2017 SSW Summer AiR programme Dates of residency: May – September AiR 1: 8th May – 5th June AiR 2: 12th June -10th July AiR 3: 31st July – 28th August AiR 4: 4th September – 2nd October Duration: one to two months Cost to Artist: £560 per 4 week residency. Application deadline: Midnight 20th March 2017. SSW’s AiR programme is for artists wishing to spend a month or more working on the development of their practice – whether this is for production, research or experimentation. […]
The INLAND project Framed by the European project Frontiers in Retreat (FiR) and under a Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) commission, artist Fernando Garcia- Dory applies the INLAND approach he has been developing in different places since 2010 – in this case to the Cabrach, a high moorland with grazing pastures, progressively abandoned, and enclosed by a private Estate. Over the last two years, Fernando has connected with Rural Development agents working in the area, as well as Cabrach inhabitants and […]
*THIS OPPORTUNITY DEADLINE IS NOW PAST PROGRAMME ASSISTANT INTERNSHIP: 10th April – 5th June 2017 Deadline for applications: 6th March 2017. SSW is looking for a Programme Assistant Intern to join the SSW team from the 10th April – 5th June 2017. This is an eight week professional development opportunity for someone looking for experience in arts management. We are seeking a motivated individual who wishes to gain experience in all areas of arts management, including arts administration, PR and marketing, event […]
*THIS OPPORTUNITY DEADLINE IS NOW PAST 2017 Emerging Artist Group Residency (4 places available) Dates of residency: 3rd April – 1st May 2017 Cost: £370 per month Application deadline: 5pm 27th of February The Group EA Residency in April is specifically for BA graduate students who graduated in 2016. (Please note, there are also a limited number of individual EA Residencies available during the months of the SSW AiR programme. More info on these are available on the SSW website) ____________________________________________________ For more information and details […]
Art, Institutions and the Mechanics of an Avant-garde Upon a Viscous and Loud Earth – click to view pdf The above essay was written by Marc Herbst for Frontiers in Retreat, following his invitation to participate in and critically respond to the SSW Incubator – Sitting on Eggs: ‘What Happens After the Artwork’ – a three-day Frontiers gathering at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop during March 2016. SSW would like to thank Marc not only for this text but for his generous participation, […]
Photo Credit: Ronnie Temple Scottish Sculpture Workshop is delighted to announce the appointment of our new Director, Sam Trotman. Sam has previously worked as Education Producer at Artsadmin, a producing organisation that supports artists to create bold new work through a programme of bursaries, commissions and projects from their Toynbee Studios base in East London. There, Sam started the education department and ran high quality, innovative projects with an emphasis on supporting early career artists. She is also co-Chair of […]
For the last 2 weeks SSW has been running the second instalment of our From Turf to Tools project. The project revolves working with master blacksmith and all round ancient dude Darrell Markewitz in the building of Pictish style smelting furnaces for processing ore to create iron. The project has been experimental in nature. We have been attempting to us peat as a fuel and local ore as our base material. The First experiment, using local ore and charcoal as […]
September sees the return of master blacksmith and expert in ancient metal working techniques Darrell Markewitz for the second part of the Turf to Tools project. Following on from the first phase held at SSW in 2014 we will carry out further research into Pictish iron production and the creation of tools and artefacts. During the two week project there will be opportunities to come and observe the iron smelting process and forge work demonstrations. 17th September: The crew will attempt […]
Storytelling Lumsden is a project that aims to gather, share and map the stories of the residents of Lumsden. The project is now in it third and final stage, and SSW are working with our Artists in Residence to provide a series of workshops based on craft in order to collect some direct stories and record them digitally. These workshops will help to capture the oral tradition of storytelling at the same time as illustrating them through visual arts. This project […]
Photo: Senri KojimaStorytelling Lumsden is a project that aims to gather, share and map the stories of the residents of Lumsden. The gathering of stories has so far involved a series of activities with local groups from different backgrounds and experiences to identify the stories that resonate with Lumsden, and to develop these creatively through writing, music and visual media. The project is supported by Scottish Sculpture Workshop and collaborates with lead Artist Petra Vergunst, who holds a PhD in Rural Development, Lumsden Community […]
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