August 2024
The final month of our summer season brings theatre maker Zoe Lafferty and sound and visual artist, photographer and DJ Matthew Arthur Williams back to Cove Park for the second year through our Awarded Residencies. Zoe and Matthew are joined by Cho, Eun Phil, recipient of the 2024 Busan Cultural Foundation Residency, and Jere Vanio, the third resident in the Ecologies in the Making: Sculpting Futures programme, made possible through our partnership with Academy of Fine Arts Uniarts Helsinki and Scottish Sculpture Workshop.
We're also delighted to welcome, through our partnership with Edinburgh International Book Festival, the 2024 Booker Prize nominated author Charlotte Wood.
The Talbot Rice Residencies include in August visual artist Maria de Lima, and Cove Park's Open Residencies continue to welcome groups, collaborators, and individual artists. We are pleased this month to be working in partnership with The Royal Conservatoire Scotland on a one-week residency for graduates of its Contemporary Performance Practice course, to host the Glasgow-based organisation Articulate, and to welcome collaborators Paula Currie and Patricia Wren, and Dirck Backer and Maria Myrgår (Teater Patrasket). The individual artists taking part, and travelling to us from Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, the UK, and the US, are curator Sandrine Collard, curator Yvonne Hardman, playwright and screenwriter Jo Harper, Associate Professor of Architecture (University of Northumbria) Tara Hipwood, artist Caroline Jupp, visual artist Sarah Kudirka, writer Sumayya Usmani, and visual artist Miranda Vissers.
Scroll down for news of the forthcoming Making Tracks Residency and event, the announcement of our Emerging Visual Artist Residency and Sculpture House Residency, the call for applications for the second
Loch Long Crime Writing Residency, news of the second Body Remedy Residency, the announcement of the project artist for our Argyll Rainforest Communities Network, the launch event for a new book by the Glasgow-based author Rodge Glass, and details of our next Saturday Studios Workshop. Finally, we're also pleased to confirm the availability of a number of Autumn Micro-Residencies in October this year, offering time at Cove Park to focus on new or ongoing projects.
Image: Cove Park's Cubes (photography, Ruth Clark).
Making Tracks:
2024 Residency & Sharing
We are pleased to announce the welcome return in September of the music residency Making Tracks.
Inspired by diverse music from around the world, and the natural world itself, Making Tracks brings together eight extraordinary musicians to create brand new, original collaborations.
In 2024, during a two-week residency at Cove Park, the musicians will incubate new collaborations – including several pieces inspired by this year’s theme of Oceans – before heading off on a two-week concert tour. Making Tracks is based around the idea that intercultural and interspecies approaches to music-making have the power to bring people together and foster a greater appreciation of both cultural diversity and biodiversity.
Read more about this year's residents here.
The residency will end with a special event at Cove Park on Friday 20 September from 6-7.30pm. Before the musicians embark on a tour of UK venues, this sharing will showcase new music in development and is an opportunity to meet all involved. Find our more and book your ticket here.
Images: 2024 Making Tracks Residents, above, Nina Harries; below, Anna McLuckie (images courtesy of the artists).
Emerging Visual Artist Residency
Saturn Akin
We are delighted to announce the 2024 Emerging Visual Artist Residency has been awarded to Saturn Akin. Saturn is a multidisciplinary artist based in Glasgow and the residency will take place in August.
Designed for a visual artist based in Scotland and in the early stages of developing their career, this fully-funded residency is supported by The Bridge Awards, and offers time for self-directed studio work and the development of new ideas and projects.
Image: Saturn Akin, 'Partisan X', Dual-channel video, Intermedia Gallery CCA, Glasgow, 2024 (courtesy of the artist).
Sculpture House Residency
Jo Tomlinson
We are excited to announce that the new Sculpture House Residency at Cove Park has been awarded to Jo Tomlinson and we look forward to welcoming the artist here in September.
Sculpture House Residency is for a visual artist from Paisley. Developed by Cove Park in partnership with the town’s Sculpture House, this fully funded residency offers time for self-directed studio work and the development of new ideas and projects. Sculpture House Collective – an artist-run organisation including sculptors, ceramicists, textile artists, and painters - will also offer Jo support prior to and following the residency in the form of mentoring, access to workshop facilities, mentoring in relation to social practice, and taking part in Sculpture House’s programme of events.
We are grateful to Mārama Consulting for making this residency possible.
Image: Jo Tomlinson, Untitled, 2023 (courtesy of the artist).
Body Remedy Residency 2024
After a successful pilot micro residency and one-day event in 2023, Body Remedy returns to Cove Park for a week-long group residency and second one-day event as part of our ongoing partnership. Body Remedy, based in Glasgow, is an organisation that centres physical practice for self-recovery. Contributors and participants of Body Remedy are Black people and people of colour (BPOC) who identify as women and non-binary. They organise as a small team led by founder and former Cove Park resident Mele Broomes in collaboration with Lead Producer Zoë Zo Tumika.
Those taking part this year include Najma Hussein Abukar, Salma Francoise Faraji, Gaïa, Frankie Mulholland, p a t s y, Plantainchipps, Tatenda, and Kialy Tihngang.
On 28 September, Body Remedy will host a second forming ecology day event, providing space for creativity, reflection, connecting with community, and resting. The event will include a movement workshop led by Mele Broomes and Simone Seales, a painting workshop with former Cove Park resident Adebusola Ramsay, and artist talks with Titilayo Farukuoye, Peju Alatise, and Alberta Whittle, as well as an opportunity to spend time on site at Cove Park. For more information, click here.
Images: above, Tatenda (courtesy of the artist); below, Plantainchipps (courtesy of the artist).
