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Lumsden Live: Podcasts
With the change in seasons and the closing down of our site for capital...
Summer Residents 2021: Juliet Davis-Dufayard
This year we welcomed our first group of Summer Residency artists since COVID-19 restrictions were lifted in...
Moving out, with exciting times ahead: October 2021
It’s time! We are packing and moving out of the main building at SSW...
We are hiring: Admin & Accounts Assistant
Deadline for applications: *deadline extended* Monday 1 November 2021, 12 noon (12pm GMT) Salary:...
Open Call: We are looking for new Board Members
The deadline for this open call has now passed. We are looking for people...
SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency: Laura Bradshaw
We welcomed Laura Bradshaw and her family, Murray, Jude and Rowan in June 2021...
Summer Residents 2021: Robert Foster
In June this year we were glad to welcome the first of our 2020...
Updates on our capital development plans: July 2021
We are thrilled to share plans for phase one of our capital development project...
Welcome and good luck: July 2021
We are happy to share a few updates to the SSW team for the...
SSW x Counterflows Caregivers’ Residency: Chris Dooks
In April 2021, we welcomed the first of our SSW x Counterflows Caregivers’ Residency...
BEPART Assembly : Lumsden Live
From 18 – 22 May 2021, tune in to Lumsden Live, a community radio...
Welcome back!
Following the latest relaxation of COVID-19 lockdown measures in Scotland, we can’t wait to...
Forge Club
Taster Sessions: Wednesdays 2 & 9 June, 10am – 2pm. Have you ever wanted...
Call for proposals: Radio takeover shows
Updated deadline: Monday 26 April 2021 From 18 – 22 May, Lumsden Live, a...
SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency: Artists Announced
Following the open call for our first Caregivers Residency with our wonderful friends and...
Farewell to Creative Europe
On 31 March 2021, the Creative Europe Desks across the UK closed their doors...
Open Call: Community Radio Team Members
These roles have now been filled, but check back for other ways to get...
RESHAPE: Governance of the Possible
Over the past 2 years SSW Director Sam Trotman has been working with over...
Open Call: SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency
Deadline for applications: Monday 14 December 2020, 12 noon. The care of others is...
We are hiring: Programme and Communications Fellow
Applications for this role are now closed. Salary: £21,000, 1 year fixed-term Based on...
DIY 17: 2020 — That’s Governance!
Applications for this workshop are closed. Dates: Friday 27 November — Sunday 29 November...
Open Again: September
From September 2020 we are pleased to reopen the SSW site for Courses and...
A wee update from Scottish Sculpture Workshop: May
It’s been two months since we closed our site in Lumsden. Like so many...
Open call: Not Going Back to Normal
Deadline for submissions: Monday 29 June 2020 We’re proud to support Not Going Back...
Planning application submitted to transform our workshops
Following our announcement of a major capital project in November 2019, we are excited...
COVID-19: A message for our communities
This message was posted in March 2020. Read our May update here. A message...
Winter Residents 2020: March
Over the last week we’ve been glad to welcome our second winter residency group...
Call for proposals: DIY17: 2020
*Revised* Deadline for applications: Thursday 9 April 2020, 12pm GMT DIY is an opportunity...
Winter Residency: January 2020
In January we welcomed the first of our two Winter Residency groups in 2020. Artists Eloïse...
Open Call: 2020 Ceramics Internship
Deadline for applications: Friday 13 March 2020, 12pm GMT We are inviting applications for...
Open Call: 2020 Programme and Communications Internship
Deadline for applications: Friday 13 March 2020, 12pm GMT We are inviting applications for...
Public Talks series 2020: Borbála Soós
Public Talk #1: Borbála Soós | Wednesday 12 February 2020 Join curator Borbála Soós...
Winter Residents 2020: January
We’re into the second week of our first 2020 residency, with artists Eloïse Dieutegard,...
Open call: Summer Residency 2020
Deadline for applications: Monday 2 March 2020, 12pm GMT We are pleased to invite...
