Open for applications! Five funded residencies for language and word focused creative practitioners at Arbroath’s The New Scriptorium.
The New Scriptorium, an artist designed and built structure in the historical grounds of Arbroath Abbey, are delighted to announce five funded residencies for 2024. The residencies, created with partners Hospitalfield, Historic Environment Scotland, Scottish Poetry Library, and Lakes International Comic Art Festival, will run between May and August 2024 for practitioners with a focus on language and word.
The theme for the series of residencies is ‘Power and Word’ with practitioners invited to use the opportunity for the time and space to develop an idea, or explore prompts based on Arbroath itself. The residencies will be publicly engaged with some involvement with the local community expected, and ‘gifts’ to the town to be developed throughout each residency taking any form from physical publication to workshop or live event.
Applications for the residencies close at 6pm, Monday 4 March.
Open Call for a Comic Artist
In collaboration with the Lakes International Comic Festival, this is a two week funded residency opportunity to develop ideas and take inspiration from the breathtaking surroundings, participating with the community and mobilising local people in a variety of creative ways.
- Open to applications from comic artists in the UK who are not in full time education at time of application.
- Residency will run for two weeks from Tuesday 30 July–Tuesday 13 August 2024 and the successful applicant will be housed at Hospitalfield House joining their Interdisciplinary residency programme.
- £1000 fee with an additional £150 towards a public event, and a separate budget for travel and access.
- Daily access to the New Scriptorium and links with local experts across Arbroath will be provided.
- They are eager to hear from people who enjoy community engagement and would like to work on this element of the programme.
Open Call for Two Poets
In partnership with the Scottish Poetry Library, two opportunities are available for poets to apply for a residency at the New Scriptorium. A ‘local’ five day residency is open to those within a one hour journey of Arbroath, and a ‘distant’ two week residency with accommodation at Hospitalfield is open to poets from across Scotland.
- The local residency is flexible with the opportunity to complete the five days as suits the applicant, with a fee of £750 and a further £150 for a public event.
- The distant residency is for fixed dates from Monday 1 July–Monday 15 July as part of Hospitalfied’s Interdisciplinary Residency Programme. The fee is £1000 with a further £150 for a public event, and a small budget for travel and access.
- Applicants cannot be in full time education at time of application.
- Access to the New Scriptorium and links with local experts across Arbroath will be provided for both residencies.
- They are interested in hearing from poets who could explore elements of Arbroath life like football, fishing, the area’s underrepresented histories, the geology of the area, or the stories of residents.
Open Call for Artists
Two local, five day residencies available for practitioners in any art form; ceramics, photography, performance, printmaking, as long as the project or practice is concerned with ‘word’.
- Open to applicants from the DD11 area or within a manageable commute. Applicants cannot be in full time education at time of application.
- This is a flexible residency based at the Scriptorium across five days in May and June which can be completed as suits the applicant.
- £750 fee with an additional £150 towards a public event and a small access budget are available.
- Access to the New Scriptorium and links with local experts across Arbroath will be provided.