Loch Long Crime Writing Residency
Call for Applications
Following the success of our first Loch Long Crime Writing Residency in March this year, we are delighted to share a call for applications for a second fully-funded two-week residency taking place in the autumn this year.
This residency is for a Scotland-based writer developing new work in crime fiction, including but not limited to sub-genres such as psychological or legal thrillers, detective fiction, police procedurals, or private eye.
Further information and the link to the online application for is available here. The deadline for applications is Monday 23 September 2024.
Image: Caro Carver, recipient of the first Loch Long Crime Writing Residency, Cove Park 2023 (photography, Alan Dimmick).
Argyll Rainforest Community
Network Commission
Artist Announced
Cove Park and ACT: Argyll & the Isles Coast & Countryside Trust, working in partnership as the Argyll Beacon, have established Argyll Rainforest Community Network, a new programme that seeks to bring together isolated rural communities in our region to build a network of rainforest habitats, and to connect these communities through creativity, education, and a shared interest in preserving this important habitat. The first two Rainforest Communities in development are in Tarbert and Knapdale.
We are excited to announce that the artist appointed to work with ACT and Cove Park on this project is cellist and teacher Jessica Kerr. We look forward to welcoming Jessica here later this year and to sharing more news about this new project very soon.
Image: Jessica Kerr (courtesy of the artist)
Book Launch
Joshua in the Sky: A Blood Memoir
6 September 2024, 6-8pm
We are delighted to host the launch on Friday 6 September of Joshua in the Sky: A Blood Memoir, a new book by Glasgow-based writer and former resident Rodge Glass. This will be Rodge's first stop on a UK tour and the ideal opportunity to meet the author.
Read more about Joshua in the Sky and find a recent interview with Rodge on this book here. The event is free, but places are limited. Please book your seat here. Refreshments will be served.
Rodge is the author of eight books published since 2005: three novels (No Fireworks, Hope for Newborns & Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs), one graphic novel (Dougie's War, with Dave Turbitt), one collection of short stories (Stories for the EasyJet Generation), two biographies (Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography & Michel Faber: The Writer & his Work) and now Joshua in the Sky: A Blood Memoir (forthcoming, Taproot Press, September 2024). His work has been nominated for eight national or international awards including the Dylan Thomas Prize, he's the winner of a Somerset Maugham Award for Nonfiction for his biography of Alasdair Gray, and most recently won the Anne Brown Essay Prize in 2023, for 'On the Covenant', which is a chapter from Joshua in the Sky.
Image: Rodge Glass at Cove Park in 2023 (photography, Alan Dimmick).
Autumn Micro-Residencies 2024
Building upon the success of our Spring and Summer Micro-Residencies, we are pleased to offer short three-night residencies between Wednesday 23 October - Saturday 26 October 2024. This is an ideal opportunity to meet an upcoming deadline or focus upon new projects and research. Members of Cove Park's Associates programme will continue to benefit from a subsidised rate for Micro-Residencies.
For more information and to book your residency please contact Nicola Jamieson.
Image: Cove Park in the autumn (photography, Alan Dimmick).
Around A Tree
Last month, Cove Park was invited by Colombian cultural foundation Más Arte Más Acción (MAMA) to represent NAARCA, the Nordic Alliance of Artists' Residencies on Climate Action, at Around A Tree, an exhibition included in the Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF) programme.
Curator of Engagement Emma Henderson and Programmes & Communications Producer Alex Marrs joined colleagues from EAF, the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and MAMA for a conversation on nature-based residencies and the interconnections between humans and nature in times of rapid biodiversity loss.
The discussion will be included in a soundscape, based on recordings made during the festival and other botanical conferences including Ireland, Rwanda, and Spain, to create a marathon of voices. This soundscape will be shared during the UN’s Biodiversity COP16 in Colombia in October and the UN’s Climate COP30 in Brazil in 2025. Follow MAMA for more information.
Image: above, Más Arte Más Acción: Around a Tree – A marathon of voices to connect plants and people, EAF24. Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh (photography, Sally Jubb); below and from left, Sina Ribak, Eleanor Edmondson, Kim McAleese, Emma Henderson, Alex Marrs, Amy Porteous.
Saturday Studio Workshop
Sights & Sound: Drawing & Mark Making
31 August 2024
Book now! Our Saturday Studio Workshops resume after the Scottish school holidays on 31 August. Join artist and printed textile designer Orla Stevens for a new drawing and mark making workshop outside, on Cove Park's beautiful 50-acre rural site overlooking Loch Long, and the chance to try a range of techniques and create new work connected to the landscape and our natural environment.
The workshops are for children aged 5+. To book you free place on either the morning or afternoon workshop and find out more, please visit Cove Park's Eventbrite page or contact Emma Henderson.
Image: Orla Stevens (courtesy of the artist).
Space Hire 2024
Space Hire was launched in 2023 to welcome other arts organisations, companies, and community groups to Cove Park for meetings and away days. In the programme's first year we were pleased to host The Common Guild, Comhairle nan Leabhraichean / The Gaelic Books Council, Glasgow International, The Mount Stuart Trust, Scottish Opera, and the University of Glasgow (Contemporary Art & Curation).
In 2024 we will continue to offer beautiful spaces with outstanding views at very competitive rates throughout the year. Please contact Nicola Jamieson directly for more information and to discuss your specific requirements.
Mount Stuart Trust had a brilliant Away Day at Cove Park. We had a dedicated meeting room, fabulous views, and everything we needed: screen, refreshments, and lunch. I can honestly say that it was one of our most productive strategy meetings. So important to get away, and I can't think of a better space.
Sophie Crichton Stuart, Chair, The Mount Stuart Trust
Image: The Jacobs Building, Cove Park (photography, Alan Dimmick).
