website.
2011 Cove Park Visual Arts resident Chris Evans and 2003 resident Elizabeth Price are taking part in a new Collective Gallery offsite project at Fettes College, Edinburgh, until 28 August. Devised by artists Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan, this project includes new work developed by Chris Evans during his recent residency.
