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 […]
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 […]
Alessia Zinnari Alex Witthey
Dr Alessia Zinnari is a Lecturer in Italian at the University of Glasgow. Her research is grounded in comparative and feminist methodologies, and explores the relationship between trauma, representation, and the construction of identity. In her recent practice, she has moved from focusing solely on the written word to exploring how both text and image […]
Abbey Craig
Abbey Craig is a creative practitioner, teacher, and facilitator, passionate about people, community, and lifelong learning. Abbey’s professional practice and choice of work has recently been influenced by her own need to be well and the health and well-being needs expressed by the families, individuals, and professionals she meets when working in educational settings, residential […]
Ardis Önnerfors, Nadia Rossi, Leo Valenti, Rachel Walker
Rumpus Room is an artist-led initiative working in collaboration with children and young people on art and social action projects. The studio is co-run by artists and young studio members, hosting a programme of art and social action, developed with, for and by children & young people in Govanhill and across Scotland.
Hannah Ayre
Hannah Ayre is a participatory artist, educator and creative producer. She works with audiences to create socially engaged artwork, ranging from small-scale crafts to large-scale installations and events.
Mathilde N'Doye
Mathilde N’Doye is an interdisciplinary artist and chef whose work incorporates community arts, installation and social sculpture. Their current practice investigates food and commensality, exploring the heritage of food and its link to cultural identity and history. Through sharing food within curated environments, their work tells stories of embodied knowledge and social actions, engaging others […]
Juliana Capes
The Edinburgh-based artist Juliana Capes returns to Cove Park in March 2022 following the award made to her last year of the Argyll Beacon Artist in Schools commission. Juliana is an award-winning multidisciplinary visual artist who has exhibited most recently at Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery, Royal Scottish Academy and Edinburgh Art Festival. Her diverse artworks often […]
Clare Charles & Becca Thomas
Introduced this year and made possible with support from The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, the Participatory Arts Residency supports artists based in the UK and working in participatory arts. This three-week residency was awarded to Clare Charles and Becca Thomas, two artists based in Cardiff. Clare and Becca combine their own artistic practice with running creative spaces in Wales. […]
Kate Burton
This residency places professional artists in special educational needs departments of schools in the Argyll & Bute region. It is supported by the Robertson Trust, St James Place Foundation, J N Marshall Island of Bute Trust and Argyll & Bute Trust. Artists are based at Cove Park for four weeks, during which time they can concentrate on […]