April 2021

As we look forward to reopening Cove Park on Monday 3 May, we are pleased to share news of our 2021 programme of awarded residencies, selected following an open call for applications last year and through collaborations with other cultural organisations. We would like to thank the advisors and partners involved in this process and look forward to welcoming the artists to Cove Park this year. Please scroll down to see who will be taking part in our Craft & Design, Experimental Film & Moving Image, Literature & Translation and Visual Arts programmes.

We are happy to announce details of two collaborative projects: The Work Room/Cove Park residency, now in its third year, and a new pilot residency, for an artist with a learning disability, developed in partnership with Artlink Central and Project Ability, and supported by the Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation. More information on these programmes and the artists involved is given below.

We are looking forward to welcoming those taking part in our Independently-Funded programme this year. We do still have space for artists, researchers, writers and makers who can self-fund their own time at Cove Park from 3 May 2021 onwards and offer Recovery Residencies and Team Away Days to support individual and organisational recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic. Scroll down for more information.

We are sad to announce that Vanessa Paynton, Cove Park's Director of Facilities & Public Programme, is leaving Cove Park this month. Vanessa has made an enormous contribution to every aspect of the organisation, leading the development of our engagement programme, producing the Experimental Film & Moving Image residencies and overseeing capital development projects. However we are delighted she is taking on a new position as Executive Director of Art in Healthcare. We will miss her immensely and wish her every success in her new adventure.

Vanessa's departure means we are now seeking to appoint a new Director of Facilities. Further information on the role and how to apply is available here and the deadline for applications is Friday 7 May 2021.

We are also seeking new Trustees to join our growing Board, as both Hugh Anderson and Carol Sinclair come to the end of their terms in August. Both Hugh and Carol joined the Board in 2014 and made contributions to our work in relation to property management and HR and EDI policies respectively. We would like to thank them both for their time, generosity and support. Further information on the role and how to apply is available here and the deadline for applications is Monday 24 May 2021.

Image: Cove Park's 50-acre site overlooking Loch Long (photography, Alan Dimmick)

Craft & Design

This programme supports artists at every career stage working in a wide range of specialisms. The artists awarded residencies in 2021 are: Cecilia Stamp, Jenny Steele, Maiko Tsutsumi, and Natalie Wood. Tessa Mackenzie has been awarded our emerging designer residency. The artists were selected with support from artists, designers and former residents Charlotte Linton and James Thompson.

Our programme this year also welcomes those artists whose residencies for 2020 were postponed due to the Covid-19 crisis: Darren Appiagyei, Patrick Davison and Attua Aparicio Torinos, alongside Ruth Kirkby, who is joining us thanks to our partnership with The Lighthouse, Glasgow. 

We would like to thank The Radcliffe Trust for their support for four weeks of residencies in traditional crafts this year.

Image: Maiko Tsutsumi, Hidden Variables, 2018

Experimental Film & Moving Image

Now in its 4th year, this annual series of residencies is dedicated to those working in film and moving image. The programme has been developed in partnership with Alchemy Film and Arts and LUX Scotland and the artists awarded residencies this year are Renèe Helèna Browne, Hang Linton, Mathew Parkin and Camara Taylor. The artists were selected with support from Michael Pattison (Creative Director, Alchemy Film and Arts) and Kitty Anderson (Director, LUX Scotland).

These artists will be joined by Juliana Capes and Alexis Kyle Mitchell, awarded residencies in 2020.

Image: Renèe Helèna Browne,

Literature & Translation

We welcome national and international writers and poets specialising in any genre and our growing literary translation programme is unique in the UK. The writers and translators awarded residencies this year are: Jane Alexander, Jen Calleja, Beth Cochrane, Tim Craven, Sean Wai Keung, Patrick Langley, Ellen Renton and Belinda Zhawi. The programme was selected with support from Aly Barr (Deputy Director The Scottish Poetry Library and Cove Park Trustee) and Jeda Pearl Lewis (writer, poet, Co-Director of the Scottish BAME Writers Network and former resident).

The writers and translators awarded residencies in 2020 and joining us this year are: Laia Jufresa, Sarah Unwin Jones, Annie Rutherford and Aoife Lyall.

Images: above, Sean Wai Keung (photography by anatomyarts.co.uk); below, Belinda Zhawi (photography, Sylvia Suli).

