Organizer Information:
The Museum of Loss and Renewal
Title & Description:
Air, Sea and Soil: MICRO–MACRO is a group residency exploring relationships between place, materiality, ecology, and creative practice within the Orkney Islands. Set amidst vast skies, archaeological landscapes, and Atlantic coastlines, the programme invites experimental approaches to making, thinking, and being in response to environmental, cultural, and climatic conditions.
Category:
Group Residency / Interdisciplinary Residency
Eligibility:
Open to creative practitioners and researchers from all disciplines with an interest in site-responsive, place-based, and experimental practices.
Program Benefits & Awards:
• Fully facilitated group residency programme
• Expert facilitator and multidisciplinary guest contributors
• Site-responsive working sessions (including archaeological sites)
• Guided walks, museum and gallery visits
• Shared ‘clean’ and ‘dirty’ workspaces
• Fully catered immersive experience
• Supportive, non-hierarchical learning environment
• Collective and individual (mentored) working sessions
• 5-star self-catering accommodation (single rooms)
Application Fee:
• £1,350 GBP per resident
Includes residency programme, accommodation, workspaces, and collection/return to nearest airport or ferry point
• 50% non-refundable deposit due within 3 weeks of offer
• Remaining balance due 8 weeks before start date
• Travel, insurance, visas, and production costs not included
• No external funding or fee assistance available
• Formal letters of invitation available to support funding applications
How to Apply?
Apply via the official online application form
(Feedback on unsuccessful applications cannot be provided)
Key Dates:
• Application Deadline: 1 March 2026
• Residency Dates: 20–27 June 2026
• Outcome communicated after application review
Location:
Palace Village, Birsay, Orkney, Scotland
(St Magnus Way pilgrimage route; Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site)
Additional Details:
• Programme includes collection and drop-off at Kirkwall Airport or Orkney Ferries
• Residents organise and fund their own travel to Orkney
• Residency operates on a non-commercial, cost-covering basis