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We are delighted to have been able to support Cove Park (SC029530) with an award of £10,000. Cove Park is an international artists residency centre located on an outstanding rural site on Scotland’s west coast. They are using this award to support two exciting projects.
The first of these will be in conjunction with Sculpture House in Ferguslie Park, Paisley. Sculpture House is a collective run by a group of artists with a passion for sculpture and social inclusion. Their aim is to bring together professional artists and members of the community, widening access for all to the visual arts. For this project, an artist will be selected to receive a two week residency at Cove Park, including travel and material costs, with ongoing mentoring at Sculpture House.
The second project is run in conjunction with the Common Guild in Glasgow.
The Common Guild is a visual arts organisation with a varied public programme of exhibitions, projects and events. Based in Glasgow since 2008, The Common Guild is committed to presenting artists’ work in interesting and engaging ways, creating world-class contemporary art experiences and discussions. In summer 2024, The Common Guild relocated to a new, longterm home at 5 Florence Street, situated on the south bank of the River Clyde in the former Adelphi Terrace Public School which opened in 1894.
Image credit: The Common Guild at 5 Florence Street, Glasgow. Photo: Isobel Lutz-Smith.
For this project, artist Ayo Akingbade will receive a four week residency at Cove Park with an event hosted by Cove Park at the end.
Ayo Akingbade is a filmmaker living and working in London. Selected exhibitions include: Show Me The World Mister, commissioned and presented by Chisenhale Gallery, London; Spike Island, Bristol; the Whitworth, The University of Manchester; BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead; and John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (2023-24). Duette, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne; Jitterbug, Museum of the Home, London (both 2022); Domestic Drama, Halle Fuer Kunst Steiermark, Graz; A Glittering City: Ayo Akingbade with Duchamp & Sons, Whitechapel Gallery; An Infinity of Traces, Lisson Gallery, London (all 2021); Songs From A Forgotten Past, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Pāulo (2020); Towner International Biennial, Towner Eastbourne; No News Today, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (all 2019); and Urban Rhapsodies, Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York (2017).
Her films have been shown at Cannes Film Festival, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, MoMA Doc Fortnight and International Short Film Festival Oberhausen among others.
Image credit: Ayo Akingbade, ‘The Fist’, installation view, Chisenhale Gallery, 2022. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Andy Keate.
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