Description
Active since 2002, we support established women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40, who face some kind of need in the continued development of their work. This need might be personal, domestic, financial or political.
We provide this support primarily, but not exclusively, through short-term residencies.
Since our inception we have hosted, on average, nine women residents a year at Church Cottage, our small eighteenth-century cottage in the peaceful village of Clifford Chambers, two miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon.
The cottage is comfortable, private and well-appointed and includes a small well-lit studio and garden. It provides a welcome break from normal routine or disruption and the perfect setting for creative contemplation and focus.
We aim to appoint women of mature originality over the age of 40 who have achieved significant work in their chosen field but who currently find progress difficult.
The studio annexe attached to the cottage is tiny, so is best suited to those working on a small scale.