May 2023
We are thrilled to welcome Miranda Bellamy and Amanda Fauteux to Cove Park this month. Based in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand, Miranda and Amanda are here for a four week residency. They are joined by the Taipei-based writer Wang-ling Shieh, here on a residency supported by the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan. May also sees residencies for the Glasgow-based writer Kirsty Crawford and the textile artist Erin McQuarrie.
The writer Rodge Glass returns to Cove Park in May. Rodge is a former resident, Cove Park Associate and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Strathclyde. His eight-week residency is made possible through a Creative Scotland Open Fund for Individuals.
This month's Independently Funded programme hosts artists from Canada, England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Scotland, and includes the founders of Arika, Barry Esson and Bryony McIntyre, cultural anthropologist and writer Justin Armstrong, poet Claudia Berghorn, costume designer and curator Sabrina Henry, writer and Associate Alison Irvine, writer Fiona Linday, artist and sound therapist Flora Litchfield, visual artist Miranda Vissers, and producer, curator, and walker Claudia Zeiske.
Three group residencies have taken place this month. 'Migration and Racialization' was made possible through a British Academy award to researchers Hannah Proctor and Akshi Singh. We were also pleased to host 14 researchers connected to the Environmental Humanities PhD Research Lab, and landscape architects and collaborators Anna Reid, Anna Rhodes, and Milja Tuomivaara.
We are delighted to welcome a new member of the team to Cove Park. The Glasgow-based artist and art technician Thom Rees has joined us as Site Manager, with responsibility for the development of our 50-acre site and facilities. A graduate of the University of Brighton and Glasgow School of Art, Thom's experience will also be invaluable in supporting our residents with studio-based practices.
Read on for announcements of new national and international awards, calls for applications to the Young Gaelic Writer Residency and the ViceVersa Translation Workshop, our call for new Trustees, and our search for a Development Manager to join the team here at Cove Park.
Image: The Bridge at Cove Park (photography, Ruth Clark)
The Bridge Awards Residency
We are pleased to announce that The Bridge Awards Residency has been awarded to the Scotland-based Danish artist Susanne Nørregård Nielsen. Susanne's current work investigates the influence of textiles on early 20th century visual art, in particular abstract painting with a focus on Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s practice.
Newly launched in 2023, this is a two-week residency for an artist based in Scotland whose career has been impacted by a breast cancer diagnosis. The aim is to provide the artist with the time and space required to reconnect with their practice.
We are grateful to The Bridge Awards for supporting this residency, and to the cancer support charity Maggie's for their help.
Image: Susanne Nørregård Nielsen, Plain-weave double cloth in wool, Sample size: 36 x 24.5 cm, 'Art into Production’, 2016
Mophradat Art Time Residency
Sido Lansari
Cove Park is pleased to be working in partnership with Mophradat this year to provide a residency for a visual artist from the Arab world. The residency is designed to allow the artist to spend focused time working on a project or researching new ideas.
Following an open call for applications, we can announce the residency has been awarded to Sido Lansari, a multidisciplinary artist born in Morocco and currently based in Lyon. We look forward to welcoming Sido here for three weeks in October 2023.
Mophradat creates opportunities for artists from the Arab world through an inventive approach to funding, commissioning, collaborating, and gathering. Its Art Time Residencies are offered through partnerships with international organisations.
Image: Sido Lansari, Sissy That Walk, embroidery, 2016 (image courtesy of the artist).
SGSAH Residencies 2023
May sees the launch of a series of residencies awarded to PhD students of the 17 Scottish academic institutions connected to the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities. These residencies support creative practice and provide time for the students to develop their doctoral work.
We are delighted to welcome Victoria Evans to Cove Park this month, the first of the 10 students participating in the programme this year. We look forward to hosting all those awarded SGSAH Residencies: Emily Beaney, Marissa Clarke, Lori Delaney, Molly Farrell, Hannah Imlach, Mhari McMullan, Janine Mitchell, Ahmed Mostafa, and Kiah Endelman Music.
Image: Victoria Evans, 'Cosmic Domestic', 4’25” HD Single Screen Video and sound; 2020.
Cove Park / Varuna
International Writers Residency 2023
We are pleased to announce that the Cove Park/Varuna International Writers Residencies in 2023 have been awarded to author and former Cove Park resident Jan Carson, and to the writer, poet, and academic Jeanine Leane.
