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.
A snapshot of this season’s residencies. Visit the Residencies page for information on our Awarded and Open programmes and how to take part.
Joseph Wilson uses photography to explore interactions between perception, memory, and the material world through the sustained observation of the places and things which bear our trace. Through this practice he asks of memory, of the world around us, and of photographs themselves: what is it that persists? Joseph will work with makeshift materials, lenses, […]
The Smith Residency is a residency for a visual artist and recent graduate of either The Glasgow School of Art, Goldsmiths University of London, or University of the Arts London. René Lazový (b. 1998, Bratislava) is a Slovak artist based in London whose multidisciplinary practice spans photography, sculpture, painting, installation and drawing. His work explores […]
Mina Heydari-Waite is a British-Iranian interdisciplinary artist based in Glasgow. Working across moving image, installation and sculpture, her practice draws together workshops, archival research, material exploration, familial histories and cross-disciplinary dialogue. Her work examines infrastructures of power, memory and transmission, treating affect not as interior sentiment but as a point of departure through which histories […]
Esme Paul is a Glasgow-based artist and researcher. She is currently completing a practice-based PhD at the University of Glasgow in Theatre Studies and Psychology in which she investigates the representations of autistic experiences in contemporary theatre. Through her solo practice, she utilises non-narrative performance to interrogate longstanding cultural perceptions of autism as well as […]
Meg Russon is an actor, writer and composer from Somerset, based in London. She is currently developing an a cappella folk musical exploring the experience of growing up queer in rural spaces. This work has been described as ‘recall[ing] the work of artists such as Hildur Guðnadóttir, whilst the a cappella close harmonies have resonances […]
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.
We are delighted to work in partnership with The Sound Lab on its New Sounds Academy, a one-year professional development programme for care-experienced musicians aged between 16 – 30. First launched in 2021, New Sounds Academy was created to support emerging musicians who face barriers to establishing their careers. Through opportunities to record with professional […]
Callum McSorley is a writer based in Glasgow whose short stories have appeared in Gutter Magazine, Monstrous Regiment and New Writing Scotland. His debut novel Squeaky Clean (2023) – inspired by his years working at a car wash in Glasgow’s East End – garnered praise from the likes of Chris Brookmyre, Peter James and Kevin […]
Cove Park’s Associates Programme is a membership programme for our former residents. It offers new opportunities, events, and residency exchanges on an annual basis for those wishing to continue to work at and with Cove Park. From an open call application process, the inaugural Associates in Collaboration residency has been awarded to former resident and […]
Alaa Zouiten was born in Casablanca, Morocco, where he began his career as a master performer of the oud. Alaa moved to Germany in 2009, where he continued to experiment with the stylistic, technical and aesthetic possibilities of his instrument. In his compositions and arrangements, Alaa constantly seeks new musical perspectives. As a curator, he has […]