Eigg Box will be a workspace on Eigg for island-based artists and creative businesses to share with visiting artists from Scotland and beyond. As well as different sized work spaces, Eigg Box might also have a small exhibition area.

Other similar (mainland) projects have shown providing high quality, custom built working space increases productivity, reduces isolation, and offers tenants the opportunity to share costs, collaborate and pitch for work jointly. Time spent as a visiting artist-in-residence can motivate, transform and inspire creative practice, and bring new skills and perspective to a local community.

The scope, scale and operation of Eigg Box will be informed by what potential users want and need; whether they’re already living on Eigg, might live there or simply want to come and spend some time on the island as an artist in residence.

To help develop the idea, we’ve created a short online survey. It’s only ten questions long, so hopefully is easy to complete. The information it has provided so far has been invaluable to the planning and development of Eigg Box, and we welcome more.

For more information on Eigg Box go to www.eiggbox.com

To complete the survey go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NK5ZYN5

For further information, please contact lucy@isleofeigg.net (Lucy Conway), or call +44 (0)1687 482 414, or visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NK5ZYN5.

Source: Lucy Conway