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Residency Opportunity at Fort Dunree, Donegal, Ireland

There is an ongoing historical relationship with the people of Scotland, particularly Glasgow, and the people in the North-West of Ireland, particularly Donegal. Through this exchange programme, we are opening up opportunities to explore, amongst other things, historical and contemporary cultural and economic links, landscape and place-making, the ‘remote’ and the ‘centre’, as well as the sustainability of communities in rural and urban areas.

Street Level Photoworks in collaboration with Artlink (Ireland), are delighted to announce the second exchange residency with an open call to photographers or artists working with photography for a one-month residency to take place in Ireland between September and December 2025. A reciprocal residency will see an Irish artist undertake a residency in Scotland within the same period.

Residency Structure
This opportunity includes a funded one-month stay for one photographer from Scotland in Ireland through Artlink. Artlink will offer time, space and professional support for work, reflection, research and experimentation. It is recommended that this takes place in two fortnight blocks.

Dates for Scottish artist in Ireland: one month between September 2025 and December 2025

In line with our environmental policy, we recommend that land and sea be used for travel. Street Level and Artlink can advise further.

Please note that a call for the Irish artist in Scotland is being made concurrently with this.

Information on Host Organisation
Artlink is a thriving artist-led visual arts organisation based at the stunning cliff-top location of Fort Dunree. It supports local, national, and international artists by providing a platform for innovative projects, including solo exhibitions and residencies. Through these residencies, artists can research, experiment, and create new work while enriching the local arts community. With exhibitions, workshops, and community projects, Artlink fosters partnerships on multiple levels, strengthening the region’s artistic and economic landscape.

More information on Artlink here: www.artlink.ie

Guidelines

Fees & Support - Scottish Artist in Donegal
Artlink will offer time, space and professional support for work, reflection, research and experimentation, and access to production facilities.

Fees: The residency opportunity covers fee, accommodation and travel.

Residency fee is £3500, which is inclusive of per diems and travel. This also includes rights for any public display of outcomes, whether in digital or exhibition form. 

Accommodation is included on top of the fee and is provided by Artlink (please note accommodation is off-site).

For full guidelines, eligibility, and application form click here

Selection
Deadline for submission of applications with all support material: 28th July 2025 at midnight.

We expect to announce the selection by 5th August.

This residency is part of an ongoing partnership between Artlink and Street Level Photoworks and is funded by core costs to the organisations from the Arts Council of Ireland and Creative Scotland.