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SSW metal workshop, image credit: Felicity Crawshaw

Open Call: Group Residency 2026

SSW is delighted to invite applications for Group Residency 2026! Find out more and apply here: Group Residency 2026 Group Residency is a special time at SSW. It offers artists dedicated space and support for the development of their practice, through a series of inductions and intros to our facilities including ceramics, metal fabrication, blacksmithing and stonework. This is coupled with social spaces to support artists coming together for sauna, artists sharings, film nights, meals and walks in our rural […]

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News 6:22 pm , November 28, 2025 Comments Off on Open Call: Group Residency 2026
SSW metal workshop, image credit: Felicity Crawshaw

Group Residency 2026

Applications for Group Residency 2026 are now open.Apply via this online form: 2026 Group Residency application form The deadline to apply is Friday 23 January 2026, 12 midday GMT. Group Residency at SSW is a highly subsidised residency that focuses on bringing together artists from a wide variety of disciplines to develop their own practices within our welcoming workshops and studio. Over the month we programme a series of inductions and intros to our facilities including ceramics, metal fabrication, blacksmithing […]

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Residency 5:13 pm , November 28, 2025 Comments Off on Group Residency 2026
Harriina working in the shared SSW studio. Image credit: Felicity Crawshaw

Ecologies in the Making Residency Blog: Harriina Räinä

Ecologies in the Making: Sculpting Futures 2025 residency artist Harriina Räinä, reflects on her time in Scotland, first on residency at Cove Park in Argyll and Bute, followed by residency at SSW. The aim of the Ecologies in the Making: Sculpting Futures residency is to support visual artists to study and develop ecological methods and contexts for their artistic practice. This residency is made possible for Academy of Fine Arts alumni through the Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts and […]

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News 4:54 pm , November 28, 2025 Comments Off on Ecologies in the Making Residency Blog: Harriina Räinä
Group Residents in the Materials Garden, image credit: SSW

2025 Group Residency 2: In Pictures

It was fantastic to welcome artists Ali Farrelly (Scotland), Dani Andres Ordoñez Muñoz (Netherlands), Kim West (Catalonia), Ruby Reding (Netherlands) and Stefan Jovanović Kaasa (England) to SSW in August, to take part in the second Group Residency of 2025.  The Group Residency artists were also joined by Ecologies in the Making: Sculpting Futures artist Harriina Räinä and RSA Residencies for Scotland artist Jodi Le Bigre. Over the course of their month-long residency, the group had inductions and support in ceramics, metalwork, blacksmithing and stonework. […]

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News 4:31 pm , October 31, 2025 Comments Off on 2025 Group Residency 2: In Pictures
SSW co-directors Ruaridh Allen, Sara Gallie and Sam Trotman, image credit: Felicity Crawshaw

SSW Team Updates

SSW is thrilled to have recently welcomed new members to the team and for existing team members to take on new roles. First up, Ruaridh Allen is our new co-director at SSW, completing our Multi-Voiced Leadership team. Ruaridh joins as the first Technical Director of SSW, accompanying Sara Gallie (Finance and Governance Director) and Sam Trotman (Programme & Partnerships Director). Ruaridh joined SSW in Summer 2024 as Technical Manager on a 12 month pathway to this role. Over his past year […]

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News 2:12 pm , October 31, 2025 Comments Off on SSW Team Updates
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Anna Lomas

Anna Lomas (she/her)Programme Producer Anna is Programme Producer at SSW where she manages our Artists’ Residency programme and organisational communications. She is committed to supporting artists and to values led programming. Prior to joining SSW, Anna led on festival programmes, events and projects across the UK including at Wild Rumpus and Platform. She studied Painting and Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art, and was subsequently involved in artist-led activity, including joining the committees at Market Gallery and the inaugural Glasgow Open […]

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Uncategorised 2:08 pm , October 31, 2025 Comments Off on Anna Lomas
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Jo Northedge

Jo Northedge (she/her)Communities Producer Jo is SSW’s Communities Producer who works collaboratively within Lumsden and surrounding areas to manage our Community Making Space Programme. Jo is driven by the power of making and how creativity can bring people together, strengthen communities, and inspire change. She brings experience in community and youth engagement, a strong commitment to inclusive and collaborative practice, and a belief that art has the potential to connect us to one another and to the places we stay within.  […]

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Uncategorised 2:06 pm , October 31, 2025 Comments Off on Jo Northedge

Clay Socials – Spring 2025

Our monthly Clay Socials are a chance for Lumsden residents to get together and learn or improve their clay skills. These relaxed creative sessions will start with an introduction to some basic clay techniques and offer plenty of time to work on their own creations. Snacks and refreshments provided all materials, consumables and firing are free. Clay Socials are only open to people living in Lumsden, Honeybarrel, Mossat and Kildrummy. Next Clay Social dates: 25 April – Sports day themed […]

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Uncategorised 4:54 pm , October 17, 2025 Comments Off on Clay Socials – Spring 2025
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The Mid Week Make – Autumn 2025

Join us every Wednesday evening from 6-8pm for The Mid Week Make — a new series of free creative sessions where we come together to explore materials, learn new skills, and connect with one another. Each week focuses on a different process or technique, led by artists, local makers and the SSW team. No experience is needed, and all materials, tools, snacks and refreshments are provided. These sessions are open to all — children and young people are welcome but […]

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Community Making Space 4:51 pm , October 17, 2025 Comments Off on The Mid Week Make – Autumn 2025
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Thursday Club – Autumn 2025

Come to SSW every Thursday from 11am–1pm for our Thursday Club — a relaxed space to explore materials, share skills, and enjoy making together. These weekly sessions invite you to try out different processes, learn from one another, and connect with local knowledge about the land and the materials around us. Together, we’ll learn and make things inspired by the changing seasons. Between October and December  we will develop the SSW Materials Garden and work with a range of locally […]

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Community Making Space 4:42 pm , October 17, 2025 Comments Off on Thursday Club – Autumn 2025