Capital Development survey: Artists
In 2019 we were excited to announce our ambitions for a major capital development...
Year in review: 2019
Time in Lumsden is intangible, fickle and slippy – but we have all made...
40 years and more
To celebrate the close of our 40th year at Scottish Sculpture Workshop, we have...
RSA Residency for Scotland: Ashanti Harris
Over the past few weeks, we have been working with artist Ashanti Harris through...
SWEAT: the sky leaks I leak – A collective poem
In October 2019, we welcomed artist Edythe Woolley to run a workshop, SWEAT: the...
Infrastructures Intern: Finn Arschavir
I started four weeks ago as the first Infrastructures Intern the night before the...
OPEN CALL: WINTER RESIDENCY 2020
Call for applications, deadline: Monday 6 January 2020, 12 noon (GMT)Dates: Residency 1: 27 January...
A wobbly map
From Summer to Autumn 2019, I collaborated with the young people at Lumsden Primary...
A ground-up capital development
To coincide with our 40th anniversary celebrations this year, we are excited to announce...
SSW is 40: Community Making Sessions
Saturday 2 November 2019, 10am – 1pm Forming part of our 40th anniversary celebrations,...
SSW is 40!
Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 November 2019 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of Scottish...
(re)constituting residency – with/in other centres
Wednesday 6 November 2019, 6pm Finnish Institute in London Gathering by land, sea and...
Invitation to quote for Capital Project Manager
Deadline for submission of quotations: Wednesday 13 November 2019, 1pm Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW)...
Lumsden Residency: Eothen Stearn
Our third Lumsden Residency artist of 2019 is Eothen Stearn, whose practice roams between...
North AiR: Maija Annikki Savolainen
“Thinking photography under the horizon of extinction will allow me to draw two temporal...
Summer Residents 2019: September
A new group of residents has arrived at SSW for the third and final...
Lumsden Residency: Anna Danielewicz
Our second Lumsden Residency artist of 2019 is Anna Danielewicz, whose performance and writing-based...
Programme and Communications Internship: Camille Biddell
One month into my internship at SSW, here are some snapshots of life in...
Summer Residency: August 2019
In August, we welcomed Claire Baily (UK), Chelsea Farquhar (AU) and Tal Gafny (IL),...
Artist announced for 2019 SSW x Counterflows residency
We are excited to announce the selection of Glasgow-based Letitia Pleiades as our 2019 SSW x...
Reshape: a bottom-up research & development project
At the beginning of September SSW Director Sam Trotman will be in Tangier to...
Announcement: Creative Europe Large Cooperation Project funding
We’re thrilled to announce that Scottish Sculpture Workshop has been awarded funding from Creative...
Summer Residents 2019: August
Our second Summer Residency is well underway, beginning with a week of hot sunny...
Lumsden Residency: Coral Brookes
Our first Lumsden Residency artist of 2019 is Coral Brookes, an artist whose practice...
OPEN CALL: SGSAH Researcher in Residence
Deadline for applications: Monday 16 September 2019 The ecological crisis demands more, rather than...
Artists announced for Graduate Award Programme 2019
We are delighted to announce the selection of four graduate artists from art schools...
Summer Residents 2019: July
Welcome to our first Summer Residency group of 2019! Just now everything is erupting...
OPEN CALL: Into The Mountain Traineeships
Deadline for applications: Friday 21 June 2019, 12 noon We are inviting applications for...
OPEN CALL: 2019 SSW x Counterflows residency
Deadline for applications: Monday 24 June 2019, 12 noon. Scottish Sculpture Workshop and Counterflows...
OPEN CALL: DIY16: 2019 — SWEAT: the sky leaks I leak
Deadline for applications: Thursday 20 June, 2pm Dates: Thursday 17 October — Monday 21...
SSW in press and media: April 2019
Simone Kenyon with Into The Mountain, Sholto Dobie with the SSW x Counterflows residency...
Open Call: Programme & Communications Internship
Deadline for applications: Monday 13 May 2019, 12 noon We are inviting applications for...
