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Caregivers Residency artist Morven Mulgrew, image credit: SSW

Open Call: SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency

The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency is 5!  2025 marks the 5th year of the collaboration between SSW and Counterflows Festival offering vital residency opportunities to Scotland based artists who are also caregivers. To celebrate this important milestone, and with the generous support of the William Grant Foundation and Creative Scotland, this year we are offering 5 fully funded residencies. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency offers: This residency recognises that the care of others is central to the collective survival […]

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News 5:33 pm , September 11, 2025 Comments Off on Open Call: SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency
Caregivers Residency artist Morven Mulgrew, image credit: SSW

SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency

SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency is now open for applications. Please apply through this online form: SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency application formThe deadline for applications is Wednesday 15th October 2025 at midday. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency is 5!  2025 marks the 5th year of our collaboration to offer vital residency opportunities to Scotland based artists who are also caregivers. To celebrate this important milestone, and with the generous support of the William Grant Foundation and Creative Scotland, […]

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Residency / Residency Info 12:30 pm , September 11, 2025 Comments Off on SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency
Morven and the wood kiln, image credit: SSW

Caregivers Residency Blog: Morven Mulgrew

Below Morven Mulgrew, one of the 2024 SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency artists reflects on her time here. This residency was set up in 2020 to expand funded residency opportunities to artists who are also caregivers. The 2025 call out will be launching soon. Words by Morven Mulgrew, images by Morven Mulgrew and SSW — PART ONE:  MY CANDIDACY FOR SUITABILITY FOR THE DESIGNATED ROLE OF CARE-GIVER The application for the residency said I wanted to explore the politics of […]

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News 3:46 pm , June 27, 2025 Comments Off on Caregivers Residency Blog: Morven Mulgrew
Image credit: Juliana Capes

Caregivers Residency Blog: Juliana Capes

Below Juliana Capes, one of the 2024 SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency artists reflects on her time here. This residency was set up in 2020 to expand funded residency opportunities to artists who are also caregivers. Words and Images by Juliana Capes — In early 2025, I took part in the Caregivers Residency at Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW)—a programme designed to support artists with caring responsibilities. Set in the rural village of Lumsden, surrounded by the foothills of Aberdeenshire, SSW […]

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News 5:16 pm , May 29, 2025 Comments Off on Caregivers Residency Blog: Juliana Capes