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RSA Residencies
for Scotland
Deadline for 2022 has now passed. This is a biennial award, next applications will launch late 2023.

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  • About

    Rebecca Milling, Reflected Construction VI (detail), 2013

    About

    The 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(s).

     

    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...

    Aeneas Wilder

    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 RSA Friends and The Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Charitable 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
  • How to apply

    Joel Dixon

    How to apply

    The deadline for 2022 has now passed. This is a biennial award and the next round of applications will be advertised in late 2023. 

    Artists who have applied for the 2022 Residencies for Scotland will be notified of the final selection by the end of April 2022. 

    Details of the 2022 application process can be found below -  

    • RFS Applicant Guidelines
    • Residency Venue Information
    • RFS Applicant FAQs

     

    Application site  Enqire

  • Winners 2022

    Jamie Fitzpatrick, Installation View of 'Grim Tales' at Cassina Projects, New York

    Winners 2022

    • Aqsa Arif - Street Level Photoworks
    • Victoria Crowe RSA - The Pier Arts Centre
    • Fionn Duffy - An Lanntair and The Scottish Sculpture Workshop
    • Jamie Fitzpatrick - Edinburgh Printmakers (funded by the Royal Scottish Academy W. Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Trust)
    • Lauren Gault - WASPS The Admiral’s House, Skye
    • Katie Hallam - Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (funded by the Royal Scottish Academy W. Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Trust)
    • Cath Keay - Deveron Projects
    • Rosalind Lawless - Peacock and the Worm
    • Lorna Macintyre - Stills
    • Siobhan McLaughlin - Cromarty Arts Trust (funded by The Barns-Graham Charitable Trust)
    • Wendy McMurdo RSA - Glasgow Print Studio
    • Sarah Rose - North Lands Creative Spaces (funded by the Royal Scottish Academy W. Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Trust)
    • Pernille Spence & Zoe Irvine - Marchmont Creative Spaces
    • Calum Wallis - Bothy Project, Eigg (funded by The Barns-Graham Charitable Trust)
    • Jamie Wardrop - An Cridhe (funded by the Royal Scottish Academy W. Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Trust)
    • Rhona Warwick Paterson - Cove Park
    • Matthew Wilson - Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studio and RSA Collections (funded by the Royal Scottish Academy W. Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Trust)
  • Participating residency venues 2022

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    • 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, Cairngorms and Isle of Eigg
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      Bothy Project

      Cairngorms and Isle of Eigg
    • 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
    • Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
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      Glasgow Print Studio

      Glasgow
    • Marchmont Creative Spaces, Berwickshire
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      Marchmont Creative Spaces

      Berwickshire
    • North Lands Creative, Lybster
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      North Lands Creative

      Lybster
    • 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
    • Streetlevel Photoworks, Glasgow
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      Streetlevel Photoworks

      Glasgow
    • Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
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      Taigh Chearsabhagh

      North Uist
    • WASPS Artist Studios, Skye
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      WASPS Artist Studios

      Skye
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