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We are glad to share Clare Sawers text on the SSW X Counterflows Caregivers residency. Last May Claire took part in a 1 week residency with her son at SSW to write about hers and other artists’ experiences of the programme. Through the essay she discusses how arts organisations can become more welcoming to those with caregiving responsibilities and disabilities, how we might go beyond those funding-bingo buzzwords and explore what it actually means to create communities that look out […]

If you would like a copy of Oil please email sam@ssw.org.uk with your address by the 10th December 2024. Copies will be sent on a first come first served basis. Online launch, Thursday 7th November 6-7pm GMT – this event has now passed. Join us for a presentation and discussion with OIL publication author and editor Rachel Grant (Fertile ground, Aberdeen), Sam Trotman (Programme & Partnerships Director Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden, Aberdeenshire), Kathrin Böhm (Myvillages) and Scott Herrett (Just Transition Organiser for Friends […]

More tickets for terms 2 and 3 will be released on Wednesday 31st October. Check out the booking details below. We are excited to launch Building The Clay Commons Night Class (online) – a new co-learning, online space set up for people interested in exploring ways to develop different, more emancipatory systems of working within and with the clay studio. The night classes are facilitated by artist and researcher Eva Masterman and features artists, organisers and academics Joon-Lynn Goh, the […]

The deadline for applications has now passed, we aim to notify all applications by Friday 20 September to let them know if they will be asked to attend an interview. Job Title: Community Arts OrganiserHours: 0.6 (3 days per week – 22.5 hrs per week) this may include working weekends and evenings as required to meet the needs of the programme.Salary: £28,000 (pro rata) + 5% employers pension contributionContract: Fixed Term – October 2024 – March 2025 (with the possibility […]

In February and April 2024 Bobbi Cameron completed her SSW X Counterflows Residency. The residency offered artists time, space, funding and support to develop artists practices alongside their caregiving responsibilities. Bobbi reflects on the nature of being a carer and working as an artist and the importance of flexibility. Words by Bobbi Cameron. Whenever I reflect on time(s) at SSW, I see turning points in my life that have been genuinely monumental. Deep cosmic shifts seem to follow my time […]