Jodi Le Bigre in the SSW Ceramics Studio, image credit: Felicity CrawshawEarlier this year in May and August, we were delighted to welcome RSA Residencies for Scotland artist Jodi Le Bigre to SSW. Below, Jodi shares an introduction to the work she developed during her residency and reflects on her time at SSW. SSW is excited to be participating in the RSA Residencies for Scotland programme again, to offer one artist a 1-2 month(s)-long funded residency in 2026. For more information and to apply, visit The RSA website.Deadline: Sunday 18 January 2026, […]
Roy Boswell, image credit: Liisa MudistWe are delighted to announce that University of the Arts Helsinki alumni Roy Boswell has been selected for Ecologies in the Making: Sculpting Futures residency programme 2026, a joint residency with SSW and Cove Park in Argyll and Bute. Roy will be coming to SSW for 2 months, following a 2 month residency at Cove Park in Summer 2026. Roy Boswell is a sculptor from Helsinki, they describe their work as: Being concerned with the durational qualities of materials and combining objects with music and organised sound, […]
SSW metal workshop, image credit: Felicity CrawshawSSW is delighted to invite applications for Group Residency 2026! Find out more and apply here: Group Residency 2026 Group Residency is a special time at SSW. It offers artists dedicated space and support for the development of their practice, through a series of inductions and intros to our facilities including ceramics, metal fabrication, blacksmithing and stonework. This is coupled with social spaces to support artists coming together for sauna, artists sharings, film nights, meals and walks in our rural […]
SSW metal workshop, image credit: Felicity CrawshawApplications for Group Residency 2026 are now open.Apply via this online form: 2026 Group Residency application form The deadline to apply is Friday 23 January 2026, 12 midday GMT. Group Residency at SSW is a highly subsidised residency that focuses on bringing together artists from a wide variety of disciplines to develop their own practices within our welcoming workshops and studio. Over the month we programme a series of inductions and intros to our facilities including ceramics, metal fabrication, blacksmithing […]
Harriina working in the shared SSW studio. Image credit: Felicity CrawshawEcologies in the Making: Sculpting Futures 2025 residency artist Harriina Räinä, reflects on her time in Scotland, first on residency at Cove Park in Argyll and Bute, followed by residency at SSW. The aim of the Ecologies in the Making: Sculpting Futures residency is to support visual artists to study and develop ecological methods and contexts for their artistic practice. This residency is made possible for Academy of Fine Arts alumni through the Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts and […]
Alicia Matthews, image courtesy of the artistFollowing our recent open call, SSW and Counterflows Festival are delighted to be supporting the following artists to undertake the SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency in 2026: Alicia Matthews Belladonna PalomaKatie SchwabOlive Jones Shiori Usui These 5 fully funded residencies are made possible with the generous support of the William Grant Foundation and Creative Scotland. The selection panel included previous SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency artists Juliana Capes, Keng Keng Tang, Oren Shoesmith & Rabindranath X Bhose, as well as […]
Group Residents in the Materials Garden, image credit: SSW
We are delighted to announce Hannah Ekuwa Buckman, Hannah Leighton-Boyce, Jessica Crisp, Lily Lavorato, Maïa Taïeb, Molly M. Whawell and Nicky May Bolland as our third and final cohort of artists selected for Group Residency 2025. The SSW team are excited to be supporting the artists to develop 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, […]
Image credit: Felicity CrawshawSSW is delighted to partner with Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) to host a PhD researcher to spend up to three months on residency at SSW exploring Regenerative Materials and Community Knowledge within Arts Practice. We are continuing to develop our work in this area and are seeking to support a PhD residency for an artist/researcher to collaborate with SSW and our local community through the Community Making Space Programme, exploring the potentials of working with locally […]
RSA Residencies for Scotland 2024 artist Jodi Le Bigre at SSW, image credit: Felicity Crawshaw. SSW is delighted to be participating in the RSA Residencies for Scotland programme to offer one artist a 1-2 month(s) funded residency in 2026. RSA Residencies for Scotland is an artist-led scheme which provides valuable research and development opportunities for visual artists. It forges important networks with centres of artistic excellence across Scotland, ranging from traditional residency venues to specialised production facilities. Open to artists at all stages of their careers and free to apply, the emphasis is on enabling […]
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