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We are hiring: Technician Traineeship

Deadline for applications: 12 noon, Thursday 15 November 2018 Scottish Sculpture Workshop are looking for a Technician Trainee. The Technician Traineeship is an entry-level position, aimed at those interested in developing and sharing their making practice and technical knowledge through on the job training and hands-on learning. Over the two year period, the trainee will focus on developing their knowledge of making processes within the SSW facilities, and explore the ways in which these skills are shared and disseminated through […]

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News / Recruitment 1:49 pm , October 22, 2018 Comments Off on We are hiring: Technician Traineeship
Into The Mountain

Into The Mountain – Performance

Thursday 30 May — Sunday 2 June 2019 Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park Times tbc Tickets: First round of tickets available via Eventbrite, second round to be released on Friday 3 May 2019 “I have walked out of my body and into the mountain” — Nan Shepherd Join us for Into The Mountain, a remarkable guided walk and performance by artist and choreographer Simone Kenyon. Sharing the culmination of 6 years’ research and collaboration with women who walk in the Cairngorms as […]

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Into The Mountain 4:58 pm , October 18, 2018 Comments Off on Into The Mountain – Performance
Into The Mountain: A MeetImage: Erika Stevenson

Into The Mountain – A Meet

24 November 2018, 10am – 5pm Tramway, Glasgow Tickets available here. Into The Mountain – A Meet brings together practitioners and enthusiasts interested in the intersections and conversations between the arts, dance, mountain and hill walking cultures. Together we will critically explore through talks, discussions and workshops, how women encounter and engage with mountainous environments, considering both historical and current perspectives of gender in relationship to landscapes. We will also delve into the entanglements between dance, mountaineering, contemporary feminist writing, […]

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Into The Mountain, workshops and events imageImage: Simone Kenyon

Into The Mountain – Workshops and Events

Supporting phase one of Into The Mountain, Simone Kenyon and invited artists and speakers delivered a series of talks and workshops for diverse audiences. To keep up to date with developments in the Into The Mountain project and see upcoming events, visit the dedicated website at www.intothemountain.co.uk. Previous workshops and events are listed below.

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The Lumsden Weekender 2018

The Lumsden Weekender is SSW’s annual open weekend where we share the work and ideas developed by artists on residency at SSW throughout the year. The Weekender hosts a range of workshops, talks, walks and performances for all ages to get involved in and enjoy. This summer we supported a new residency programme, the Lumsden Residency, in which selected artists Anna Wolfe-Pauly and Dorian Braun, India Harvey and George Ridgway developed new ideas and research drawing on experimental play, Deep Listening and storytelling. […]

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Winter Residency

Open call: Winter Residency Programme 2019

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Application Deadline: 12 noon, Tuesday 13 November 2018. Dates: Residency 1: 14 January – 11 February 2019 Residency 2: 18 February – 18 March 2019 Cost: £560 per 4 week residency. Residencies are highly subsidised and include accommodation, studio space, access to facilities, technical and curatorial support from the SSW team. Materials are not included. The 2019 Winter Residency programme marks the beginning of a significant year for SSW as we observe 40 years of hosting and […]

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News / Residency Info 5:37 pm , October 7, 2018 Comments Off on Open call: Winter Residency Programme 2019
India Harvey workshop with Lumsden School

Lumsden Residency: India Harvey

The third and final of our 2018 Lumsden residency programme artists, India Harvey, joined us for the month of August to undertake a month-long residency alongside the second of our Summer residency groups. India, as an artist and playworker, is particularly interested in linking internal and external experience, facilitating simultaneously private and participatory sites of co-production and attempting to consider difference as a positive universal. India’s reflection below shares the experience of working with Lumsden School in August 2018, and […]

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SSW x CounterflowsSholto Dobie carries out research in Rhynie Chert Quarry

SSW x Counterflows

The deadline for the SSW x Counterflows residency has now passed. Scottish Sculpture Workshop and Counterflows are inviting applications for the second SSW x Counterflows residency programme. Building on a successful pilot programme throughout 2018, we are now opening up applications to artists who break disciplinary boundaries between visual arts, performance and sound and whose practice foregrounds an interdisciplinary, experimental and improvised approach. We are particularly interested in supporting artists who are at a pivotal moment of transition in their […]

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Wax burn outImage credit: Kerri Jefferis and Sophie Chapman

Summer Residencies 2018: August

Another incredible residency group have come and gone, marking the end of this year’s summer residency programme. Thanks to Kate Squires, Kerri Jefferis & Sophie Chapman, Marloes Staal, Megan Rudden and Rachel Sharpe for all the conversations, making, walking, potlucks and saunas. We hope to see you all at SSW again in the future. The summer residency group was also joined by India Harvey, one of this year’s selected artists for the Lumsden Residency. India will be returning to SSW […]

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News / Residencies 2:21 pm , September 12, 2018 Comments Off on Summer Residencies 2018: August