Each year SWERVE invites visual artists and writers to our live-work space in Skibbereen for short residencies.
The residencies are by invitation only. NT AND DIGITAL FORMATS. WE ALSO INVITE INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS AND WRITERS TO CONTRIBUTE. HOWEVER, THERE IS MUCH MORE TO US:
Resident Artists and Writers 2025
HENNY LEES
SARAH LONG
JASON STONEKING
Jason Stoneking is an American poet and performer based in Paris. He has published several collections of poetry and essays, and has been performing his work live for more than 30 years. Recently, his practice has concentrated on the creation of handwritten and site-specific texts.
W: Jason Stoneking
I: Jasonstonekingthepoet
SARAH BYRNE
Sarah Byrne is a Cork-born writer based in the south of France. Her work appears widely, including in The Irish Times, The New Statesman, Poetry Ireland Review, and The Irish Examiner. Winner of over ten literary prizes, she is completing an Irish Gothic novel and founded The Disaster School in 2025.
JONATHAN WONHAM
Jonathan Wonham is a Scottish poet living in the UK. He has published several poetry collections, most recently two books about the Gaza genocide. He is also the publisher of 'Diary of a Spice Seller', a memoir of two years surviving genocide by Mohammed Yasser al-Batniji, a teenager from Gaza.
Instagram: jonathanwonham
Threads: jonathanwonham
ARTISTS AND WRITERS-IN-RESIDENCE
Resident Artist/Writers 2024
CHARLOTTE MALIK
London sculptor, exhibited her work, FEED, a soft sculpture installation, as part of Skibbereen Arts Festival.
HANNAH HOARE
writer, based in Blaydon-on -Tyne UK, gave a reading from her dystopian novel, Parahumanity, as part of Skibbereen Arts Festival.
JASON STONEKING
an American poet based in Paris, gave a reading of his site specific poetry at THE LIT LOUNGE.
W: Jason Stoneking
Insta: Jasonstonekingthepoet
SHAHD KARAEEN
British/Palestinian poet, gave a reading from her poetry publication, White Shoes, at the LIT LOUNGE.
W: ShahdKaraeen
Insta: ShahdMah850