News from Cove Park - August 2020

Preparations are now well underway for the reopening of Cove Park on Monday 14 September and we are looking forward to welcoming artists to the site again. Further information, and details on how the Artists Centre and accommodation will operate in line with current requirements, is given in our Reopening Statement. We are pleased to confirm that our Independently-Funded residency programme will also resume this autumn. If time at Cove Park to focus on your own work within a safe, peaceful and beautiful environment would be helpful this year, please contact Catrin Kemp directly.

Cove Park's 20th anniversary Limited Edition Postcards were launched in July and 100 sets are now available for sale. Each set includes 20 postcards featuring commissioned images of the landscape, site, accommodation, studios and the Artists Centre and is priced at just £15 (including postage within the UK). To buy please visit our Shop, where you will also find limited edition prints by artists such as Christine Borland, Charlotte Prodger and Simon Starling. We have had some wonderful responses to the postcards and would like to thank all those supporting our residency and Hands-On Cove Park programmes in this way. 

And finally, we are pleased to announce that the last two films in our current HOCP at Home series will feature two of our recent former residents: writer Roanna Gonsalves and visual artist Duncan Marquiss. Scroll down for further details.

We hope all our artists and friends are well.

Image: Above, the view of Loch Long from Cove Park (photography, Alan Dimmick); below, Cove Park's Limited Edition Postcards for 2020, designed by Maeve Redmond.

Cove Park Seeks a New Chief Executive Officer

The closing date for applications for this important post is imminent! Due to the forthcoming retirement of Cove Park's Director, Julian Forrester, Cove Park's Board are now seeking to appoint a new Chief Executive Officer. The full Job Description and Recruitment Pack is available here. Applications should be submitted by Friday 14 August (midnight).

Image: Cove Park's Studios (photography by Martin Gibb)

Hands-On Cove Park at Home

Cove Park's series of HOCP at Home films resume this month after a short summer holiday break filled with a new series of Activity Sheets created by artists based in Scotland. The Sheets have offered young people, their families and carers exciting ideas for a wide range of creative projects to try at home. We were pleased to deliver Activity Sheet Packs directly to young people in our local community and we are continuing to share this resource via our website.

The penultimate HOCP at Home film will be released on Saturday 8 August and features the author Roanna Gonsalves. Roanna took part in the Vaurna Residency Exchange Programme in 2019, an exchange between Varuna, The National Writers' House, Australia, and Cove Park, made possible with generous support from The Bridge Awards. The final film in the current series will be available on Saturday 15 August and features the visual artist Duncan Marquiss. Duncan first came to Cove Park in 2008 and returned in 2019 to take part on the Experimental Film & Moving Image programme. We would like to thank all the artists involved in this series and we are particularly grateful to Duncan for his excellent work in editing each film.

All of the films and Activity Sheets are available on the Hands-On Pages of our website. Thank you to the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Young Start Fund for making HOCP at Home possible. 

Image: Roanna Gonsalves, Varuna Exchange Resident, at Cove Park, 2019 (image, Alan Dimmick)

Support Cove Park and become a Supporter, Friend or Patron in 2020

As for all artists and charities working within the cultural sector as a whole, the current global crisis means 2020 is a critical moment for the future of Cove Park. Although our plans to celebrate our 20th anniversary this year are now on hold, our commitment to the artists and communities we serve continues. At a time of considerable uncertainty for everyone, providing opportunities for artists from all backgrounds and at every career stage to devise and produce new work is more important to our culture and society than it has ever been.

Please join us by becoming a Supporter, Friend or Patron in 2020. We offer a number of ways individuals and groups can support our work, take part in our programme and spend time at one of Scotland's most beautiful locations. To find our more and to join Cove Park please visit our Support Us page.

As a registered charity Cove Park welcomes all donations, small or large. Gifts of any amount will make an enormous difference to our work. Please donate today if you can. Thank you.

Image: Cove Park's Artists Centre, June 2019 (image by Alan Dimmick)