Johnny Barrington
Johnny attended the Glasgow School of Art and the Gothenburg School of Photography & Film. He went on to direct experimental short films and several pop promos, which screened on MTV. His recent short films include the Scottish BAFTA nominated Trout (2006) which screened at festivals worldwide including Sundance and Terra Firma (2007), a UK Film Council/Film4 funded Cinema […]
Janice Parker & Jo Verrent
We are pleased to welcome artist and choreographer Janice Parker back to Cove Park this autumn with collaborator Jo Verrent. Janice and Jo collaborated recently with 2014 resident Luke Pell on the installation ‘Take Me To Bed’, presented at The Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall, London, in September 2014. This residency at Cove Park will […]
Maria Fusco
Earlier this year, Maria Fusco was awarded a prestigious Artangel Open Commission. This commission will allow the Edinburgh-based writer to realise a new site specific performance and work for radio, shaped by a cavernous space excavated inside a mountain near the appropriately named Loch Awe in Argyll and Bute. Maria will use this residency at […]
Lizhen Liang
This residency offers an international writer the opportunity to develop their interdisciplinary projects and ideas in Cove Park’s supportive environment and to make useful contacts across the artforms in Scotland, the UK and further afield. This year the residency has been awarded to Lizhen Liang. A poet, translator, curator and graduate of the Slade, Lizhen […]
Cove Park Open Day
Creative Catalysts
Our 2013 Creative Catalyst programme focuses on Cove Park’s natural landscape and is generously funded by the Big Lottery. Architect Robin Webster will bring together ecologists, landscape architects, stonemasons, urban designers, geologists, poets and visual artists to look at the nature and potential of the Argyll coastline, possible scenarios and consequences and to apply their collective expertise to […]
Artists in Schools
This month long residency places professional artists in special educational needs departments of schools in the Argyll & Bute region. It is supported by the St James Place Foundation, The Moffat Charitable Trust, Babock Community Investment Group and The Merchant House of Glasgow. Artists are based at Cove Park for four weeks, during which time they […]
National Theatre of Scotland
The National Theatre of Scotland will return to Cove Park for a third year this autumn. Over a period of one month, individuals connected to the NTS will focus upon the development of new scripts and future productions. This programme is supported by the Esmée Fairbarin Foundation. The participating artists are: Davey Anderson, Colin Bell, […]
Freeing the Poets Voice
In this challenging, transformative masterclass poets learn how to access their own authentic voice when speaking their poems. The week comprises workshops in voice development designed for poets by Kristin Linklater, the world renowned voice coach to leading actors including Donald Sutherland and Sigourney Weaver. You can find out more about Kristin’s method on her website. […]
Fuel Theatre
A continuing relationship with the Jerwood Charitable Foundation underpins Cove Park’s performing arts residencies. They are run in partnership with Fuel Theatre Services through whom high-profile artists make critically-acclaimed work at Cove Park, whether destined for the Edinburgh Festival or across the UK. 2012 Jerwood Residents are: James Houston Peter Reder Valerie Buhagiar Alex Byrne Kjell Moberg […]
Jo Royle
The exchange of ideas and inspiration is at the heart of the Cove Park experience. To develop this further, Cove Park with the help of Jerwood launched the Creative Catalysts programme in 2011. Creative Catalysts are people of distinction from the arts, science, academia, or more generally from public life, who are invited to Cove […]
Linda Brothwell
This six-week residency supports an established maker/designer at a key stage in their career. It enables the artist to undertake research, explore new ideas and make significant developments in their practice within the context of Cove Park’s international and cross-disciplinary programme. Previous residents on this programme include Joe Pipal, Pottinger and Cole and Lucian Taylor. […]