Up, Up and Away

It is the last day of term at Abbeyhill Primary School before the Christmas holidays! What better way to say farewell to an extraordinary 2020 by unvealing our plans for a new school-wide project to start in the New Year led by our new artist-in-residence Dave Pratt supported by a 10 Villages Community Grant. Titled …

Glow in the Dark

Have you seen the windows of Abbeyhill Primary School glow in the dark? They look as if covered in graffiti of golden dust. Perhaps, this is golden nectar for the colonies of bees created by all pupils – from Nursery to Primary 7 – led by Ieuan Scott-Woodhouse and all the school staff. We released …

Cover Artist

Meet Dave Pratt - our new artist-in-residence at Abbeyhill Primary School who is about to embark on his project with the ambition to involve all age groups - from Nursery to Primary 7. Intrigued? Follow us here as we will reveal the details of Dave's residency soon. In the meantime, you may all be familar …

Gardens are the New Galleries

Bob and Roberta Smith Gardens are the new galleries and museums, especially amidst a pandemic as the artist and activist known as Bob and Roberta Smith has stated in his latest iconic work featured here. Just a month after we reimagined the gardens of the Abbeyhill colony houses rather than their living rooms as the …

Open Beta Map App for Doors Open Days

Another weekend – another festival. But firstly, thank you to everyone who came along to the 15th Colony of Artists festival weekend on 19th and 20th September 2020 and followed our track and trace guidance to ensure a safe and fun Garden Party was had by all. Iliyana Nedkova, curator-in-residence at Abbeyhill Primary School. Photo: …

At a Glance

Every third weekend in September for the last 15 years we have opened the doors of Abeyhill Primary School – with its two Victorian buildings and large playground – as one of the exhibition venues of the Colony of Artists festival. In these COVID-19 times when even our Colony of Artists bee mascot knows how …

Maisie of Abbeyhill

How did our artists-in-residence at Abbeyhill Primary School start? In short, it was prompted by the Colony of Artists and the Abbeyhill cats at our doorstep! We started in 2013/14 with only five artists-in-residence and one cat – the original Maisie McKenzie puppet. Since then we have welcome over 50 professional artists (and quite a …

Skating, maps and history

What do the Abbeyhill Murally People and the artists-in-residence at Abbeyhill Primary School share? A passion for skating, maps and local history? To find out you can soon download our new map app Our Holyrood Park and explore our new street art trail – both a brand new feature of this year's Colony of Artists …

‘Abbeyhill, the terrific school!’

Can't wait until the 15th anniversary Colony of Artists festival opens its garden doors on 19 September 2020 to see our entire new festival exhibition Windows and Screens at Abbeyhill Primary School? Can't wait to see our new festival exhibition which has taken over the windows of the school and the area while reaching out …

POLSKI

With less than a week to the launch of Colony of Artists – our safe, socially-distanced festival weekend – we would like to give you a sneak preview of our special Windows and Screens exhibition contribution. Windows and Screens is our creative and responsible response to the smallest biggest disruptor which has prevented us from …