Cultivate: A Village Vision for Rathnure
Dates
- May 15th to 28th, 2023
Program Description
In collaboration with Workhouse Union, we are pleased to offer Cultivate: A Village Vision for Rathnure, a two-week curated residency program from May 15th to 28th, 2023. With the support of Wexford Arts Office and The Arts Council, this opportunity will expand Cow House Studios’ remit to work proactively with our local rural community in Rathnure, Co. Wexford.
This is a new departure for Cow House Studios to engage with spatial practice and open the residency to artists, architects, and designers with an explicit collaborative and locally engaged focus. Workhouse Union’s team will work alongside Cow House Studios and the local community to prepare the stakeholder context and set clear expectations and support for the program.
This is a paid residency opportunity for four creative practitioners working in visual art, design, or architecture to engage with Cow House Studios and our local village of Rathnure through co-design, creative placemaking, and community engagement. This is a practical and hands-on residency experience for those interested in engaging with local community groups and stakeholders and imagining new opportunities within a small rural village.
The residency will include engagement with hard-to-reach voices, enhancing participants’ capacity in co-design and inclusion. The projects will realize tangible outcomes for the communities involved and provide the selected practitioners with a unique real-life learning platform.
Creative practitioners (collective and individual) are invited to apply. The opportunity is ideal for artists, architects, and designers who wish to develop their co-design, creative placemaking, and community engagement skills and experience.
Residency Details
The selected practitioners will come to Rathnure and reside at Cow House Studios for a period of 2 weeks in spring 2023, from May 15th to 28th. While here, they will be immersed in the supportive and invigorating environment at Cow House Studios. While on residency, Cow House Studios and Workhouse Union will provide.
- Documented results outlining the context and expectations for the program.
- Facilitated engagements with members of the community.
- A €1000 stipend for each selected practitioner or collaborative group.
- A private room and studio for each selected practitioner or collaborative group.
- Three delicious and healthy meals are provided daily.*
*Breakfast and lunch are self-service, while dinner is enjoyed as a group and served by Caitriona or Frank. All food is lovingly prepared in our kitchen.
Application Guidelines
Submit the following documents in PDF format to info@cowhousestudios.com by Sunday, April 2nd, 2023.
- Completed application form
- Recent CV/resume
- A portfolio (only one pdf file). Although there is no maximum number of images that will be accepted, we advise applicants only to submit relevant materials to reduce the size of email submissions. The images should include captions or short descriptions.
Please submit electronic copies of the three attachments in ONE email under the size of 10 MB to info@cowhousestudios.com
You will be contacted by a Cow House Studios representative to confirm receipt of your application within five working days. Successful applicants will be contacted by Monday, April 17th, 2023.
Contact
For any further questions about Cultivate: A Village Vision for Rathnure, please contact Frank Abruzzese, Co-Director, Cow House Studios.
Frequently Asked Questions
Submit the following documents in PDF format to info@cowhousestudios.com by Sunday, April 2nd, 2023.
- Completed application form
- Recent CV/resume
- A portfolio (only one pdf file). Although there is no maximum number of images that will be accepted, we advise applicants only to submit relevant materials to reduce the size of email submissions. The images should include captions or short descriptions.
Please submit electronic copies of the three attachments in ONE email under the size of 10 MB to info@cowhousestudios.com
You will be contacted by a Cow House Studios representative to confirm receipt of your application within five working days. Successful applicants will be contacted by Monday, April 17th, 2023.
The well-equipped black & white darkroom is capable of making prints up to 50 x 60 cm (20 x 24 in), and our computer lab consists of Apple Macintosh computers, a high-resolution film scanner, an Epson 9500 printer, Adobe Creative Suite, and wireless broadband. We have three Fuji X-T4 Digital cameras with a variety of lenses, a selection of tripods, studio lights, and seamless background papers. Artists may also use our various manual, and electric hand tools, including a table saw, miter saw, router, wood plane, circular saw, jigsaw, a variety of sanders, and power drills, in addition to a selection of clamps fasteners and glues.
Supplies provided at the studio include a selection of papers including newsprint, 100, 150 & 300-gram cartridge paper, 300-gram watercolor paper, and a selection of colored A3 pastel papers. We also have 10 oz (339 gram) unprimed cotton canvas that measures 183cm wide. The studio is stocked with student-grade watercolor & gouache by Reeves, a variety of water-based inks by Winsor Newton, Daler Rowney System 3 acrylic paint, student-grade oil paint by Winsor Newton, solvent, gesso, and a variety of mediums.
Students and artists alike may avail of disposable paint palettes, palette knives, brushes, and oil dippers. Additionally, the studio is also regularly stocked to ensure we have plenty of darkroom chemicals, ink for the printers, graphite pencils, charcoal, color pencils, watercolor pencils, oil pastels, chalk pastels, markers, erasers, scissors, sharp Exacto knives, cutting mats, masking tape, drawing clips, fixative and PVA glue, A3 & A1 size drawing boards and easels.
Building or hardware supplies can be ordered and delivered by a local builder’s supply.
- Documented results outlining the context and expectations for the program.
- Facilitated engagements with members of the community.
- A €1000 stipend for each selected practitioner or collaborative group.
- A private room and studio for each selected practitioner or collaborative group.
- Three delicious and healthy meals are provided daily.*
*Breakfast and lunch are self-service, while dinner is enjoyed as a group and served by Caitriona or Frank. All food is lovingly prepared in our kitchen.
Cow House Studios is located on the O’Gorman family farm. Rosie’s parents, Michael and Mary, live next door, and Michael still works the land. There is a family atmosphere at the Cow House, we have three very friendly dogs, as well as three cats, a horse, and a peacock, and we occasionally have family and friends visiting.
