Residency: Interweaving Threads - Scotland and Norway through Dress, 2026

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A Residency for artists, designers and makers based in Scotland and Norway

DATE FOR RESIDENCY: Norway, 6 April to 3 May 2026, and Scotland 11 – 31 May 2026

DEADLINE: 5 January 2026 – 5pm GMT

APPLICATION AND MORE INFORMATION VIA COVE PARK: Residencies – Cove Park.

This residency is a unique opportunity for artists and craftspeople to engage with ideas circulating around traditional dress, fashion and textiles. Key concepts are heritage, diversity and identity. It is hoped that it will stimulate and open new avenues of research and exploration within the artist’s own work, relevant to their own practices and concerns.  It is intended that studying traditional dress, fashion and textiles in both Norway and Scotland should be a focus of the residency, and that the resources available through the study of collections and archives will lead to new ideas and areas of interest - culminating in in a tangible design, ideally for exhibition and display on a mannequin.

The recipients will be offered fully-funded research and production- focused residencies with supported access in Scotland and Norway to archive collections that are both national and regional. They shall also be offered the opportunity to share their work via informal events in both countries.

Two residencies will be awarded: one to an artist based in Scotland, and one to an artist based in Norway. Both recipients will be awarded a three-week residency at Cove Park and three weeks in Norway at the Museum Centre of Hordaland (MUHO).

The residencies are fully funded, and recipients will receive a fee of £750 per week, travel expenses, and materials allowances. Where possible, slow-travel is encouraged.