Open Call: Summer Residency 2019
Deadline for applications: Monday 15 April 2019 at 12 noon. We are currently inviting...
Winter Residency 2019: February
In February, we welcomed Laura Hindmarsh, Anna Mitterer, Amy Pickles, Hannah Rowan and Christopher Taylor...
Winter Residency 2019: January
In January, we were pleased to welcome Conor Cooke, Flora Deborah, Katie Surridge, Kati...
Artists announced for North AiR: Expanding Entanglements
We are pleased to announce that two artists have been selected through an open...
Federici Made Me Hardcore! A Northern Commons Weekender
Indeed, if commoning has any meaning, it must be the production of ourselves as...
DIY 16: 2019
Deadline for applications: Tuesday 19 March, 12 noon DIY is an opportunity for artists...
Open Call: Lumsden Residency 2019
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 27 February at 12 noon. Applications are now open for...
OPEN CALL: Singers and singing enthusiasts in the Cairngorms
Calling all singers and singing enthusiasts in Braemar, Aviemore and the surrounding areas. We...
SSW x Counterflows Residency: Sholto Dobie
The SSW x Counterflows residency is a new residency programme which focuses on DIY cultures,...
We are hiring: Technician Traineeship
Deadline for applications: 12 noon, Thursday 15 November 2018 Scottish Sculpture Workshop are looking...
The Lumsden Weekender 2018
Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 November, 2018 The Lumsden Weekender is SSW’s annual open...
Open call: Winter Residency Programme 2019
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Application Deadline: 12 noon, Tuesday 13 November 2018. Dates: Residency 1:...
Lumsden Residency: India Harvey
The third and final of our 2018 Lumsden residency programme artists, India Harvey, joined...
Summer Residencies 2018: August
Another incredible residency group have come and gone, marking the end of this year’s...
In loving memory of Peter Smith – SSW chief technician 1980’s-2005
Very sad news for all alumni of Scottish Sculpture Workshops with the news that...
Lumsden Residency: George Ridgway
The second of our Lumsden residency programme artists, George Ridgway, joined us for the month...
SSW PUBLIC TALKS SERIES: JEZ RILEY FRENCH
**EVENT NOW CANCELLED** Unfortunately we are having to cancel this weeks talk and workshop...
Every contact leaves a trace
Summer at SSW is magical, particularly with our recent spell of weather. Its full...
Summer Residencies 2018: June
As the second of our summer residencies comes to a close, we reflect on...
SSW GRADUATE AWARD PROGRAMME 2018 – SELECTED ARTISTS ANNOUNCED
In 2018 Scottish Sculpture Workshop launched a new annual Graduate Award programme, devised in...
SSW Public Talks Series: Simone Kenyon
Each year SSW host a series of open talks to accompany our Summer Artist in...
Summer Residencies 2018: May
The first of our summer residencies finished last week with artists Audrey Dazelle, Jack O’Flynn,...
We are Hiring – Programme and Communications Manager
THE DEADLINE FOR THIS POSITION HAS NOW PAST. Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) are looking...
Lumsden Residency: Anna Wolfe-Pauly & Dorian Braun
Our 2018 Lumsden residency programme began in May with artists Anna Wolfe-Pauly & Dorian...
Caroldson’s Coffee and Cake at SSW
Coffee, cakes, bike fixing and led bike ride Saturday 9th June: 10am – 1pm...
OPEN CALL: SSW PROGRAMME ASSISTANT INTERNSHIP
The Deadline for this job opportunity has now passed We are looking for a...
End of this Winters Residencies at SSW
Cheerio to our last group of residents on this years Nightshift programme: Emma Brack, Rebecca...
NIGHTSHIFT RESIDENCY AT THE SCOTTISH SCULPTURE WORKSHOP
Artist in Residence Marina Rees 19/02/18 – 19/03/18 An attempt to interact with the...
SSW Staff and Artists Strike on International Woman’s Day
On Thursday 8th of March, International Woman’s Day, SSW staff members and current artists on residence...
