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RSA Residencies
for Scotland
Deadline has passed for 2024

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  • About

    Matthew Wilson, 2023

    About

    RSA Residencies for Scotland is an artist-led scheme which provides valuable research and residency opportunities for artists. It forges important networks with centres of artistic excellence across Scotland, ranging from traditional residency venues to specialised production facilities.

     

    Open to visual artists at all stages of their careers, the emphasis is on enabling a period of research, development and production, as well as on the acquisition and exchange of new skills and experiences. Artists can apply for funds of up to £5,000 and are responsible for managing their own residency, in discussion with the partner venue.

     

    Our partner venues all have a long history of offering quality development to, and presentation opportunities for, contemporary artists. For many their expertise and longevity has formed the backbone of artist practice in Scotland for decades. Exhibition opportunities may be available at the RSA or through links with the partner venues and their own exhibition facilities or networks.

  • The RSA is an independently funded institution whose purpose is to promote and support the visual arts in Scotland. The...

    Aqsa Arif, The Jewels of Yesterday (detail), 2023, digital print on cotton satin

    The RSA is an independently funded institution whose purpose is to promote and support the visual arts in Scotland. The Residencies for Scotland programme is administered and funded by us, with kind support from the The Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust and the W. Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Trust. Launched in 2009, the project is now offered on a biennial basis.

     

    Aims of the residency programme:

    • To enable artists a period of research, development and production.
    • To reinforce links with centres of excellence across Scotland.
    • To provide access to technical expertise and assistance to learn new skills and techniques.
    • To enable the exchange of ideas and practice.
  • Winners 2024

    Ellen MacDonald, Communal stair, Acrylic gouache on canvas

    Winners 2024

    • Cat Auburn - Cove Park, Argyll and Bute
    • Anne Bevan RSA (Elect) - Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
    • Kate Davis - Glasgow Print Studio
    • Craig Easton - Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
    • Lotte Gertz - Edinburgh Printmakers
    • Beverley Hood - Airlie Artist’s Residency, Angus
    • Jodi Le Bigre - Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden
    • Ellen MacDonald - RSA Collections, Edinburgh
    • Michele Marcoux - An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis
    • Helen McCrorie - Bothy Project, Isle of Eigg
    • Erin McQuarrie - The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney (supported by the Barns-Graham Charitable Trust)
    • Meg Rodger - Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
    • Sarah Wishart - An Cridhe, Isle of Coll

     

     

    View all past Residencies artists

  • How to apply

    Hannah Imlach

    How to apply

    The deadline for applications has now passed for 2024 and winners have been announced (see above).

    We would like to thank all the artists who took time to apply and to all of our participating venues for 2024. This is a biennial award and the next round of applications will be launched in late 2025 for 2026 selection with updated guidelines. 

     

    Guidelines and further information for the 2024 applications can be viewed using the links below. This has been kept live for inforamtion purposes but please note, future applications will likely have amended and refined guidelines. 

    • Applicant Guidelines
    • Residencies Venue Information - also see below
    • Frequently Asked Questions

     

    Contact us

     

    About our 2024 selected artists

  • Entry Conditions
    Rachel Duckhouse, Stepping Stones at Loch Euphoirt, pen and ink drawing

    Entry Conditions

    • Artists must have been born OR are currently living in Scotland, and have been for at least 3 years consecutively.
    • Artists should no longer be in full-time education at the time of applying.
    • Artists may apply for funds of up to £5,000.
    • An additional artist fee of up to 10% of the requested budget will be awarded by the RSA onto the final fund.
    • Duration of residencies are flexible but must be completed before the end of 2025.
    • Artists are responsible for budgeting all aspects of the residency (accommodation, materials, venue costs, travel, workshop use, etc).
    • The artist will be responsible for the structure and day-to-day management of their award, in agreement with the residency venue.
    • The overall project will be administered and financial aspects monitored by the RSA.
    • Artists will need to check for any restrictions or additional costs that may apply to each residency venue before completing the application. A full list of participating venues and residency guidelines can be found on our below.
  • Participating residency venues 2024

    Click each venue for further details or download venue document above.
    • Airlie Artist's Residency, Angus (new for 2024)
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      Airlie Artist's Residency

      Angus (new for 2024)
    • An Cridhe, Isle of Coll
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      An Cridhe

      Isle of Coll
    • An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis
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      An Lanntair

      Isle of Lewis
    • An Talla Solais, Ullapool
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      An Talla Solais

      Ullapool
    • Bothy Project, Isle of Eigg
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      Bothy Project

      Isle of Eigg
    • Colstoun Artist Residency, East Lothian (new for 2024)
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      Colstoun Artist Residency

      East Lothian (new for 2024)
    • Cove Park, Argyll and Bute
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      Cove Park

      Argyll and Bute
    • Cromarty Arts Trust, Ross and Cromarty
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      Cromarty Arts Trust

      Ross and Cromarty
    • Deveron Projects, Huntly
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      Deveron Projects

      Huntly
    • Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studio, Dundee
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      Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studio

      Dundee
    • Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
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      Edinburgh Printmakers

      Edinburgh
    • Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh
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      Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop

      Edinburgh
    • Forgan Arts Centre, Newport-on-Tay (new for 2024)
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      Forgan Arts Centre

      Newport-on-Tay (new for 2024)
    • Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
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      Glasgow Print Studio

      Glasgow
    • Peacock and the Worm, Aberdeen
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      Peacock and the Worm

      Aberdeen
    • The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
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      The Pier Arts Centre

      Orkney
    • RSA Collections Department, Edinburgh
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      RSA Collections Department

      Edinburgh
    • Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden
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      Scottish Sculpture Workshop

      Lumsden
    • Stills, Edinburgh
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      Stills

      Edinburgh
    • Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
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      Street Level Photoworks

      Glasgow
    • Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
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      Taigh Chearsabhagh

      North Uist
    • Wasps, The Admiral's House, Skye
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      Wasps, The Admiral's House

      Skye
  • Selection of past winners

    Alberta Whittle, Inverser Reflection: Tapestry Targets, documentation of performance (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    John Mooney, Titcake, photo Chris Park (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Joel Dixon (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Audrey Grant, Wound Reliquary I (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Stephanie Mann, Balance Study, C-type (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Hannah Imlach, Standards for a Revolution, ash, birch, aluminium, ball bearings and true grain (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Oana Stanciu (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Stuart McAdam, ahm a pure chessmen anaw (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Natasha Russell, Urpflanze (poisons) (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Geneva Sills, Untitled 3, silver gelatin print from solarized negative (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Fenris Wolf and Ragner Thorfinn Act 2 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Katie Hallam, Core (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Jamie Wardrop (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Victoria Clare Bernie, Lunarity (detail), 2021 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Frank McElhinney, Coll (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    M V Brown (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Robert Powell, Feild Guide to Fantasia (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Siobhan McLaughlin, Cruthan-tire (Newlyn Cromarty), hanging at Cromarty Arts Trust (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Fionn Duffy (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Lorna MacIntyre, On Barely Perceptible Movement, silver gelatin prints and chair parts, photo Fred Pedersen (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).

    Alberta Whittle, Inverser Reflection: Tapestry Targets, documentation of performance

  • Banner image: Rhona Warwick Paterson, Pacing the Void, film still, dancer Eve Mutso. Photo Julie Howden. 

     
     
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