Collective Home: Embedded Artist Announcement
Following a recent call for applications, we are delighted to announce the three creative practitioners appointed as Embedded Artists for Collective Home, a new project involving communities across Argyll and developed through the Culture Collective initiative, administered by Creative Scotland.
The Artists are: filmmaker and theatre director Kenny Glennan; writer and filmmaker Carina NicHaouchine; and climate artist and designer Alicia Storie. Kenny, Carina, and Alicia will meet at Cove Park for a group residency in June and continue their work in Argyll over the next 17 months.
We are also pleased to announce the first artist invited to contribute to this programme through a series of shorter term projects: musician and Gaelic singer Mairi McGillivray.
All of the artists will bring a wealth of experience and vision to Collective Home and we look forward to welcoming them here next month.
28 May 2026
Collective Home: Community, Creativity & Action in Argyll is one of the 23 Scotland-wide projects awarded funding through Culture Collective in 2026-2027.
Funded by the Scottish Government, Culture Collective places creativity at the heart of community development, supporting artists and organisations to work directly with communities, respond to local priorities, strengthen local identity and create paid opportunities for creative practitioners.
Focussed upon the concept of home and what this means now for communities in Argyll, our project reflects the distinct character and composition of our rural and coastal region. Through sustained projects devised collaboratively by the creative practitioners we support and the participating communities, we will explore what home means for young people in Argyll, for those facing the challenges of the climate crisis, and for those with lived experience of displacement and settling in this region. Developed in partnership with local organisations, our work will harness the power of creativity and collective action to build community, promote cultural exchange, and enhance lives.
