Call for Creative Residency proposals goes live

Call out to all creative practitioners across Cornwall and beyond

Krowji, Cornwall’s leading creative hub and part of the Creative Kernow charity group, have partnered with Cornwall Council to offer up to four funded creative residencies in a former estate workers cottage at Tehidy Country Park starting from October 2024.

Offering creatives the opportunity to embed themselves at Tehidy for residencies of up to 3, this is the very first Creative Residency Programme of its kind to take place in the cottage at Tehidy. Having been carefully designed and developed with the help of the highly experienced studio management team at Krowji, the aim is to provide creatives with a new and exciting platform to progress their career and contribute towards the growth of Cornwall’s creative and cultural sector.

Nestled close to the edge of Tehidy Country Park, the largest woodland in West Cornwall, there are two former estate workers cottages which have recently been sensitively restored and renovated. Accommodation and studio space will be provided within one of these beautiful, characterful, and inspiring cottages. The artists will have access to a yard with open and covered workspaces in which hot works and the use of tools can take place, making these residencies suitable for a diverse range of practitioners.

Fiona Wotton, CEO of Creative Kernow, says ‘Residencies can be hard to find but represent an important part of any creative economy and can be a transformative step in a creative career. Creative Kernow is delighted its trading company/Creative hub, Krowji, is to take a leading role in the Tehidy Creative Residency programme which will contribute to our shared/charity group’s ambition to open Cornwall’s creative culture to all audiences across Cornwall and extend Cornwall’s unique creative offer’.

Seeking to increase public engagement with Tehidy Country Park, it is hoped that applicants will be interested in using their residency to address barriers to accessing the outdoors, raising awareness about the natural environment and wellbeing. Successful applicants/ artists in residence will be required to run workshops and social engagement activities and can make use of the residency cottage, garden, stunning nearby orchard and woodland for these activities, as well as the Community and Wellness Centre housed within the neighbouring cottage.

The intricacies of the seasonal changes as well as the unique sensory experiences of the woodland provide a wonderful pool of inspiration for artists whose practices are engaged in exploring the natural world, particularly Cornwall’s historic landscape. Artists applying for the creative residencies will be interested in engaging a wide range of people with the woodlands through creative means, this can include painting, drawing, sound work, poetry, sculpture and more.

If you would like to apply for one of these creative residencies within the unique, tranquil and energising setting of Tehidy Country Park, please follow the link for the application form and further information. Krowji & Cornwall Council - Tehidy Creative Residency Programme - Krowji

The Tehidy Creative Residency Programme is part of the Tehidy Creative Community and Wellness Initiative has received £ £188,856 from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK by investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperityfund-prospectus