A unique residency in rural Scotland for national
and international artists, creative practitioners,
researchers, writers, and our local community.
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A unique residency in rural Scotland for national
and international artists, creative practitioners,
researchers, writers, 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.
Montréal-based pianist and composer Jean-Michel Blais has earned international acclaim for his distinctive blend of contemporary classical, experimental and orchestral music. Signed to Arts & Crafts and Mercury KX (Decca), he has amassed over 400 million streams, received two JUNO Award nominations and been shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize. His fourth album, mirador, moves […]
Marc Teitler is an award-winning composer known for dark, playful and otherworldly scores spanning musical theatre, stage, film and animation. A recipient of the Guardian Innovation Award, his work often explores the surreal, magical and uncanny. He co-created The Grinning Man, the cult musical “crowned by an extraordinary score” (WhatsOnStage). Premiering at Bristol Old Vic […]
Natasha Marshall is a London based artist and designer. Natasha’s work is shaped by her love of colour and works across multiple disciplines. Natasha takes daily photographs and sketches of what she sees in front of her. She is fascinated by architectural spaces, facades and nature – the colour, patterns and lines created by light. […]
Lisa Woolley is a Glasgow-based artist whose practice explores connections between body, landscape and the pathways that link inner and outer worlds. Working across painting, drawing, printmaking and collage, she explores patterns of connection, transformation and flow. Lisa draws inspiration from observation of day to day life, travel and a long standing yoga and meditation […]
Caroline Scott is a theatre designer, maker and architect and has made a career spanning an eclectic range of productions, live events and public art, focussed on creating work that connects to diverse audiences. On this residency she is taking the plunge into her own self to explore her love of colour, landscape and the […]
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.
This residency is for a writer of international renown who comes to Cove Park for up to four weeks. During their stay the resident is the guest of honour at events in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and also has time at Cove Park to work on their own projects. During her residency Anne Carson will be […]
Carol Rodrigues is a Brazilian writer based in São Paulo. Her short-story collection Sem Vista Para o Mar (Edith, 2014) won both main prizes for the category in Brazil: Jabuti and Biblioteca Nacional. She has also published two novels: A Mulher do Padre (Todavia, 2023) and O Melindre dos Dentes da Besta (7Letras, 2019). She […]
We are pleased to share news of a major new collaboration between Cove Park and RAW Material Company, made possible with support from British Council Scotland’s and Creative Scotland’s Connect & Collaborate fund. RAW Material Company is a centre for art, knowledge and society in Dakar, Senegal; its trans-disciplinary programme is organised around residencies, biannual symposia, public […]
In 2008, Abraham Cruzvillegas was the recipient of Cove Park’s first Henry Moore Fellowship. This six-month residency enabled the artist to develop work for a major solo exhibition at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts in the same year. Work produced for this exhibition was acquired by Tate Modern in 2010 and will be on display […]