March at Cove ParkWe are delighted to share images of our newly redesigned Cubes, the much-loved accommodation units brought on site in 2002. This project has taken just over 2 months to complete and we are very pleased with the results. Scroll down to see and read more. Cryptic's international artist residency programme continues at Cove Park in March - we welcome former residents, such as audio-visual artist
Kathy Hinde and visual artist Heather Lander, alongside many first time residents from Scotland and beyond to the site this month. Our Independently-Funded Programme sees the very welcome return of the Glasgow-based playwright Frances Poet. Working with us for the first time are the Dutch novelist Gregor Verwijmeren and the Australian musician Ella McNeill. We are also pleased to host the Scottish Artists Union this month for 'How to Write', a three-day
residential weekend for the Union's membership delivered by novelist and former Cove Park resident Nicola White. Further information on SAU and this workshop is available here. Scroll down programme announcements, calls for applications for future residencies, details of our forthcoming Hands-On programme and Cove Park's new Shop for Art, a wonderful way of supporting our residency programme and buying exclusive limited edition prints and artworks.. Image: The view of Lock Long from Arran Cube (photography Alan Dimmick)
The Redesign of Arran, Bute and CumbraeThe interiors of three of Cove Park's accommodation units - the Cubes known as Arran, Bute and Cumbrae - have been redesigned and upgraded as part of the first phase in a capital development programme launched to coincide with our 20th anniversary. Cameron Webster Architects, the practice responsible for Cove Park's award-winning Artists Centre, were commissioned to redesign each unit, providing wonderful new live/work space for those on residency, whilst maintaining the unique character of the original recycled shipping
containers produced for Cove Park by Urban Space Management in 2002. We would like to thank Cameron Webster Architects, lead contractor Bellshaw Building Services, Vanessa Paynton and our Trustees for all their work on this project. The redesign of the Cubes would not have been possible without the generous support of The Monument Trust and we are grateful to them for making this work possible. Images: Cove Park's Redesigned Cubes (photography Alan Dimmick)
Cove Park's Summer Programme 2020We would like to thank everyone who applied to our summer 2020 programme of funded residencies. Our full summer programme of Craft & Design, Experimental Film & Moving Image, Literature and Visual Arts residencies will be announced in the next edition of this Newsletter in early April. Image: Ashanti Harris, Cove Park Resident, 2019 (photography Alan Dimmick)
Birkbeck/Sophie Warne Fellowship 2020Now in its 10th year, the Birkbeck/Sophie Warne Fellowship supports a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at Birkbeck, the University of London and former recipients include Robert Akam, Julia Gray and Paul Martin. We are pleased to announce that this year's Fellowship has been awarded to the poet and songwriter Lawrence Illsley. We are grateful to Birkbeck for their ongoing support and look forward to welcoming Lawrence this month. Image: Lawrence Illsley
The Lighthouse & Cove Park Residency:
Call for ApplicationsWe are pleased to share details of The Lighthouse and Cove Park Residency 2020. The Lighthouse, working in partnership with Cove Park, has developed a new residency and exhibition opportunity for emerging designers and architects. The residency supports research and the development of new work and this year will run from 18 May - 1 June 2020. This is a fully funded residency including a fee for the resident and the opportunity to exhibit work within the Review Gallery at The Lighthouse. Further details and information on how to apply is available here. The deadline for applications is 16 March 2020 (5pm).
Image: Social Alchemy by c.a. walac, 2019 Resident
Cove Park 2020: Archive ProjectCove 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: Andrea Walsh, Crafts & Design Resident 2007 (photography Ruth Clark)
Hands-On Cove ParkRaydale Dower led a very popular Scratch Animation Workshop at Cove Park in February and we are pleased to share the wonderful work created by local secondary school students. This month's Saturday Studio workshops will be led by former residents and visual artists Lauren Gault and Hrafnhildur Halldórsdóttir and takes place on 28 March. Further information and details on how to book are available here. 16mm Scratch Animation created by participants of Saturday Studios with Raydale Dower
Shop for Art and Support Cove ParkCove Park commissions exclusive limited edition prints and artworks to support our work. These editions are generously donated by the artists to enable new residencies to be developed for the benefit of national and international artists. Cove Park's Shop features wonderful editions by 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 every sale makes an enormous difference to us. For further information and to buy an edition please contact Alexia Holt directly. Image: Autoxylopyrocycloboros, Simon Starling, 2006, Archival Giclée Print (photography Ruth Clark)
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 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.
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