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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
On the cliffs along the Moray Coast, image credit: Bao-Yin Hall

2026 Group Residency 2: In Pictures

It was wonderful to welcome artists Bao-Yin Hall, Danielle Macleod, Jo Matthews, Rudy Loewe, Shehzad Jaffer and Tamsin MacArthur to SSW in August, as our second cohort of artists selected for Group Residency 2026. Over the course of their month-long residency, the group had inductions and support in ceramics, metalwork, blacksmithing and stonework. Alongside developing their practices in the workshops & studio, the group took part in a collective programme including saunas, visits to local Pictish Stones, shared meals, BBQs, […]

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News 11:06 am , October 6, 2026 Comments Off on 2026 Group Residency 2: In Pictures
Caregivers Residency artists Olive, Shiori, Alicia and Belladonna, image credit: SSW

Caregivers Residency Blog: Olive Jones

Olive Jones, one of the five 2025 SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency artists, reflects on her time here at SSW in April and May 2026. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency was set up in 2020 to expand funded residency opportunities to artists who are also caregivers. Words below by Olive Jones, images by Olive Jones and SSW. – It feels difficult to make my experience of SSW into something linear. Looking back at my time on residency, there was […]

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Artists / News / Residencies / Residency / Residency 10:59 am , October 6, 2026 Comments Off on Caregivers Residency Blog: Olive Jones
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
Katie Schwab in the SSW Ceramics Studio, image credit: SSW

Caregivers Residency Blog: Katie Schwab

Katie Schwab, one of the five 2025 SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency artists, reflects on her time here at SSW in February, April and May. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency was set up in 2020 to expand funded residency opportunities to artists who are also caregivers. Words and images below by Katie Schwab. Final image by Mike Bolam. — My caregiving experience has been characterised by family illness, birth and death in close succession. This residency opened up a […]

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Artists / News / Residencies / Residency / Residency 5:33 pm , August 28, 2026 Comments Off on Caregivers Residency Blog: Katie Schwab
Shiori Usui in the SSW Ceramics Studio, image credit: SSW

Caregivers Residency Blog: Shiori Usui

Shiori Usui, one of the five 2025 SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency artists, reflects on her time here at SSW in April and May. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency was set up in 2020 to expand funded residency opportunities to artists who are also caregivers. Words, images and video below by Shiori Usui. — Wow, what intense but magnificent days they were. Thinking back to the days I spent on the Caregiver’s Residency at Counterflows Festival and SSW, these […]

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Artists / News / Residencies / Residency / Residency 5:19 pm , July 31, 2026 Comments Off on Caregivers Residency Blog: Shiori Usui
Ellie Ballantine in the SSW Ceramics Studio, image credit: SSW

Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) Artist Residency Blog: Ellie Ballantine

Artist and Researcher Ellie Ballantine shares observations and insight into her time working at SSW on a Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) Artist Residency. Over 3 months Ellie worked both on site in Lumsden and remotely, to explore Regenerative Materials and Community Knowledge within Arts Practice, alongside SSW’s Materials Garden and Community Making Space programme. Words and images below by Ellie Ballantine — sitka spruce growing from a bench at SSW early Marchsnowdrops not yet outflowering white […]

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Artists / News / Residencies / Residency / Residency 5:18 pm , July 31, 2026 Comments Off on Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) Artist Residency Blog: Ellie Ballantine
Belladonna sgraffitoing onto a ceramic work, image credit: SSW

Caregivers Residency Blog: Belladonna Paloma

Belladonna Paloma, one of the five 2025 SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency artists, reflects on her time here at SSW in April and May. The SSW x Counterflows Caregivers Residency was set up in 2020 to expand funded residency opportunities to artists who are also caregivers. Words and images below by Belladonna Paloma. — The tension between play and production was a big theme for me at SSW. As a carer for my partner I try to squirrel away time […]

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Artists / News / Residencies / Residency / Residency 12:03 pm , May 29, 2026 Comments Off on Caregivers Residency Blog: Belladonna Paloma
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