Bernat Klein Fellowships Film
Richard McVetis
Richard McVetis is an artist whose practice is inspired by time, geology, and cosmology, explored through textile-based work—particularly hand embroidery, which he describes as ‘rendering with stitch’. His work takes the form of meticulously stitched two- and three-dimensional drawings, shifting between small-scale sculptures and large installations. These pieces visually articulate the passage of time, spatial […]
Mohamed Tonsy
Mohamed Tonsy is an Egyptian writer, ceramicist and bookseller at Lighthouse Bookshop. Formerly an architect and triathlete representing the Egyptian Triathlon Federation, Tonsy completed a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh. Their writing has appeared in Mizna, Epoch Press, won a Quarterly John Byrne Award and was Shortlisted for MFest’s 2021 Short […]
Sayan Chanda Open Studio
Saturday Studios – Creative Campaigners 2
Sayan Chanda
Sayan Chanda reimagines votive objects, folk divinities, and mythic narratives as hybrid, ambiguous forms through the lens of identity, gender perception, and postcolonial theory. Working intuitively with fibre and clay through weaving, stitching, quilting, dyeing, and hand-building, he makes work that occupies a speculative landscape untethered from place, culture, and period. He’s interested in the […]
Saturday Studio – Creative Campaigners
Project Studio – Youth Voice
NAARCA Residencies 2025
Katie Schwab
Katie Schwab works with textiles and installation to explore personal, social and material histories of craft, design and education. Her research focuses on twentieth century domestic interiors, civic architecture and play environments. Embedded in the communities and contexts in which she works, Katie’s long-term projects incorporate collaborative workshops, archival research and craft- based learning. Katie […]
Toben Lewis
Toben Lewis, a dedicated bibliophile and professional bookbinder, operates from the Scottish island of Iona. Initially trained as a graphic designer with a specialisation in books, Toben discovered a passion for bookbinding and honed his skills through self-education and advanced studies with master bookbinders. Inspired by Iona’s natural beauty and historical significance, he produces books […]
