Applications are welcome from practitioners in visual art, craft & design, music, literature, performance and those working across disciplines or in collaboration. Practitioners should be able to demonstrate at least five years of active practice.
Bothy Project residencies offer time and space for contemplation, creativity and focus. It is not necessary for your work to engage with the residency location.
Residencies are one week long; running Saturday-Saturday in April, May, July, August and October; and Friday-Friday in November, January and February.
Applications are welcome from practitioners based in the UK and Europe.
Selection Process
Applications will be reviewed and selected by Bothy Project staff and board members. Selection will be based on the quality of your ideas and work, as well as your case for why a Bothy Project Self-Directed Residency is of particular benefit to your practice and development at this point in time.
Bothy Project aims to seek a balance in its Self-Directed Residencies between practitioners who have been on residencies before and those who have not.
Self-Directed Residencies are offered at subsidised rates. The subsidised cost for a one week Self-Directed Residency at Sweeney’s Bothy is £525. On accepting a residency place an invoice will be issued and your residency will be confirmed upon payment.
Eligibility, accessibility and privacy
Sweeney’s Bothy is a simple, off-grid, live-work space in a remote and spectacular part of Scotland. The bothy is accessed on foot via a rough, sloped path and the mezzanine bed is reached by a step ladder.
Bothy Project welcomes applications from artists irrespective of gender, disability, age, race or ethnicity. Bothy Project is committed to equality, diversity, fairness and inclusion across all art forms.
Bothy Project is committed to artistic excellence and the professional development of individuals and groups working within the arts and creative industries.
Open call: 30 November 2023 – 28 January 2024
Application Q&A Sessions: 13:00-14:00, 10 January 2024 & 17:00-18:00, 11 January 2024 (email info@bothyproject.com to sign up)
Application deadline: 28 January 2024
Selection process: February 2024
Applicants notified of outcome: mid-March 2024
Residencies at Sweeney’s Bothy: April 2024, May 2024, July 2024, August 2024, October 2024, November 2024, January 2025 & February 2025
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