A unique residency in rural Scotland for national
and international artists, creative practitioners,
researchers, and our local community.
A unique residency in rural Scotland for national
and international artists, creative practitioners,
researchers, and our local community.
The Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action
A snapshot of this season’s residencies. Visit the Residencies page for information on our Awarded and Open programmes and how to take part.
Ebun Sodipo is an artist and writer who makes work for Black Trans people of the future. Guided by Black feminist study and a methodology of collage and fabulation, her work locates and produces real and imaginable narratives of Black Trans women’s presence, embodiment, and interiority across the past, present, and future. In doing this, […]
Jo Lennie is an early career playwright based in South Lanarkshire. She was the recipient of the Tron Theatre’s Progressive Playwright Award in 2017 and was mentored by Lynda Radley through the Playwrights’ Studio Scotland Mentoring Programme. She was shortlisted for the Scotland Short Play Award (2017) and developed her play Lily with In Motion […]
Vũ Hà Anh’s practice is characterised by its fluidity and adaptability, evolving in tandem with her expanding worldview, centred by the key principles of love-freedom-liberation. Currently residing in Saigon, Ha Anh’s work is undergoing a transformation as she delves into the themes of sexuality and the lives of women in marginalised and concealed corners of […]
This new residency is offered in partnership with the Glasgow-based visual arts organisation The Common Guild and is made possible with support from Mārama Consulting. Ayo Akingbade is an artist, writer and director. She works predominantly with film and installation to address themes of power, urbanism and stance. Much of Akingbade’s work has documented experiences […]
Sholto Dobie was born in Edinburgh and lives in Vilnius. He performs with self-constructed wind instruments, using a frankenstein-like set up which has evolved over many years. An air pump is attached to a series of reeded and metal pipes from various sources – organs, bagpipes and khene – which are brought to life by […]
Based on a 50-acre site overlooking Loch Long on Scotland’s west coast, Cove Park is embedded in its rural and coastal location. Visit the About page for more on the site, our local community, and our commitment to the conservation of Argyll & Bute's rich natural heritage.
Santtu Laine is a Finnish multidisciplinary artist based in Helsinki. He works with installation, sculpture, images, and sound, often exploring themes of memory and its inherent ambiguity. His art practice focuses on alternative and sustainable methods of creation, combining various techniques and materials to continually seek new forms of expression. Santtu holds a Master of […]
As part of the Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action (NAARCA) commission programme, artist Nikhil Vettukattil will be at Cove Park for four weeks following residencies at Narsaq International Research Station in Greenland and Artica Svalbard in Norway. At Cove Park, Nikhil will continue developing ‘Cantina‘ – a project exploring a healthy, affordable, […]
Monya Riachi is an artist and architect and works across sculpture, installation, moving image, sound and writing. Her practice is research-led and material driven, and centers matter as a site of meaning, narrative and archive. Through speculation and material inquiry, her work reflects on loss and the generative potential of matter. Monya was born in […]
Niamh Schmidtke explores the political complications of ‘being green’ by cultivating conversations with the environment, through speculation, audio, ceramics and installations. They examine the relationship between listening and speaking, to consider the kinds of voices that deep time, the sea, or humans could have with one another. These relations critique the utopia of renewable energies, […]