Founded:
1979
Language(s):
English
Duration:
1-4 weeks, 1-3 months
4 weeks

Group Residency cost is substantially subsidised by SSW with the support of Creative Scotland’s Multi-Year Funding (MYF) programme to the value of over £3000 per artist.

Artists pay £480 per four-week residency.

The cost includes accommodation, access to facilities, technical expertise and programme support. The cost does not include materials, consumables, firings, food or travel.

They can provide letters of support for artists selected for residency who would like to apply for additional funding.

Application guidelines:

They welcome applications from artists who are:
- at any stage in their practice
- working in any form/medium/discipline

Artists do not need to have: attended a residency before; be familiar with workshop environments; or have undertaken formal arts training (as we believe experience is gained in many ways, including through lived experience).

The residency groups are formed carefully to bring together artists with diverse practices, experiences and from different geographic locations. This offers artists a chance to meet others working in different contexts and to make new connections.

The organisers want your experience of applying to residency at SSW to be straightforward and accessible. They have a simple application process, in which we want to understand: what interests and excites you in your work? Why do you want to come on Group Residency at SSW? We also ask for documentation of your work.

Apply in a format that is comfortable for you – writing, voice memo/audio or video. They have no preference and will only consider the content of the application, not its production.
There is information in the Application Pack and FAQs to support you to make your best application. These are available on the SSW website in pdf, word doc, large format and audio.

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Scottish Sculpture Workshop

Scottish Sculpture Workshop

Scottish Sculpture Workshop
Description

Applications for Group Residency 2026 are now open.

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 and stonework, coupled with social spaces including sauna, artists sharings, film nights, walks and shared meals.

Group Residency at SSW is always experimental, collective and supported by SSW’s skilled team – we have written a little about what to expect from residency at SSW here.

Group Residency offers a combination of access to facilities and workshops supported by technical expertise alongside peer exchange and learning. This unique residency offers lots of possibilities in the development of artists practice. With this, the programme is particularly suited to artists who:

- want to test out new ideas or directions in their work
- are interested in connecting with materials and processes in our workshops
- are seeking connection with other artists
- value open-ended and experimental approaches to making

Group Residency is led by the selected artists’ practice and you do not need to work with all of our processes/ facilities and no previous experience is necessary in working within them.

Accommodation Information

Onsite at SSW, there are 5 bedrooms:
4 x double rooms, with 2 x shared shower rooms & toilets
1 x accessible double room, with level access between shower room & toilet and bedroom
Residents staying onsite will use the bothy kitchen for food storage/cooking and laundry facilities.
The bothy kitchen can be accessed via ramping or steps.

Offsite
Further accommodation, a 2 bedroom flat, is located a short walk from SSW, in Lumsden.

Studio Information

They have a range of facilities for artists, makers and individuals to use, including a metal fabrication workshop, ceramics studio, plaster room, yard with areas for stone carving and forging, communal studio space with a library and a community making space.

Use of the facilities is supported by technicians and arts workers, who are skilled in supporting people of all levels and abilities to learn new skills, make work, develop projects and experiment with making in all forms.

Location

Rural environment of north-east Scotland.

Here you can read more about the project from Maarit Mustonen, developed in the residency and supported by i-Portunus, EU Mobility Scheme for artists and cultural professionals.

Contact information
Email
office [at] ssw.org.uk
Phone
+44 (0) 1464 861 372
Website
http://www.ssw.org.uk