WE ARE HIRING – ARTS ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT
The Deadline for this job opportunity has now passed We are looking for a...
Goodbye to the first residents of 2018
This week saw us say goodbye to the first group of artists in our...
Edge Effects: Mele Broomes Public Talk and Reading Group
PUBLIC TALK Date: Friday 9 March, 7.00pm- 8.30pm (Light Supper from 7.00pm, talk starts...
Announcement: Creative Scotland Regular Funding 2018 – 2021
Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) is delighted to hear that Creative Scotland is continuing to...
Lumsden Residency
Image: Florence Dwyer Centring Workshop (Artist-led Exhange Residency 2017). Photo Ross Fraser McLean/ Studio...
Edge Effects: Barry Sykes Public Talk and Reading Group
PUBLIC TALK January, 7.00pm- 8.30pm (Light Supper from 7.00pm, talk starts 7.30pm) EDGE EFFECTS...
Frontiers in Retreat: Edge Effects – Lumsden Weekender
COME ALONG FOR SAUNA, BONFIRE, DEEP MAPPING & DISCO CEILIDH AT SCOTTISH SCULPTURE WORKSHOP...
DUDENDANCE Theatre – Alien Species
Join Dundendance at SSW for an informal sharing of their collaborative project Alien Species...
Artist-Led Activity: Exchange Residency with Florence Dwyer
Our fourth and final instalment of this year’s Exchange Residency Programme hosted Florence Dwyer and...
Moonlight Walk
On Friday 15th September, one of our current residents Alice Wadkin, who is this...
Open Call: Nightshift Residencies 2017-18
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Application deadline: 12 noon, 16th October 2017 Dates: Residency I: 20th November – 18th...
Artist-led workshop: Centering
Artist-led workshop: Centering by Florence Dwyer, SSW Exchange Artist in Residence Wednesday 27th September 5-...
Open Call: PhD Artist Residency
SGSAH Paid doctoral artist in residence opportunities at SSW Connect your research skills with...
Artist-Led Activity: Exchange Residency with Kelley O’Brien
The third instalment of our Artist-Led Activity: Exchange Residency programme this year took place...
3 day course: Running an Iron Cupolette Furnace led by Prof. George Beasley
Last weekend at SSW, we ran a course on how to run and maintain...
SSW PUBLIC TALK: Dr. George Jaramillo
SSW PUBLIC TALKS Each year SSW host a series of open talks to accompany...
MYTHS a pin-hole camera and story-telling workshop
MYTHS a pin-hole camera and story-telling workshop by Kelley O’Brien, SSW Exchange Artist in...
FRONTIERS IN RETREAT FEATURE ARTIST: SYLVIA GRACE BORDA
Frontiers in Retreat Frontiers in Retreat (FiR) is a five-year collaboration project that fosters multidisciplinary...
Artist Led-Exchange Residency
The second of our new series of Artist Led-Exchange Residencies took place recently with artists Roos...
Frontiers in Retreat feature artist: Fernando Garcia-Dory, in collaboration with Open Jar Collective
Frontiers in Retreat Frontiers in Retreat (FiR) is a five-year collaboration project that fosters multidisciplinary...
Frontiers in Retreat feature artist: Mari Keski-Korsu
Frontiers in Retreat Frontiers in Retreat (FiR) is a five-year collaboration project that fosters multidisciplinary...
Artist-Led Exchange Event – Roos Dijkhuizen
Roos Dijkhuizen has been on residency at SSW the past month experimenting and creating...
Frontiers In Retreat feature artist: Brett Bloom
Frontiers in Retreat Frontiers in Retreat (FiR) is a five-year collaboration project that fosters multidisciplinary...
Artist Led-Exchange Residency
The first of our new series of Artist Led-Exchange Residencies started last month with artists...
SSW Event – Potluck Lunch with work by artists Kirsty Russell and fiona McCubbin.
Join us for a potluck lunch this Friday the 2nd of June hosted by SSW,...
