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Rows of shelves with colourful inks line a white wall of the DCA Print Studio. There is equipment in the foreground of the image which is out of focus.DCA Print Studio, image credit: Erika Stevenson

Open Call: Scotland’s Workshops Award

SSW is part of Scotland’s Workshops, a network of 10 visual arts production facilities across the country and together we’re excited to share the Scotland’s Workshops Award. This award provides a Scotland based, emerging artist* with time, support and financial means to experiment and gain new skills through spending time at 2 of the 10 visual art production facilities across Scotland that make up Scotland’s Workshops.  The selected artist will receive a bursary of: £2500 artists bursary£1500 production bursary to cover tuition, […]

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Artists / News / Opportunities 7:17 pm , June 12, 2025 Comments Off on Open Call: Scotland’s Workshops Award
Two people are working together at a potter's wheel and a backdrop of shiny gold curtainTwo people are working together at a potter's wheel and a backdrop of shiny gold curtain, image by SSW.

Job Opportunity: SSW Communities Producer

We’re currently recruiting a new Communities Producer, an exciting key role at SSW, vital to the collective development and delivery of the Community Making Space programme. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 2 July, 12 midday and all applicants will be notified by the w/c 7th July. Interviews will be held on Thursday 17th July. Job Title: Communities ProducerSalary: £28,000 – £32,00 (pro rata) + 5% employers pension contributionHours: 0.8 (4 days per week – 30 hrs per week) this […]

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News / Opportunities 5:20 pm , May 29, 2025 Comments Off on Job Opportunity: SSW Communities Producer
Artists on residency with some of the SSW team, image credit: SSW

Group Residency 2025: Artist Announcment

We are delighted to announce Alaya Ang, Holly Bobisuthi, Jonny Walker, Kishita Nayyar and Nicky May Bolland as our first group of artists selected for Group Residency 2025. The SSW team look forward to supporting the artists in developing their practices over the course of their month-long residency. Alongside inductions and support in ceramics, metalwork, blacksmithing and stonework, Group Residency includes a collective programme of walks, sauna, film nights, potluck meals, artist sharings and peer learning.  Below we share more […]

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News 5:18 pm , May 29, 2025 Comments Off on Group Residency 2025: Artist Announcment
Mould making at MAKE, Eindhoven, image credit: SSW

SSW Team Travels this Spring

The SSW team have taken some time to reflect and share updates from their Spring travels before they dive into their busy Summer season. It has been great to spend time with colleagues across the UK and Europe as well as make visits closer to home to grow our important partnerships, undertake training and check out other exciting workshop spaces as we make plans towards the second phase of our capital planning. Our team’s travels started in March with Ceramics […]

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News 5:17 pm , May 29, 2025 Comments Off on SSW Team Travels this Spring

Community Making Space Spring Programme 2025

We are excited to share our Spring Community Making Space programme developed in collaboration with our Community Advisory Group and other members of our local community.  Check out the full programme in the menu on the right and head to the bottom of this page for more info on booking. As Winter gives way to Spring, our new programme celebrates the season of growth, renewal and new beginnings within these sessions. Emerging from our winter season, which included quilting, candlemaking […]

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Community Making Space 4:19 pm , April 8, 2025 Comments Off on Community Making Space Spring Programme 2025

Summer Holiday Art Club

Summer Holiday Art Club (7-11 years old) Monday 7 – Friday 11 July10 am – 1 pmFreeBooking essential Working with a contemporary artist, children will build on our work from previous holiday clubs to explore the development of public art work by creating sculptural artworks to be installed at SSW. Together they will explore textile techniques, dyeing and printing as well as ways for young people to express their ideas and voices in public through these works.  Summer Holiday Art […]

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Uncategorised 3:34 pm , April 8, 2025 Comments Off on Summer Holiday Art Club

Easter Holiday Art Club

Tuesday 8 – Friday 11 April10 am – 1 pmFreeBooking essential Join us for our annual Easter Holiday Art Club where we will be creating sculptures for our very own public sculpture trail. Throughout the week we’ll be exploring public art and working in teams to build our own temporary, public sculptures from found materials. We’ll end the week with a village wide sculpture trail scavenger hunt, collecting answers to riddles which will lead us to a secret lunch location, […]

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Uncategorised 1:42 pm , March 27, 2025 Comments Off on Easter Holiday Art Club

Large Sculptural Handbuilding

Dates: Friday 27 February – Sunday 1 March 2026 Time: Teaching starts at 10am and finishes around 4pm. Cost: £400 including VAT (includes tuition, materials, consumables, firings and 2 nights accommodation). Catering: This course is fully self catered. Places: 8 (Beginner+) Information on access is at the bottom of this page. In this course, participants will be guided through a range of processes in hand-building with clay with encouragement to go big! Together we will explore traditional techniques including coiling, […]

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Uncategorised 4:35 pm , March 25, 2025 Comments Off on Large Sculptural Handbuilding

Introduction to Metal Fabrication

Dates: Friday 3 – Sunday 5 October 2025 Time: Teaching starts at 10am and finishes around 4pm. Cost: £400 including VAT (includes tuition, materials, PPE and accommodation). Catering: This course is fully self catered. Places: 4 (Beginner+) Information on access is at the bottom of this page. In this course, participants will learn how to start working with, or develop their skills in metal. Through the course participants will learn: – Ways of cutting, hand forming, bending and manipulating thin […]

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Uncategorised 4:28 pm , March 25, 2025 Comments Off on Introduction to Metal Fabrication
Stone Carving in the SSW yard, image credit SSW

Introduction to Stonecarving

Dates: Friday 19 – Sunday 21 September 2025 Time: Teaching starts at 10am and finishes around 4pm. Cost: £400 including VAT (includes tuition, materials, PPE and 2 nights accommodation). Catering: This course is fully self catered. Places: 6 (Beginner+) Information on access is at the bottom of this page. Join us for 3 days delving into the wonders of stone carving using hand tools. The course will be led by established stone mason, artist and freelance SSW Stone Technician Lewis […]

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Uncategorised 4:22 pm , March 25, 2025 Comments Off on Introduction to Stonecarving