Cove Park - Inspired Thinking

Residencies at Cove Park

Invited artists are given the time, space and freedom to concentrate on the development of their work. Cove Park provides a supportive context in which artists can devise new projects, experiment and engage with artists working in different fields or with different approaches to their practice.

Cove Park is happy to support and facilitate the production of specific projects during residencies and, equally, to ensure that those artists who wish to develop new ideas without the constraints of the completion of a final piece of work are free to do so. The opportunity for individual research and development is enhanced through the interaction and discussion that takes place between the artists on residency. This is facilitated through a series of informal events, artists talks and presentations.

Visual Arts Creative Development
3 August - 11 September

Supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, this programme enables UK-based visual artists, designers/makers, curators and art writers to undertake research and develop new work. These residencies were awarded to Alan Currall, Ruth Ewan, Maria Fusco, Will Holder, James McLardy and Panel. Further information is available here.

Cove Park and Fuel - The Jerwood Residencies 2010

Melanie Wilson and Inua Ellams return to Cove Park to work on new projects. Paul Hodson's visits Cove Park for the first time writing the second draft of his play Don't Shoot the Clowns. Will Adamsdale returns to Cove Park with three new collaborators - Neil Haigh, Matthew Steer and John Wright - to work on new theatre project "The Summer House"

Fuel and Jerwood Charitable Foundation Logos

Artistic Director of Fevered Sleep, David Harradine returns with the rest of the Fevered Sleep team to discuss future plans for the company. Will Tuckett returns to Cove Park in 2010 with Dan Jones, a sound artist, and Icelandic designer Börkur Jónsson, who will help to develop the music and design elements of a choreographed ballet for boats - Boat Ballet.

David Rosenberg and Frauke Requardt came to Cove Park for a week last year with designer Börkur Jónsson and production manager Stuart Heyes. They put together the first design ideas for Electric Hotel which is currently on tour from Sadlers' Wells. Once the tour is over, David and Frauke are going to return to Cove Park to start thinking about ideas for a new project.

Artistic Directors of Clod Ensemble, Paul Clark and Suzy Willson are developing two new project ideas. Fuel themselves are greatly looking forward to returning in 2010 to continue and build on developing ideas for the future of the company. Artistic Directors of Sound & Fury, develop ideas for their new show, Going Dark. They will be joined by Fuel Director, Kate McGrath, who will be working as dramaturg on the piece.

Craft - Michael Carberry14 June - 30 July

Michael Carberry's contemporary jewellery has been exhibited widely both in the UK and abroad and is included in many prominent public collections. A graduate of the RCA, his work is developed through an intuitive approach to the manipulation of materials and reflects the process of its construction.
www.michaelcarberry.co.uk

VISUAL ART - Luke Fowler3rd May - 30th July

Luke Fowler is a Scottish artist filmmaker based in Glasgow. Winner of the first Jarman award, last year his work was broadcast on Channel Four and featured in a solo exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, London. At Cove Park he will be developing a feature-length film project.

Luke Fowler Composition-for-flutter-screen

CRAFT - Deirdre Nelson10h May - 6th August

A graduate of Glasgow School of Art , Deirdre Nelson is a textile artist whose practice is informed by research into textile and social history. Her work combines both traditional and contemporary processes often in collaboration with others. In 2008 she received the Jerwood Makers Award. www.deirdre-nelson.com

VISUAL ART - Adam Chodzko 28th June - 24th July

Adam Chodzko uses a wide variety of media to explore human interaction and how we might best engage with the existence of others. Since 1991 he has exhibited extensively in international solo and group exhibitions including Tate St Ives, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna and the Athens, Istanbul and Venice Biennales. www.adamchodzko.com

CRAFT - Alison Watt 3rd May - 11th June

Alison Watt designs prints for womenswear collections that are sold worldwide. Her work is exhibited seasonally in New York, LA, Paris and London. She has won several awards including The RSA Painting Prize and was commissioned by Selfridge's in London to illustrate her work across their store during London Fashion Week.

Literature - Fiona Walton14th June - 23rd July

Fiona Walton wrote and directed theatre in Britain and Europe before working in television and film. Her most recent short film, "Flung" won a BAFTA New Talent Award and has screened at festivals worldwide, most recently at the Gulf Film Festival in Dubai.

Literature - Alasdair Gray1st - 23rd July

Alasdair Gray studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1952-57. He has since exhibited widely across Scotland, particularly in his home city of Glasgow. With 18 published books to his name, and a winner of the Whitbread and Guardian book prizes. Gray is currently completing his biography 'A Life in Pictures', to be published by Canongate in 2010.

Literature - Natasha Soobramanien 3rd May - 11th June

Natasha Soobramanien is a winner in the 2009 Bridport Prize and a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Her short stories have appeared in various anthologies. A fan of collaborative practice, she has contributed a section to Luke Williams' novel, 'The Echo Chamber', to be published by Hamish Hamilton in 2011.

Literature - James Ley17th - 28th May

A graduate of RSAMD, James writes for the theatre. His most recent play 'UP' was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in August '09. He is developing a new play 'Gas Lighter' with the support of Nicola McCartney, his mentor through the Playwrights' Studio, Scotland.

Literature - Christos Tsiolkas10th May - 30th July

Christos Tsiolkas is an Australian novelist of Greek heritage. His novels include "Loaded", "Dead Europe" and "The Slap", winner of the 2009 Commonwealth Prize for Literature. He is also a playwright, scriptwriter and essayist. His work centres on questions of exile and memory, family and rebellion."The Slap" is being published in the UK in 2010.