Jo Clements
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Jo Clements is a researcher and writer based near Dingwall. They are interested in all the wonderous ways that people use the past to shape their present, metaphors and cancer, and dandelions.
Jo is currently working on a non-fiction, book-length writing project tentatively titled ‘Dandelion’ that intertwines exploration of historical metaphorical and other uses of the eponymous common weed – as a symbol of innocence, fragility, resilience, and national pride – with reflections on their personal search for a generative, non-militarised metaphor through which to understand and shape their cancer and post-cancer experience.
The Bridge Awards Residency was launched in 2023 to support artists based in Scotland recovering from breast cancer. The inaugural residency was awarded to Fife-based artist Susanne Nørregård Nielsen.
Building on the success of this first individual residency, a one-week group residency was introduced in May 2024 and awarded to five artists. Now in its fourth year, Cove Park is pleased to offer five fully funded placements in the 2026 group residency which includes music and wellbeing sessions led by Lesley Howells, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Maggie’s Lead Psychologist and members of the Scottish Ensemble.
We are grateful to The Bridge Awards for making this residency possible, and to Maggie’s and Scottish Ensemble for their support.
