NEIGHBOURHOOD OUTDOOR ARTS’ RESIDENCY

This is the second iteration of an outdoor arts residency led by Feral aimed at Scotland based artists interested in developing outdoor performance projects responding to their local neighbourhood.

Feral have a track record of programming and producing dynamic artistic work for outdoor contexts. This residency opportunity stems from an interest in stimulating resources for artists to cultivate and
present artistic work that happens out-with the limits of physical buildings and offers a lens to reimagine public space.

The ‘Neighbourhood Residency’ is a 2-week funded outdoor arts residency for an artist interested in researching a new piece of work designed to respond to their own neighbourhood. The residency is
self-led and open to artists working specifically within the field of contemporary performance including dance, live art, visual theatre, circus, or interdisciplinary practice.

This project is supported through a programme of work delivered by Feral and funded by Creative Scotland.

RESIDENCY LOCATION
This residency will take place in between April – June 2026 and is open to individual artists or collectives interested in exploring, researching, and testing creative projects designed to be
experienced in outdoor contexts using their local neighbourhood as stimuli.

OFFER
The selected artist will receive:
*A fee of £3750 for artists and their collaborators to spend on residency preparation, research and delivery. (Calculated at X0.5 Prep Week: £750 per week X2 collaborators per residency = £750 / X2 Residency Weeks: £750 per week X2 weeks X2 collaborators = £3000)
*A materials budget of £500.
*Contribution towards local Travel: £150
*Additional Access costs (as applicable) to undertake the residency.
*2 Mentoring Sessions with an Outdoor Arts Mentor of your choosing. (Calculated at X2 Sessions @£125 (4 hour call of £250 day rate) = £250)
*Producing support from Feral to undertake the residency and investigate routes for further development of the project.
*Opportunity to share your research with local audiences. There is no expectation that there will be a public facing outcome to your residency, however, there is an invitation to share information on
your project. This could take the form of a work in progress presentation, a talk or discussion, sharing of research, a filmed work or a different kind of event or contribution proposed by the artist.
*Feral will support the artists to secure all necessary permissions to work at their chosen site

Location: All Scotland

For further information, please contact weareferal@outlook.com (Feral), or visit https://www.feralarts.co.uk/opportunities

Deadline Sunday 11 January 2026 at 05:00.