SSW PUBLIC TALK: David Blyth
SSW PUBLIC TALKS Each year SSW host a series of open talks to accompany...
Open Call: Peter McMaster’s DIY project – Performing Landscapes
This 5 night and 4 day retreat hosted by SSW is designed to allow...
Emerging Artists Residency April 2017
A round up of Emerging Artists Residency April 2017 in pictures. Thanks to all the...
SSW Courses: Metal Art Welding
Metal Art Welding Dates of Course: 5th – 9th June 2017 Bookings: arts@ssworg.uk The...
Visual treats: NIGHTSHIFT 2016/17
Last week marked the end of this years Nightshift residencies and what an incredible...
SSW OPEN CALL: Summer AiR Programme
2017 SSW Summer AiR programme Dates of residency: May – September AiR 1: 8th May –...
INLAND SCOTLAND -Tenant Farmer Exchange Residency- Public Events
The INLAND project Framed by the European project Frontiers in Retreat (FiR) and under...
PROGRAMME ASSISTANT INTERNSHIP @SSW
*THIS OPPORTUNITY DEADLINE IS NOW PAST PROGRAMME ASSISTANT INTERNSHIP: 10th April – 5th June...
SSW OPEN CALL: EMERGING ARTIST GROUP RESIDENCY @ SSW
*THIS OPPORTUNITY DEADLINE IS NOW PAST 2017 Emerging Artist Group Residency (4 places available) Dates...
Sitting on Eggs – Marc Herbst
Art, Institutions and the Mechanics of an Avant-garde Upon a Viscous and Loud Earth –...
SSW APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR
Photo Credit: Ronnie Temple Scottish Sculpture Workshop is delighted to announce the appointment of...
Turf to Tools: Part Two
For the last 2 weeks SSW has been running the second instalment of our...
Turf to Tools 2016
September sees the return of master blacksmith and expert in ancient metal working techniques...
Storytelling Lumsden: Feb Workshops
Storytelling Lumsden is a project that aims to gather, share and map the stories...
Storytelling Lumsden
Storytelling Lumsden is a project that aims to gather, share and map the stories...
SLOW-PROTOTYPE BOOK LAUNCH
On Friday we had our book launch for the most recent SSW publication, slow-prototype. Held...
Out of the Earth – From Turf to Tools Streaming
SSW were delighted to be part of the ‘Out of the Earth’ – Streaming...
From Turf to Tools OUTING – Day Two
During the two-week intense practical application of creating a successful iron smelt using information...
Turf to Tools OUTING – Day One
On Friday and Saturday SSW opened up to the public with presentations from a...
From Turf to Tools – In Conversation with Darrell Markewitz
Darrell Markewitz is a master blacksmith, hailing from Wareham Forge, Ontario. He has joined...
FROM TURF TO TOOLS – RHYNIE MAN AXE
From Turf to Tools is an ongoing investigation in to landscape, material and craft,...
Kemnay Quarry
One of the advantages of being part of the Aberdeen Granite Panel is that...
Introducing the participants of our Emerging Artist Residency
Week in Pictures… The March Emerging Artists Katie Anderson, Jen Bradley, Thomas Woodcock, Fiona...
Looking back at the Darkness and Isolation Residencies
Presentations and Workshops Artists Helle Bjerregaard, Jane Brucker, Catharina Golebowskie, Petra Vergunst, Jack Vickridge and Harriette...
In the shadow of the breast
North East landmark in focus: international artists’ new work inspired by Bennachie on view...
Where's Jolly? Win a Weeks Residency!
Happy 2014! To kick things off this new year, why not enter our Where’s...
The most beautiful house in the world is the one that you build yourself.
The most beautiful house in the world is the one that you build yourself.
Natural Bennachie, from Glasgow to Milan!
Henry Coombes film, “Two Discs and a Zed” (working title Between the Dog and...
New installation on Bennachie with Venice Biennale artist Elpida
This morning Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva led a group of volunteer artists to create a large...
