Deadline 15th June 2025.

Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) is delighted to announce the fifth year of residency in partnership with Bothy Project in October 2025. This opportunity offers a Visual Arts Scotland member the chance to spend a week-long residency at Sweeney’s Bothy, a simple off grid building in unique surroundings on the stunning Isle of Eigg, part of the Scottish Inner Hebrides.

Sweeney’s Bothy is situated on croft land, where its elevated position in Cleadale, close to Eigg’s northern tip, influenced a design that incorporates a large window offering scenic views of the Isle of Rum. The building was developed in collaboration with artist Alec Finlay as part of Creative Scotland’s Year of Natural Scotland in 2013. This dedicated off-grid artist residency space is purpose-built to offer practitioners in visual arts, craft and design, music, literature, and performance, as well as thinkers, researchers, and people local to each Bothy, direct creative engagement with the Scottish wilderness.

The residency will take place from the 4th – 11th October 2025 and all reasonable travel up to £250 and accommodation costs are included. There will also be a £720 artist fee provided by VAS for the successful applicant.

For more information and application link visit Visual Arts Scotland.