RESIDENT I - A Colstoun Residency Group Exhibition

An exhibition at Colstoun House presenting the inaugural group of artists invited to the Colstoun Residency, each responding to the estate’s unique landscape, architecture, and history.

Each year Colstoun Arts invites 6-8 artists to spend a month or more at our family home to produce a cohesive body of work inspired by the house, grounds, and local landscape, history and folklore. The residency team work with each artist to provide personalised learning and development, introductions to industry experts, trips in Scotland, and general guidance / support based on their specific goals. The Colstoun experience goes well beyond traditional residency models, welcoming our artists to become part of our family, experiencing real life at Colstoun alongside us through everyday social and communal interactions. Whilst also providing access to a calm environment with top class studio facilities to push their practice.

The Colstoun Arts programme offers a unique experience for each artist. For emerging artists, the focus may be strategising early career planning or exploring technical practices. For established artists it may be a creative break, or the chance to work on a personal or upcoming exhibition body of work. For others it may be the space and solitude to discover new inspiration and new nature. The relaxed format means we enable our artists to make their residency experience right for them, supporting them where and when they need it.