Visual Arts

As with all the residencies Cove Park offers, this programme supports research, production and experimentation within a multidisciplinary context. The artists awarded residencies this year are: Katherine Ka Yi Liu, Ben Rivers and Corin Sworn. We are grateful for the ongoing support of The Bridge Awards, making possible this year's Emerging Artist Residency awarded to Alkmini Gkousiari. The artists were appointed with support from Graham Domke (independent curator, Glasgow), Heiba Lamara (London-based artist and former resident) and Francis McKee (Director, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow).

We are also looking forward to welcoming a number of artists awarded residencies in 2020: Anthea Hamilton, Aniara Omann, Katie Schwab, Aman Sandhu and Alison Scott alongside those taking part in the Crisis Residency Programme, supported by The Freelands Foundation: Thomas Abercromby, Saoirse Anis, Rabiya Choudhry, Caitlin Dick, Rhona Jack, Amy Jones and Natsumi Sakamoto.

Image: Ben Rivers, 'Look Then Below', 2019 (courtesy the artist and Kate MacGarry Gallery)

The Work Room / Cove Park Residency

The Work Room is an artist-led membership organisation based in Glasgow. Its members are artists who work in dance, movement and choreography. The Work Room / Cove Park Residency 2021 has been awarded to dance/performance artist and maker Suzi Cunningham and to video and dance artist Monika Smekot. The residencies allow each artist to explore a new dimension within their practice and to work directly with collaborators. Suzi will collaborate with dance artist and maker Jen Cunningham, theatre maker and musician Dylan Reid, and musician and sound artist Anders Rigg. Read more about Suzi's residency here. Monika will work with cinematographer Robbie Jones and visual artist Fergus Dunnet. Details on this collaboration are available here.

Image: Courtesy of Suzi Cunningham.

The Artlink Central / Cove Park / Project Ability Residency

In partnership with Artlink Central and Project Ability, Cove Park has developed a new pilot residency programme for artists with learning disabilities and their collaborators. The residencies will begin this year and we look forward to hosting artist Cameron Morgan with collaborator Tracy Gorman. Cameron is a multi-talented and prolific artist working with Project Ability through its Aspire programme since 1991.

More information on this residency is available here. We look forward to hosting a further two artists, connected to Artlink Central, in 2022 and we would like to thank the Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation for their support.

Image: Courtesy of Cameron Morgan / Project Ability.

Hands-On Cove Park: HOCP at Home

Our next HOCP at Home online workshop, 'Printing and Painting with Paper and Card', will be led by artist Alice Dansey-Wright on Saturday 24 April. This free event is for children aged 10 and upwards and takes inspiration from textile design and abstract paintings. An activity pack will be sent to participants in advance. Further information on the workshop and how to book your place is here.

Recovery Residencies & Team Away Days

From May onwards Cove Park is keen to offer residencies, micro-residencies or away days to support individual and organisational recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

We hope to hear from businesses, organisations, working groups, academics, boards and all those who need time to reconnect, in person, outside of the spaces inhabited in the last year.

These residencies and away days are designed to enable groups to reflect on what 2020 has taught them, to reassess plans and priorities, and allow the creative context of Cove Park’s breathtaking site to encourage imagining ways forward.

Cove Park is 1 hour’s drive from Glasgow and sleeps up to 24 people in 10 accommodation units, including a fully wheelchair accessible bedroom, across its 50-acre site. It has a large, main centre – the Jacobs Building – which was designed to allow groups of people to work separately and together. The Jacobs Building can be set up to allow social distancing between people, and meals can either be cooked together on site or catered (for an additional fee).

Prices range from £80 - £180 p/unit p/night, depending on the time of year and length of stay. Hire of the Jacobs Building for meetings, away days or conferences is £240 - £540 p/day.

Please get in touch with Partnerships Manager Catrin Kemp to discuss your ideas.

Image: The Jacobs Building, Cove Park

Shop for Art and Support Cove Park

We have been commissioning exclusive limited edition prints and artworks since 2006, working with artists such as Claire Barclay, Christine Borland, Nathan Coley, Graham Fagen, Louise Hopkins, Charlotte Prodger, Ross Sinclair and Simon Starling. These works are produced with Scotland's leading printmaking studios and are generously donated by the artists: every sale supports new residencies for national and international artists. For further information and to buy an edition please contact Alexia Holt directly.

Image: Untitled, Claire Barclay, 2006, Screenprint (photography Ruth Clark)