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.
Omid Asadi, born in Iran, navigates a diverse journey that intertwines past experiences with creative expression. After growing up in Iran, he ventured into engineering and boxing before embracing art’s calling. In 2007, Omid’s life took an international turn as he immigrated to the United Kingdom. The transition ignited a transformation within him, eventually steering […]
Roy Boswell is a sculptor from Helsinki whose work is concerned with the durational qualities of materials. Their work combines objects with music and organised sound, performance traditions, writing, and dramaturgy. Longer lasting materials like stone are placed side by side with fast-paced materials like a song or a beam of light – and the […]
Kate Bowen is a Glasgow based writer and producer. Her first full length play, Close Quarters, was put on by Stockroom (previously Out of Joint) in a co-production with Sheffield Theatres in 2018, directed by Kate Wasserberg; and was named by The Observer as one of their top ten theatre productions of that year. Her […]
This residency is a partnership between the Glasgow-based radio art collective Radiophrenia and the Rotterdam-based arts organisation WORM. The first Radiophrenia radio art residency at WORM was back in 2020 with the artist Cucina Povera and since then Helena Celle, Jim Colquhoun & Jamie McNeill, Murray Collier & Hannan Jones have all spent time tinkering […]
In partnership with Wysing Arts Centre, we are pleased to host the artist and poet Maeva Totolehibe. Based in France, Maeve is Wysing’s 2026 Magnetic Resident, spending eight weeks in the UK in 2026 as part of Fluxus Art Project’s Franco-UK residency exchange programme. Time in Scotland will enable Maeve to continue her research. Maeva […]
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.
Each year, Cove Park hosts at least one international writer on a residency of up to twelve weeks. This year the residencies are between four and six weeks long and are for professional artists in mid-career to develop their own projects within the supportive interdisciplinary environment of Cove Park. Mariama’s Khan’s residency also brings together […]
We are delighted to welcome Alex Cecchetti to Cove Park this spring. This is the final residency in our European Residency Programme, supported by British Council Scotland and Creative Scotland. Alex Cecchetti is an artist, a poet, a gardener, a freediver and a choreographer. Difficult to classify, his work can be considered as the art […]
Veronika Skliarova is a cultural manager, theatre producer, and curator from Ukraine. She is the Programme Director of Parade-Fest, was the producer of Сrimea, 5am, an intersectoral performance project, and Ukrainian Odyssey, which involved performances in 5 cities in Ukraine. Since February 2022, Veronika has created Anthology24, a collection of texts for theatre written following the […]
Rosie Alena commands the stage – her voice shifting between delicate intimacy and soaring drama. Elbow’s Guy Garvey, speaking on his BBC 6 Music Show, has praised her as having “an amazing voice and an incredible presence,” and her music has drawn acclaim from Clash, The Line of Best Fit, and So Young Magazine. Her […]