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THE RURAL / Bookcover of The Rural by Myvillages for DoCA series of Whitechapel Gallery and MIT Press 2019 / Photo by Wapke Feenstra 2013

BE PART: The Rural School of Economics

We have launched the Lumbungsden taster programme with 6 weeks of workshops run by local people, the themes of which are based on ideas that were generated at our launch event. Find out more about this programme soon. For the first BE PART fieldwork at SSW we are be working with Kathrin Böhm and Wapke Feenstra from artist collective Myvillages. Over 2 years we are working together on an international trans-local programme called The Rural School of Economics. Myvillages understands economies as […]

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BEPART 4:32 pm , May 18, 2020 Comments Off on BE PART: The Rural School of Economics
Image: Ross Fraser McLean / Studio RoRo

A wee update from Scottish Sculpture Workshop: May 2020

It’s been two months since we closed our site in Lumsden due to COVID-19. Like so many people, we have had to adapt how we live, work and communicate with each other during this time. With ongoing emerging information and shifting guidelines, we’ve worked on and then reworked our plans many times. As a team, we have set up a mutual aid group with our community in Lumsden, revealed the plans for transforming our workshops and had a remote ‘cake […]

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News 3:17 pm , May 15, 2020 Comments Off on A wee update from Scottish Sculpture Workshop: May 2020
SSW forge, image credit: SSW

Forge & Blacksmithing

Situated next to our metal fabrication workshop, in our multi-purpose yard,  we have a new wood-fueled forge and blacksmithing area situated under a covered canopy.  Equipment includes: 3x anvils mounted at various heights, blacksmiths’ vice and assorted tongues hammers and various swage blocks. Our forge area is supported by skilled freelance technicians. You can access the forge through:Group Residency

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Facilities 10:14 am , May 13, 2020 Comments Off on Forge & Blacksmithing
Image: Sasha Saben Callaghan

Open call: Not Going Back to Normal

We’re proud to support Not Going Back to Normal, a project by Harry Josephine Giles and Sasha Saben Callaghan, produced by Collective. Together with Arika, Artlink, CCA Glasgow, Collective, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Glasgow School of Art and Project Ability we are commissioning a radical manifesto by and for disabled artists working in Scotland. Scroll down for Harry Josephine Giles’ and Sasha Saben Callaghan’s call for submissions and information about the project below. This information can be downloaded in doc, pdf […]

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News 2:12 pm , May 7, 2020 Comments Off on Open call: Not Going Back to Normal
Architect's render of SSWArchitect’s render of proposed view into SSW yard from Main Street, Lumsden. Image: Collective Architecture

Planning application submitted to transform our workshops

Following our announcement of a major capital project in November 2019, we are excited to have recently submitted a planning application to Aberdeenshire Council detailing our proposed transformation of our workshops.  The plans, developed by Collective Architecture in consultation with SSW’s users and local community, will upgrade our facilities to create an improved, accessible environment for artists and local makers. This will include improved metal, wood and cold casting workshops, a new street facing community space, increased disability access and […]

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Capital Development / News 8:00 am , May 4, 2020 Comments Off on Planning application submitted to transform our workshops
A plaster head bathes in sunlight with tools surrounding it.Work by 2019 Summer Residency artist Sally Rickett. Photo: SSW

COVID-19: A message for our communities

This message was posted in March 2020. Read our May update here. A message for our communities: Due to COVID-19 we have made some changes to our planning and activity over the coming months in order to protect each other’s health while at SSW and more widely. Epidemics such as COVID-19 ask us to not only think about those we know, but also those we don’t know. We all have diverse circumstances, health and duties of care, and this situation […]

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News 4:23 pm , March 17, 2020 Comments Off on COVID-19: A message for our communities

Winter Residents 2020: March

Over the last week we’ve been glad to welcome our second winter residency group of 2020, with artists Mhairi Killin, Anka Helfertová, Lili Huston-Herterich, Shona Robin MacPherson and Siân McIntyre. All artists responded to our Winter Residency call, which explores the muddy tensions between materiality and extraction within a time of climate breakdown. Here we share their plans for the residency period and an insight into their interests and practices. The second Winter Residency of 2020 runs from 2 – 30 […]

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News / Residencies 4:03 pm , March 6, 2020 Comments Off on Winter Residents 2020: March
Smoke rises above the tar sandsImage: Chris Kolaczan

Public Talks series 2020: Suzanne Dhaliwal

Public Talk #2: Suzanne Dhaliwal | Wednesday 25 March 2020 Public Talk + Discussion, 7 – 8:30pmScottish Sculpture Workshop1 Main Street, Lumsden Join climate justice campaigner and activist Suzanne Dhaliwal for the second Public Talk of 2020, sharing her work on indigenous rights and mining issues, and the role of culture in a movement to effect change. As founder of the UK Tar Sands Network, Suzanne works in solidarity with the Indigenous Environmental network to campaign against UK corporations and […]

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Events 12:10 pm , March 6, 2020 Comments Off on Public Talks series 2020: Suzanne Dhaliwal
From DIY 2019: To The Ritual Knowledge Of Remembering // HIT THE GROUND led by Lateisha Davine Lovelace-Hanson (image by Sara Lima)

Call for proposals: DIY17: 2020

*Revised* Deadline for applications: Thursday 9 April 2020, 12pm GMT DIY is an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to conceive and run unusual research, training and professional development projects for themselves and other artists. 2020 is the fourth year SSW have participated in the DIY network. Collectively we understand DIY is all about creating spaces to explore new ideas and test new methodologies. We want to hear from you if have an idea for an exciting, innovative and […]

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News 5:48 pm , February 27, 2020 Comments Off on Call for proposals: DIY17: 2020
A bucket of sand is poured around a smouldering paper kiln.Paper kiln. Photo: Studio RoRo/ Ross Fraser Maclean

Courses: Alternative Firings

Booking Book your place on the Alternative Firings course below. You will receive a booking confirmation email to the provided address once your booking is complete. Please read or listen to our Courses terms and conditions before making your booking. If you require accommodation, please book this below. For information on SSW’s accommodation, follow this link.

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SSW Courses 5:03 pm , February 25, 2020 Comments Off on Courses: Alternative Firings