Scotland-Ukraine Residencies: Etching Room 1

As part of the Scotland – Ukraine Art Residency Programme ESW is delighted to welcome the Ukrainian duo Etching Room 1 for a 6 week residency at ESW. The residency programme is a pilot programme for Ukrainian arts professionals A bespoke programme will be created for each participant, offering them time away from turmoil and a chance to reflect and think to the future for their own artistic practices, their organisations, and the wider art sector in Ukraine.

Etching Room1 is the artistic group founded in 2016 by two graphic artists Kristina Yarosh and Anna Khodkova in Kyiv, Ukraine who work with etching techniques and create mosaics and installations. Yarosh and Khodkova are working on a mosaic mural of illustrated tiles. Continuing their interest in street art and public art this mural will be be installed in one of the public spaces around ESW’s building offering passers by an unexpected encounter with contemporary art.

The residency programme is a pilot programme for Ukrainian arts professionals delivered in partnership between British Council Scotland, Creative Scotland and the Ukrainian Institute. A bespoke programme will be created for each participant, offering them time away from turmoil and a chance to reflect and think to the future for their own artistic practices, their organisations, and the wider art sector in Ukraine.

You can find out more about this programme here.

You can find out more about the Ukrainian Institute here