Partner Residencies

ResidenciesThe Hugo Burge Foundation offers fully-funded Residencies throughout the year at our dedicated studios in the spectacular Scottish Borders. We support the development of new and exciting work across all artforms.2026 Residency ProgrammeOur residency application cycle for 2026 is now finished. We will be updating the website in September with the residency schedule for 2027.We will be offering over 20 residences in 2026, ranging from visual arts to spoken word and beyond. We hope to offer a serene and supportive environment for all residents who join us. We have created an Information Pack to tell you everything you need to know about our upcoming residencies and answer questions about the application process, eligibility, and life at HBF. Click here to view our Residency Information Pack. Visit our Submittable for the Full List of Residencies and ApplyWe also offer access support funds to those who might need an access support worker to complete their application. Please email [email protected] to enquire.To view the full descriptions of upcoming residencies and begin your application, please select the Apply Now button below.‍This is hosted in our StudiosApplication deadline: Apply Now‍Partner ResidenciesWe are honoured to be partnering with a group of exciting arts organisations for a series of shared residencies. Our goal is to celebrate our shared commitment to fostering creative talent and providing artists with the time, space, and resources they need to develop bold, innovative work.‍Borders Art Fair Residency (February 9th 2026 - March 8th 2026) - This residency is a partnership with Borders Art Fair.This opportunity also includes a fully funded 3m x 2m exhibition stand at the Borders Art Fair 2026. To learn more and apply visit: bordersartfair.comSummerhall Arts New Writing for Theatre (May 18th to June 14th 2026) - This residency includes four weeks at HBF and then an additional week of performance space, mentorship, and a fee of £1000 to engage collaborators at Summerhall Arts in Edinburgh, an organisation renowned for their Fringe programme, visual arts, and for their dynamic and community-focused platform for artists and creative practitioners.Edinburgh Art Festival Artist Award (May 18th to June 14th 2026) - We will be partnering with EAF for a residency, at the Hugo Burge Foundation as part of the award, alongside professional mentorship, development and longer-term embedded research opportunities through EAF.Royal Society of Sculptors Residency (June 22nd to July 15th 2026)– This residency is a partnership with the RSS who will select one of their members to join us. To learn more, visit https://sculptors.org.ukHBF x Anamot Press Residency (August 24th to September 19th 2026) - This writing residency comes with mentorship from Anamot Press, an independent small press based in London that publishes poetry and prose on queer experiences across borders and other stories told with no shame.‍Past ResidentsWe have welcomed artists, writers and performers from across the UK and beyond to our studios in the beautiful Berwickshire countryside.Ade AdesinaAde took over our Old Squash Court studio as part of a commission residency to create a limited run print inspired by Marchmont House, using lino drilling and cutting techniques to create fascinating detail. Staying with his young family, Ade had lots of help in the studio and explored the whole estate.Learn more about Ade AdesinaAnya BlissAnya joined us for a four-week residency supported by artist Charles Poulsen via a call out by Axis who support and encourage early career artists. As part of her practice Anya works with a variety of materials, typically creating sculptures and installations, which are used to produce artworks that could be described as forms of art-activism. Anya’s work at Marchmont included an eco-performance exploring our relationship to the dirt and the importance of topsoil regeneration. She was subsequently invited to Harrogate Art Fair to showcase the performance with co-creator Annabel Whightman.Learn more about Anya BlissDr Kerry AndrewKerry spent four weeks working from our Tower Studio on one of our first writing residencies for established authors of fiction. 'My residency at MMF was deeply enriching and productive. It gave me the great luxury of a separate (and beautiful!) space to work in, and stunning natural surroundings to walk in. I was inspired by the resident and local makers to be much more creatively hands-on in the tower, leaving my laptop in my accommodation and working with pens, notepads, post-it notes and a visual plot-board. I'd do it again in a heartbeat!'Learn more about Dr Kerry AndrewEmma HislopEmma spent three weeks working from Fogo Cottage, the studio space set up by Rory McEwen thanks to a residency partnership with WASPS studios. Emma focussed on interconnectivity between history, art and society; looking into the links between objects, materials, forms and apparatus. While interacting with the creative community here I’ve felt how important it is to cross pollinate others knowledge and differing crafts/practices. This lead to me learning woodturning with the Marchmont Workshop alongside getting etching inspiration from Rory McEwen’s lobster and developing patterns and motifs from Thomas Claytons plasterwork.Learn more about Emma HislopNoel GriffinNoel joined us on a residency in partnership with Society of Scottish Artists. His work responded to the pastoral landscape of the Marchmont Estate, particularly reflecting on the cycles of life and death in nature and our entanglement with the non-human. This residency has been a fantastic opportunity to experiment with new ideas and processes. I have been greatly inspired by the incredible landscape and spaces of Marchmont and the creative community and I know my time here will influence my practice for many years to come.Learn more about Noel GriffinThomas MerrettWe were privileged to have Thomas Merrett sta