January and the New Year at Cove Park:
Celebrating 20 Years of our International Artists Residency Programme

Cove Park marks its 20th anniversary in 2020 and we look forward to celebrating this milestone with a full year of residencies, events, workshops, partnerships and collaborations. In 2000 we hosted just six artists as part of a pilot programme of residencies; in 2019 we worked with over 50 artists during our summer programme of funded residencies alone, offering the vital time, space and support required to develop new work within the unique context Cove Park provides. We look forward to welcoming more national and international artists, participants, companies and visitors in 2020 and embarking upon the next 20 years of our programme.

Scroll down for news of our current residency programme, a new residential masterclass for writers, the 2020 Choreographer and Collaborator residencies for members of the Work Room, an update on the Scotland/Japan Residency Exchange programme and an introduction to a new Archive Project taking place during our 20th year.

All of us at Cove Park wish you the very best for 2020.

Image: Cove Park's Artists Centre, December 2019 (photography, Emma Henderson)

Winter Programme 2020

January sees the continuation of our programme of subsidised and independently funded residencies and we are pleased to welcome designers, filmmakers, makers, visual artists and writers from around the world to Cove Park this month. Further information on all those taking part is available here and if you would like to join us later in the year, please contact Rebecca DeWald directly. 

Image: Cove Park's Pods and Highland Cows

Residential Masterclass:
How to Make Your Work Stand Out to Agents, Editors and Readers

Building upon the successful pilot in 2018, we are pleased to share details of a new Residential Masterclass taking place from 27 - 30 March 2020. This is designed specifically for those writing fiction or non-fiction, for adults or children, and are yet to secure an agent or have their work published.

Led by writer and former resident Genevieve Herr and LBA Books literary agent Louise Lamont, this course will focus upon how to make your writing stand out to agents, editors and readers, the process of publishing a book and the roles of the agent and editor. Further information and details of how to book - by the deadline of 13 February 2020 - are available here.

Image: Cove Park's Library, the Artists Centre

Choreographer & Collaborator Residencies 2020

The Work Room and Cove Park are collaborating again in 2020 to offer two Work Room members a residency at Cove Park to work alongside one or multiple collaborators from other disciplines. The residency is intended to bring a new dimension to creative practices and these one week residencies will take place during our summer 2020 programme. Further information is available here and the deadline for applications is Monday 10 February 2020 (midnight).

Image: Skye Reynolds, 2019 Work Room Resident (photography, Chantal Guevara)

Collective's Satellites Programme Residency 

We are very pleased to host for the first time participants of Collective's Satellites programme. The Edinburgh-based visual arts organisation Collective will bring five emerging practitioners to Cove Park in February 2020. Satellites is Collective’s development programme for emerging artists based in Scotland. This year, Alison Scott is the Satellites Associate Producer and the four participating artists are: Kirsty Hendry, Sulaïman Majali, Holly McLean and Becky Šik. 

Image: ‘Aldea Fatal’ courtesy of Valeriano López

The Scotland/Japan Residency Exchange Programme: Residency Awards Announced

This programme, developed in collaboration with Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (ESW) and Hospitalfield, continues in 2020 with residencies for two visual artists from Scotland: Emmie McLuskey will travel to Japan this month for a residency with ARCUS Project Ibaraki and Adam Lewis-Jacob will take part in the residency programme at TOKAS during the summer. ESW will also host a visual artist from Japan during its summer programme this year.

This programme is made possible with support from British Council Scotland, Creative Scotland, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.

Image: Adam Lewis-Jacob Adam Lewis-Jacob WORK - Production still. 

Cove Park 2020: Archive Project

Cove Park will host a number of special events throughout the year to celebrate its 20th anniversary. We hope, in addition to introducing new friends to our work, we can welcome back as many of our former residents as possible. Over 2000 artists have taken part in our programme to date, travelling to us from over 30 countries worldwide, and Cove Park’s growing Archive documents the artists on site, their work and events. During 2020 we will develop this Archive further and would like to ask former residents to share updates on their work, publications and their own documentation of their residencies. Please send any relevant material to Julian Forrester or Alexia Holt. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you in 2020.

Image: Craft & Design Resident Jasleen Kaur, 2015 (image, Eoin Carey)

Hands-On Cove Park

Saturday Studios are free monthly workshops devised and led by former Cove Park residents for school-age children and young people, currently in primary 3 and above. The next edition takes place on 25 January 2020. This includes a Sculptural Performance Workshop with Ashanti Harris and a jewellery workshop based on ancient Scottish medallions with Caitlin Hegney. Further information and details on how to book are available here. 

Image: Saturday Studios, December 2019, Family Workshop led by Lauren Gault

We would like to thank all the individuals, Trusts and Foundations supporting our programme in 2020. They include: The Andor Charitable Trust, The Binks Trust, British Council Scotland, The Bridge Awards, The Craignish Trust, Creative Scotland, Garfield Weston Foundation, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, The Hope Scott Trust, The Monument Trust, Outset, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation and Young Start.