Pollen Analysis Art Science Exhibition
Art Science Exhibition by artist collective ~ in the fields opens at the Sir Duncan...
Huntly Halloweeen – Get Ready to Flashmob!
As everyone gathers at the Castle grounds, turn on your phones and play this...
Introducing – SSW’s Nam Le
Above: Nam Le (Right), with USUK London-based artist Ben Woodeson. Introducing Nam Le, SSW’s...
USUK – Open Studio Exhibition
During the USUK: Public Iron Pour, SSW also opened its doors for an open...
SSW Open Door Summer Celebration!
In conjunction with the USUK Public Iron Pour, SSW hosted an Open Door Summer...
USUK Public Iron Pour
The USUK Public Iron Pour took place this Friday past as part of SSW’s...
USUK Castle and Whisky Outing
Above – Some of the USUK crew at Auchindoun Castle (l-r; Nam Le, Jeff...
Friday the 13th Potluck Dinner
Last friday we had a fantastic Potluck dinner, hosted with the help of artist...
USUK: Big Production Iron Pour
The first iron pour of the UK leg of USUK Cast Iron Symposium has...
Iron Pour in 2 days!
The USUK artists are working flat-out in preparation for the big production iron pour due to...
SSW Open Door Summer Celebration
On Friday the 20th of July, SSW will be opening its doors to the...
The USUK Artists Get Started on Casts
The group of international artists all here for the USUK: International Cast Iron Symposium,...
USUK: Welcome BBQ
Interactive Dundee and Glasgow-based artists Catrin Jeans and Fraser MacDonald organised a Wimbledon themed...
Public Programme: USUK Cast Iron Symposium
So here it is – drop by and say hi or join us for...
Makers' Meal – Ceramics Preparation
Long-time advocate of SSW, artist Judy Beasley, has been hard at work; already producing...
USUK Symposium – The Artists
Over the next week we will be welcoming all the artitsts who will be...
SSW Welcomes Coral Lambert
SSW Welcomes Sculptor and USUK Director Coral Lambert to the workshops this coming Friday...
Upcoming: USUK International Cast Iron Symposium
Friday 7th – Sunday 22nd July 2012 In just under a month, SSW will...
Congratulations Eden!
Visual Artists Award: Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire Council 2012 Congratulations to our Senior Technician...
Emerging Artist Series: Jessica Smith
SSW welcomes Jessica Smith, the first artist in residence of 2012 to visit as...
Visit from Pluscarden Monks
Yesterday we were delighted to have a visit from three of the monks from...
Catch us at Banff this weekend – 26 & 27 May
We are really excited to be participating in COAST Festival 2012 this year!! Ceramics...
Art in Granite – Thursday 17 May, 2012, Aberdeen
Art in Granite Scottish Sculpture Workshop presents an art panel presentation and discussion during...
Graeme Beagrie from RBS visits SSW for the day…
On Thursday 8 March, Graeme Beagrie, Relationship Manager for the Royal Bank of Scotland...
SSW 2011 Exhibition
SSW is pleased to present work by a selection of artists who have visited...
The end is near… or is it.
Well, it’s been a while since I posted on here, but there has been...
Open Studio, 24-26 November
SSW is presenting new work by artists Lisa Bate, Katya Izabel Filmus, Kate Hobby...
Leeds Invasion…
Students from Leeds College of Art descended on SSW for a week long workshop...
We're launched
The weekend was FANTASTIC! Great turn out, dancing, singing, workshops and lots of radio...
How time passes when you're having fun!
Hi everyone! Sorry for not blogging for over a week, its been busy and...
Good morning Miss Barnes, Good morning Mr. Priestley, Good morning everyone!
So we were back to school this week; teachers, small chairs and nostalgic puddings...
Three Cities Project – workshop
Workshop participants, led by Pete Stollery and Ross Whyte, will use sounds recorded in...
A Continuous Process
As a first post for the SSW blog I have selected a few images...
Welcome to the Goodman's Croft
Sign maker Ali at SSW NEOS open studios We’ve arrived! Me and my...
