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'between a whisper and a cry', Alberta Whittle, 2026, IMMA installation, image credit: Mark Stedman

SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency 26-27: Artist Announcement

Following an open call earlier this year, SSW and Counterflows Festival are delighted to announce the selection of the following artists for the SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency 2026/27: Alberta WhittleMarie-Claire LaceyMaud HewlingsRosie Priest These four 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 Alicia Matthews and Shiori Usui, as well as Sam Trotman from SSW and Alasdair Campbell […]

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News 11:31 am , October 6, 2026 Comments Off on SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency 26-27: Artist Announcement
Image credit: Felicity Crawshaw

Open Call: SSW x Unlimited Partner Award

SSW is excited to be partnering with Unlimited for this years Partner Awards.  This Partner Award offers a £15,000 award to a Scotland based, disabled artist working in any discipline, to develop a new project and undertake a four-week residency here at SSW using our workshop spaces. Through the Partner Award the artist will receive: Cat Sheridan, Senior Producer, Unlimited, says of the Partner Awards: “These awards [with each partner across England, Scotland and Wales] mean 11 disabled artists can make ambitious new work with a partner invested in […]

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Artists / News 7:53 pm , August 30, 2026 Comments Off on Open Call: SSW x Unlimited Partner Award
Dylan Esposito, Without Words, 2024. Image credit: Finn Rabbitt Dove.

RSA Residencies for Scotland: Artist Announcement 2026

We are delighted to announce that Dylan Esposito has been selected by SSW for the RSA Residencies for Scotland programme. Through this Dylan will undertake a 4 week residency and our metal fabrication course. RSA Residencies for Scotland is a 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. In response to recieving the award, Dylan says:I’m incredibly excited […]

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Artists / News / Residencies / Residency / Residency 12:01 pm , May 29, 2026 Comments Off on RSA Residencies for Scotland: Artist Announcement 2026

Open Call: SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency 2026

2026 is the 6th year of the SSW and Counterflows collaboration, offering vital residency opportunities to Scotland based artists who are also caregivers. We are delighted to offer 4 Fully Funded Residencies in 2026, thanks to generous support of the William Grant Foundation and Creative Scotland. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency offers: This residency recognises that the care of others is central to the collective survival of our world yet is deeply undervalued within our society. This is often […]

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Artists / News / Residencies / Residency / Residency 5:57 pm , April 30, 2026 Comments Off on Open Call: SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency 2026

SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency

The deadline for applications has now passed. Deadline for applications: Friday 12 June 2026, 12 middayApply using this online application form.  2026 is the 6th year of the SSW and Counterflows collaboration, offering vital residency opportunities to Scotland based artists who are also caregivers. We are delighted to offer 4 Fully Funded Residencies in 2026, thanks to generous support of the William Grant Foundation and Creative Scotland. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency offers: This residency recognises that the care […]

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Residency / Residency Info 5:08 pm , April 30, 2026 Comments Off on SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency
Image Credit: Stacy Makishi’s Walking Each Other Home, Giddy Up Hastings (2025) photo Alice Denny

Do It Together (DIT):  Artist Announcement and Open Call

We are excited to announce that Stacy Makishi will be leading the SSW x TMS DIT here in September and we are currently calling out for participants to join the Camp Fire Disco! Camp Fire Disco! is a 3 day residential led by Stacy Makishi at Scottish Sculpture Workshop. It offers people interested in Live Art and performance time to connect, with themselves and with each other. In Stacy’s words: Doom & despair is everywhere. The question isn’t whether we’re facing […]

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News 1:19 pm , January 23, 2026 Comments Off on Do It Together (DIT):  Artist Announcement and Open Call

Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) Artist Residency: Artist Announcement 

SSW is excited to announce that Ellie Ballantine has been selected to undertake the SGSAH Artist Residency at SSW. Ellie will be working over 3 months to explore Regenerative Materials and Community Knowledge within Arts Practice. Working alongside our Community Making Space Ellie will explore the potential of working with locally grown, regenerative materials and how these materials positively impact community regeneration, empowerment, wellbeing and economies. Ellie says:‘I am delighted to contribute to SSW’s Regenerative Materials and Community Knowledge within […]

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News 3:17 pm , January 16, 2026 Comments Off on Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) Artist Residency: Artist Announcement 
Jodi Le Bigre in the SSW Ceramics Studio, image credit: Felicity Crawshaw

RSA Residencies for Scotland Blog: Jodi Le Bigre

Earlier 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, […]

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News 1:35 pm , December 18, 2025 Comments Off on RSA Residencies for Scotland Blog: Jodi Le Bigre
Roy Boswell, image credit: Liisa Mudist

Announcing Ecologies In The Making: Sculpting Futures Artist 2026

We 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, […]

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News 1:34 pm , December 18, 2025 Comments Off on Announcing Ecologies In The Making: Sculpting Futures Artist 2026
SSW metal workshop, image credit: Felicity Crawshaw

Open Call: Group Residency 2026

Applications to Group Residency 2026 are now closed. SSW 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, […]

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News 6:22 pm , November 28, 2025 Comments Off on Open Call: Group Residency 2026