Open Call: Cove Park x SAHA Art Writer Residency

Residency Dates: Monday 29 March 2027 – Sunday 11 April 2027
Deadline for Applications: Monday 30 November 2026 (10am TRT )
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 7 December 2026

Overview
The Cove Park/SAHA Art Writer Residency is a new residency developed jointly by Cove Park, Scotland, and SAHA, Türkiye. The residency is made possible with support from British Council Scotland and British Council Türkiye and has been developed in partnership with Counterflows Festival.

Art writers based in Türkiye are invited to apply for a two-week, fully funded residency at Cove Park, an international residency based in Scotland for artists, researchers, and creative practitioners working in all creative disciplines. The residency will begin on Monday 29 March 2027 and continue until Sunday 11 April 2027. The resident will be provided with a fee, travel allowance, and private accommodation and workspace.

The aim of this residency is to support research, the development of new written work, and the opportunity to connect with other national and international art writers. The residency will coincide with a one-day art writing symposium at Cove Park on Friday 9 April for art writers and graduates of Glasgow School of Art’s MLitt Art Writing course.

The residency also coincides with Counterflows Festival in Glasgow (1-4 April), an annual contemporary music festival celebrating challenging, thought-provoking and experimental work. The resident will be invited to develop new writing in response to work presented at the festival, which would be published both on SAHA webpage and in the Zine of the 2028 edition of the festival.

You can access the application guide here.

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About Cove Park
Cove Park is an international artists’ residency based on an outstanding 50-acre rural site in Argyll on the west coast of Scotland. Hosting local, national, and international artists and creative practitioners working in all art forms and creative disciplines, Cove Park provides the facilities, support, and care required for the development of new ideas and projects, collaborations, and interdisciplinary practice. Residents stay on site in private accommodation with access to private studios, communal work and meeting spaces, and a library. Cove Park hosts up to 14 residents at any one time, offering every resident the opportunity meet and work alongside individuals and collaborative groups from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. They organise informal peer-to-peer events to promote discussion, the exchange of ideas and experiences, and the development of new connections. Please see here for further information on their current programme and images of Cove Park’s site and facilities. The FAQ page answers general questions on Cove Park’s residencies and access.