Jeanine, a Wiradjuri writer based in New South Wales, will travel to Cove Park for a four week residency in August this year. Jan, based in Northern Ireland, will travel to Varuna, the National Writers' House, Australia, for four weeks during the autumn.
This residency exchange was initiated in 2019 and is a partnership between Cove Park and Varuna, and is generously supported by The Bridge Awards.
Images: Varuna, The National Writers' House of Australia
Call for Applications:
Young Gaelic Writer Residency 2023
Now in its second year, the Young Gaelic Writer Residency is a fully funded residency for Gaelic writers aged between 18 and 30.
This two-week residency will take place from Monday 4 September to Sunday 17 September 2023, and the resident will receive a fee, a travel and research allowance, and one-to-one bespoke mentoring with an established Gaelic writer. The deadline for applications is Monday 26 June 2023 (by noon) and more information is available here.
The Young Gaelic Writer Residency is the result of a partnership between Cove Park and Comhairle nan Leabhraichean / The Gaelic Books Council.
Image: Mairi Macleod, recipient of the 2022 Young Gaelic Writer Residency, pictured at Saari Residence, 2023 (photography by Jussi Virkkumaa).
Rody Gorman at Cove Park
Friday 2 June 2023
Join us and colleagues from CHARTS (Culture, Heritage, Arts Argyll & Isles) on Friday 2 June for readings from the Irish-born poet, author, and former Cove Park resident Rody Gorman. Rody will read from his forthcoming book Sweeney: An Intertonguing, a new translation in verse and prose of the mediaeval epic Buile Shuibhne/The Frenzy of Sweeney in English, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic.
The evening includes readings, music, and refreshments. This free event has a limited capacity of 40 guests. Please register here to secure your free place.
This event has been funded and kindly supported by Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Argyll and Bute Council, Live Literature, CHARTS and Cove Park.
Image: Rody Gorman (courtesy of Rody Gorman).
Call for Applications
ViceVersa Translation Workshop
13-19 November 2023
We are delighted to host in November this year the ViceVersa Translation Workshop for literary translators from English to German and German to English. Five translators working in each direction will have an opportunity to present and discuss the specific texts they are working on. This one-week workshop will be led by Katy Derbyshire and Tanja Handels. More information on the programme and how to apply is available here.
This programme is organised by TOLEDO, a programme of the Deutscher Übersetzerfonds and supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (Germany), in collaboration with Cove Park and Goethe Institut Glasgow.
Image: ViceVersa, Deutsch-BKMS Tribalj/Kroatien, 2019, Luka Godec.
Announcing Project Studio
We are excited to announce Project Studio, a new Cove Park programme made possible with a generous award from the National Lottery Community Fund.
Project Studio is for teenagers in our local community, and includes free monthly creative activity - including workshops, trips, and events - centred around self-expression and creating community for teenagers interested in the arts, activism, environmentalism, and wellbeing.
This programme will take place in venues in Helensburgh, and will run from June to the late autumn this year. If you are aged between 13 and 16, and live in the catchment area for Hermitage Academy, please come along to our first launch session on Tuesday 6 June, from 4-6pm, at the Park Pavilion Café, Hermitage Park. For more information and to book your place on this first session, please visit our Eventbrite page.
Image: Project Studio, logo designed by Emma Henderson
Call for New Trustees
As we look towards our 25th anniversary in 2025, we wish to appoint new Trustees committed to supporting Cove Park’s mission, building a sustainable and nurturing environment to provide creative and professional development residencies within the international cultural landscape.
If this role interests you, please refer to our Trustees Recruitment Pack for more details and information on how to apply. Applications should be submitted by noon on Thursday 1 June 2023.
Image: The Jacobs Building, Cove Park (photography, Alan Dimmick)
Cove Park Seeks a Development Manager
We are looking for an experienced, committed, and inspiring Development Manager to join Cove Park’s team at an exciting time in the organisation’s development. As our national and international programme of residencies, commissions and public events grows, we are seeking someone who is dedicated to supporting contemporary creative practice in all art forms and creating vital new opportunities for local, national, and international artists and participants.
If this new role is of interest please refer to our Development Manager Recruitment Pack. The deadline for applications is noon on Friday 23 June 2023.
Image: Cove Park's site (photography, Alan Dimmick)
