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May at Cove Park
This month sees the launch of our 2018 Summer programme and we look forward to welcoming everyone taking part this year.
The artists arriving in May are: Jamie Crewe, Graham Paul Donovan,
Caroline Douglas, Scarlett Cohen French, Lotte Gertz, Amang Hung,
David Sherry and Emer Tumilty. These artists are taking part in a programme that encompasses crafts, design, film and moving image, literature and visual art.
In partnership with Playwrights' Studio Scotland we are delighted to welcome playwright, performer and artistic director of Terra Incognita Victoria Beesley and theatre artist, actor and performer Catriona Lexy-Campbell to Cove Park this month.
The Cowal Residency Programme continues in May, providing residencies for artists based in this area of Argyll & Bute; specialising in fine art textiles, Sandi Kiehlman will be based at Cove Park in the latter part of May. Poet Helen Mort, winner of the 2017 Mslexia Prize for Poetry, also joins us this month on a residency created in partnership with Cove Park as part of the award.
You can read more about all the artists, their work, our supporters and full summer programme here.
We would like to keep in touch with all our former residents, friends and supporters and share news and information on Cove Park's residency and events programme. To continue to receive our monthly Newsletter, please resubscribe before 25 May 2018.
Image: Cove Park, Robertson Trust Room (photography by Alan Dimmick)
Early Career Residencies 2018
Call for Applications
In September this year Cove Park will award four Early Career Residencies. With support from The Fenton Arts Trust, these funded three-week residencies will run in parallel from 10 - 30 September. UK-based composers/musicians, makers/designers, writers and visual artists are all welcome to apply. Please see the Application Guidelines for further information. The deadline for applications is 1 June 2018.
Image: Laura Slater, 2017 Crafts Resident (photography by Alan Dimmick)
The MacLehose Press International Writer &
Translator Partnership
We are pleased to announce the continuation of Cove Park's literary translation programme this year and a new partnership with MacLehose Press, a company renowned for its innovative approach to publishing translated literature. In June Cove Park will host the acclaimed Norwegian author Erika Fatland and her Edinburgh-based translator Kari Dickson. Further information is available here.
Image: Erika Fatland.
Featured Company
This month's Featured Company is Playwrights' Studio Scotland, the nation's only arts organisation exclusively dedicated to the long-term support, development and promotion of Scotland's playwrights. Cove Park has worked with PSS for several years now and you can read more about the organisation and our partnership here.
Our Saturday Studio programme continues on 19 May with workshops devised and led by former residents Florence Dwyer and Naomi O Kelly. These free workshops form part of Hands-On Cove Park and are for young people in Argyll and Bute. Please visit our Eventbrite page for further details.
Image: Naomi O Kelly (photography by Andy Catlin)
Image: Monument Trust Room, Cove Park
Cove Park works in partnership with many other individuals, companies and organisations to create a wide range of residency programmes. Please contact our Partnerships Manager
Catrin Kemp if you would like to discuss your projects with us.
We would like to thank all the individuals, Trusts and Foundations supporting our programme this year. They include: The Andor Charitable Trust, The Binks Trust, The Bridge Awards,
The Craignish Trust and The Fenton Arts Trust.
