Residency
Scottish Sculpture Workshop’s residency programme supports artists* to make work and live at our rural workshop site in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland.
The workshops and facilities at SSW are set up for collective learning and experimentation with various materials and processes. The scope of residency activity is wide-ranging and informed by artists’ practice, but often includes; making, researching, experimenting, learning, drawing, resting, scheming, collaborating, walking, writing, facilitating, reflecting, listening, imagining, questioning and caring, among many other possibilities.
We offer several different residency programmes, including:
Group Residency
Open Access Residency
Partnership Residencies, including SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency, Ecologies in the Making: Sculpting Futures Residency, RSA Residencies for Scotland and
Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) Residency
Please click through for further details, including fees/costs, eligibility, deadlines/dates, how to apply and what to expect.
Common accross all our residency programmes at SSW is access to:
- Facilities, workshops, technical expertise and programme support
- Meeting other people from a range of backgrounds and lived experiences
- Connecting with different creative practices
- Spending time in our rural surroundings
- Taking part in our Community Making Space programme.
*artists take many forms and do lots of different types of skilled work. This work may focus on a particular process or occasionally have outcomes, such as objects, text, sound, performance, events, group work, walks or film. Artists’ work may also build skills, knowledge, relationships or experiences. We try to be clear about what we offer through residency at SSW and what to expect, so you can decide if it is what you need at this point in your work/life.
Residency day-to-day
There can be upto 7 artists living on site at the same time, sharing our self-catering accommodation. This may be less if residents’ families (bio/chosen), allies or support workers are staying here too. Residents are encouraged to make themselves at home here and have 24/7 access to the site (except the metal workshop). There may be artists participating in different programmes living and working on site at the same time.
Unless the site is running with a private group, the studio, bothy kitchen, workshops and community making space are semi-public or public spaces.
With limited amenities and public transport links in Lumsden, the social aspect of being here is significant and we encourage the communal environment that the residency creates, between everyone who uses the site.
Whilst we are working hard to hold a welcoming and supportive space for everyone who works and lives on site at SSW, we acknowledge that residency can be a daunting prospect for anyone who finds social situations difficult or who has not spent extended times in rural places before. As such we welcome conversations before, during and after making an application/request to chat about what to expect and available support. Please email SSW Programme Producer, Anna on arts@ssw.org.uk.
