Highland Boundary Fault Art Commission open for submissions
The Cove & Kilcreggan Arts and Heritage Groups (of the Our Community project) have been working over 2024 and are finally ready with their project. It involves commissioning a visual artist to create a permanent public artwork marking the Highland Boundary Fault, which is a significant geological feature of Scotland. The artwork would creatively interpret the idea of ‘signposting’ or ‘marking’ the Fault.
Shoreline of Cove & Kilcreggan from the water
History of the project:
The project was conceived as part of the Arts & Heritage Groups from the Our Community project. The funds for the commission were made possible due to a successful application for Heritage Lottery funding made by the Community Development Officer of the Our Community Project, Christine Menhennet (whose term has since reached completion).
Details of the HBF Commission:
The project includes a community walking event with a geologist, a Cove Park Saturday Studio workshop for children, and permanent labelling with QR codes for background information. The Highland Boundary Fault runs through the Rosneath Peninsula and marks the border between the Highlands and Lowlands, showcasing distinct landscape and cultural differences. The artwork will connect this site to other locations along the tectonic plate boundary, forming part of a network of site-responsive markers.
Applications are invited from interested artists willing to take on this commission which is at the intersection of land, heritage and community work.
For further details about the commission and application process, please click here: https://covepark.org/our-community-cove-and-kilcreggan-art-commission/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJZJqpleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHepMrD2icveQtQ3mGb41OmdW8XFPlSxhhlSf1UuiuDQlmhuylQB3mCgwvg_aem_vtTeAi5hUb8f6cVPBkTxWg
Deadline for applications is Thursday, 24th April 2025.
If you have any questions about the project, please get in touch with Cat Auburn, Cove and Kilcreggan Arts and Heritage Group, Our Community in Cove & Kilcreggan.