cove park
Cove Park’s unique programme of residencies, commissions and collaborative
projects respond to and support the diversity of contemporary artistic practice
in all the art forms. We host national and international artists from all
cultures and career stages. We create a supportive and stimulating context in
which new work and ideas can be developed, tested and shared. The bespoke and
award-winning spaces we provide for residents and visitors to live, meet and
work in, are located on an outstanding site overlooking Loch Long and the Firth
of Clyde, just one hour from Glasgow, on Scotland’s west coast. Founded in 1999
by Peter and Eileen Jacobs, Cove Park is a charity funded by Creative Scotland,
by trusts and foundations and by the generosity of individuals. Since 2000, Cove
Park has hosted over 1,500 artists and our former residents include Margaret
Atwood, Ann Carson, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Mariana Castillo Deball, Alasdair
Gray, Beca Lipscombe, Tom Morris, Ciara Phillips, Elizabeth Price, Charlotte
Prodger, Simon Starling, Christos Tsiolkas, Jan Verwoert and Louise Welsh. We
develop residency programmes in partnership with leading national and
international companies, art schools and organisations, including Varuna –
Australia’s National Writers’ House, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Gaelic
Books Council, Lolli Editions, Senegal’s RAW Material Company, The Royal
Scottish Academy, CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts, Fluxus Art Projects, The
Work Room and more. We host and facilitate residencies devised and led by
prominent organisations, such as BBC Scotland, Magnetic North, Cryptic, and
Playwrights’ Studio Scotland. We also commission new work and work
collaboratively with partners on major national and international projects such
as Scotland + Venice 2019 and Creative Carbon Scotland’s Climate Beacons. Cove
Park co-leads, with Saari Residence (Finland), the Nordic Alliance of Artists’
Residencies on Climate Action.
