We are delighted to announce that the call for applications from recent graduates of Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of the Fine Arts to the Ecologies in the Making: Sculpting Futures programme is now live!

This four-month residency, offered jointly by Cove Park and Scottish Sculpture Workshop, is part of the International Incubators in Fine Arts project, established by Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts and the Saastamoinen Foundation. The project aims to build a dialogue between teaching in fine arts and the international field of art.

The residency programme Ecologies in the Making: Sculpting Futures focuses on making practices in a time of climate breakdown. The programme invites applications from those who are already exploring ecologies of making and from those who wish to (re)focus or build relationships with the more-than-human in our warming world. The aim is to support artists to research and develop ecological methods and contexts for their artistic practice.

MFA or DFA alumni of the Academy of Fine Arts who work with sculptural methods or material processes can apply for the programme. Applications are welcome from graduates at any stage in their career. The residency is divided into two separate yet interconnected periods to allow for two distinct areas of development; the first two-month residency will take place at Cove Park, and the second two-month residency at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Aberdeenshire.

The residency is realised June-July at Cove Park and in August-September in SSW in 2026. The open call ends on 30 September 2025. Learn more and apply here.