Tag: Scotland
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NAARCA seeks Graphic Designer for Pedagogy Toolkit Commission
Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action Pedagogy Toolkit Commission Seeking Graphic Designer Location: Remote Fee: £5000 Applications accepted on a rolling basis Final Delivery Deadline: 18 March 2024 Background The Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action (NAARCA) is a 3-year project that brings together Cove Park (Scotland), Saari Residence (Finland), Artica Svalbard (Norway), Art…
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NAARCA publishes Sustainability Toolkit for Artists’ Residencies
In 2022, NAARCA Eco-coordinator Jaana Eskola conducted residency site visits, both in-person and digital, to each of the NAARCA partners. During these visits, Jaana conducted workshops and gathered research from the staff and residents to learn more about each residency’s approach to sustainability. From these learnings, we have developed a Sustainability Toolkit for Artists’ Residencies…
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Paper making workshop developed at Cove Park delivered at Artica Svalbard as part of pedagogy programme
Cove Park’s paper making workshop, developed and delivered by Abdereen-based artist and former Cove Park resident Caitlin Dick took place in February 2023 and taught young people aged 7+ how to transform an everyday paper recycling pile into beautiful hand-made seed paper. In August 2023, Artica Svalbard delivered a bespoke version of Cove Park’s paper…
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Testing Grounds Episode 5: ‘Cove Park – Young People’s Voices on the Climate Crisis’ now available
What are young people’s views on the climate crisis? And how can artists, and art institutions, help to amplify their voices? Cove Park is NAARCA’s Scottish partner. It’s perched on a picturesque hillside on the Rosneath Peninsula, on Scotland’s West Coast. In this episode, Emma Henderson – Cove Park’s Curator of Engagement – introduces us…
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Testing Grounds Bonus Episode: ‘Seasickness/Cur na Mara – a short story by Mairi Macleod’, now available
In this bonus episode, Glasgow-based Gaelic writer Mairi Macleod reads her short story, Seasickness/Cur na Mara. In 2023, Mairi was commissioned by NAARCA to create a short piece of fiction in both Scots Gaelic and English, and was also granted an 8-week residency at Saari Residence in Finland, where she wrote Seasickness. Mairi’s writing engages…
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Printing workshop developed at Artica Svalbard delivered at Cove Park as part of pedagogy programme
Artica’s Future Community Garden printing workshop took place in October 2022 and was developed as part of a larger community project looking at Svalbard’s unique nature and the changes they are experiencing due to climate change. Living on Svalbard means being part of a small community, high up in the Arctic, where the effects of…
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Moving image workshop at Cove Park with Juliana Capes
On 25 March 2023, Juliana Capes, a visual artist based in Edinburgh, delivered ‘Talking with the Weather,’ a film workshop at Cove Park for children and young people aged 7 and over. Juliana’s moving image practice is often inspired by the weather and the natural world and asks questions about our relationship with natural phenomena.…
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Commissioned writer Mairi Macleod at Saari Residence
Mairi Macleod (b.1996) is a Gaelic writer from Glasgow, Scotland. A graduate of the University of Glasgow, she completed an undergraduate degree in Geography and a master’s degree in Earth Futures. Her creative work echoes her academic interests, critically engaging with humanity’s relationships with space, place, and the complex thing we call ‘nature’. As a…
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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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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 …