Month: February 2023
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Paper making workshop at Cove Park with Caitlin Dick
On 25 February 2023, Aberdeen-based artist and former Cove Park resident Caitlin Dick taught young people aged 7+ how to transform an everyday paper recycling pile into beautiful hand-made seed paper. After learning the basics of paper making, participants experimented with a touch of nature by adding leaves, flowers and colours – making each piece…
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Testing Grounds Episode 2: ‘Artica Svalbard – Climate Change and the Built Environment’ now available
How does the built environment affect our experience of the climate crisis – and vice-versa? Artica Svalbard is NAARCA’s Norwegian partner. It’s located on the Svalbard archipelago, in Longyearbyen – one of the world’s most northerly towns. Here, the climate crisis is impossible to ignore. In this episode, Charlotte Hetherington, director of Artica Svalbard, introduces…
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Writing Commission: Mairi Macleod (Scotland)
We are delighted to announce that the first NAARCA Writing Commission has been awarded to the Glasgow-based Gaelic writer Mairi Macleod, the recipient of the 2022 Young Gaelic Writer Residency at Cove Park, developed in collaboration with, and funded by, Comhairle nan Leabhraichean / The Gaelic Books Council. Mairi will attend a two-month residency at Saari Residence …
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Plant-based photography workshop at Cove Park with Edd Carr
On 28 January 2023, Edd Carr, a visual artist based in Leeds and co-founder of The Sustainable Darkroom, conducted a plant-based photography workshop at Cove Park for children and young people aged 7 and over. Edd’s practice examines our relationship to the ecological crisis and the nonhuman world which served as a starting point for group…