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.
This partnership with Visual Arts Scotland makes possible two-week fully-funded residencies designed to support research and the development of new work. Rahel Levine is an artist working in sculpture and text to explore the function of image, object and material in connection to the physical and psychological boundaries of our interior and exterior worlds. Building […]
This partnership with Visual Arts Scotland makes possible two-week fully-funded residencies designed to support research and the development of new work. Evie Rose Thornton’s practice bridges the gap between viewers and the natural landscape, untangling ecosystems that structure every aspect of the environment around us. By nature, her work is interdisciplinary, as she responds organically […]
Jo Mango is a Glasgow-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. Her work spans genres and forms including folk, pop, art- and alternative, via theatre, film, multimedia installation and live performance. Her third solo album ‘The Lightswitch’ was released in June. It follows up her acclaimed 2012 LP ‘Murmuration’, continuing a career that has spanned more than two […]
Cecilia Stamp is a Glasgow-based designer and maker creating contemporary jewellery inspired by abstract forms found in Modernist architecture, packaging and the built environment. Her work is characterised by graphic shapes, clean lines and a restrained use of colour. Working across traditional jewellery processes including vitreous enamelling, wax carving and silversmithing, Cecilia translates influences from […]
Bobbi Cameron is an interdisciplinary artist based on the Isle of Seil, Scotland. Cameron works with devotional spiritual practice as a creative methodology through moving image, sound and performance. Her debut 16mm film ‘for the first words of a dreamworld’ was commissioned for Glasgow International Festival 2024 as part of a duo presentation with Owain […]
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 […]