Jackie Bell
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After a career in health and a personal health related stocktaking of life goals, Jackie Bell returned to education as a mature student, completing a HND in Contemporary Art at Edinburgh College and then a BA Hons in Sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2023. She was awarded one of the John Kinross Scholarships to Florence later that year. With an interest in the innate language and poetry of materials she works with iron, textile, clay, salt and found objects to interrogate the ripples and corollaries of loss, aftermath and the passing of time. Jackie is based in a studio at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and is currently working on an installation for Edinburgh’s Hidden Door Festival in June.
The Bridge Awards Residency was launched in 2023. Designed specifically for artists based in Scotland recovering from breast cancer, the 2023 residency was awarded to the Fife-based artist Susanne Nørregård Nielsen. Building upon the success of this first individual residency, we are launched a one-week group residency in May 2024. The participating artists included: film producer and writer Ros Borland, creative arts practitioner, teacher, and facilitator Abbey Craig, writer Moira McPartlin, and visual artist Krissy Stewart. The 2024 group residency also includes a music and wellbeing session generously offered by Scottish Ensemble.
Now, in its third year, Cove Park is pleased to offer a further four fully funded residencies in 2025. We are grateful to The Bridge Awards for making this residency possible, and to Maggie’s for their support.
