2023/24 Bursary Recipients
It’s that time of year again!
We are delighted to announce the 2023/24 Workshop Bursaries recipients are…..
✨ Becky Robertson
✨ Sophie Williamson
✨ Chloe Tallack
✨ Louise Mouat
This is the fourth year of running Workshop Bursaries, and it is not getting any easier! This year there were 20 applications from Shetland Artists, which demonstrated once again the incredible breadth of creative practice present across the isles. Our team had the braaly hard task of selecting just 4 recipients from the submissions received….. and even after 4 years it does not get any easier!
These Workshop Bursaries will enable each of these artists to access specialist facilities and one-to-one support to explore new ideas and new ways of making at the Toogs Artist Workshop in Burra. These bursaries projects are made possible through the continuing support from Creative Scotland + Shetland Charitable Trust - thank you!
Bursaries will take place throughout 2023/24 and we look forward to sharing more from these artists on the Workshop Bursary Page, as well as on Gaada’s socials and newsletter.
However if you simply cannot wait - you can check out the posts below for Bursary recipients from previous years! ☟
Becky shares her Bursary journey and how she came to terms with the idea that she is an Artist, in her own right.
For his 2022/23 Bursary, artist Stuart Thomson shares how he used the A.I. image generation tool, Dall-e, to produce a zine exploring text prompts and emerging images in the style of Harry Clarke.
Recent graduate + artist Elouise Spooner shares her experience producing a new risograph publication during her Gaada Workshop Bursary.
Artist Sammy Paloma set the 2022/23 Gaada Workshop Bursaries in motion, playfully exploring drawing, risograph and photopolymer etching during her sessions.
Shetland artist Aimee Labourne gives us an insight into her recent VACMA project at Gaada.
Three artist editions produced in the Gaada workshop are part of a new exhibition at Sweden’s leading centre for design and crafts.