WHAT: A programme of artists-in-residence at Abbeyhill Primary School + more
WHY: Spreading the wonder of contemporary arts to every pupil and teacher in and outside of the classroom
WHY: Curriculum for Excellence is about creating well-rounded learners, and excellence is not just defined by test scores, it involves the arts as well | Prof Andy Hargreaves | TESS No 2397 | 5 Dec 2014
HOW: Contributing to the global phenomenon of artists’ residencies
WHERE: Abbeyhill Primary School, Abbey Street, Edinburgh, EH7 5SJ, Scotland and occasionally off-site
WHEN: Sept 2013 – ongoing
SO: Always good things going on at @AbbeyhillPS | via Twitter
WOW: Highly innovative initiative | Education Scotland
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ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
David Barrington | Helena Barrett | Lorna Brown | Jan Bee Brown | Alicia Bruce* | Kate Burwell | Juliana Capes| Citadel Arts Group |Anna Danielewicz | Jolanta Dolewska | Zu Dominiak | Leighann Dudley | Nadia Ellingham | Naomi Garriock | Catherine Gemmell | Elisa Guietti | Dawid Gumula |Vlad Hasiu| Charlotte Intihar | Evelyn Jardine| Sylwia Kawalczyk | Luke Kersten | Lucy Ketchin-Edmondson | Sylwia Kolasinska | Lotte Kravitz| Ailsa Lochhead| Joanna Lubonska | Anton Lukoszevieze | Tessa Lynch | Denis Mallon| William Mazur | Clare McAllister | Russell Mclarty | Alice Myers| Kristin Mojsiewicz |Kate Nave |Kate and Sophie Owen | Aileen Paterson | Catherine Payton | Morna Pearson | Theresa Pickles | Martine Foltier Pugh | Sharon Quigley* | Rodney Relax| Poppy Richards | Oliver Ridgewell | Eleanor Robertson | Gill Smith | Jasmin Hannah Sutherland| Monika Szydlowska | Marilyn Wilson | Anna York
CURATOR-IN-RESIDENCE | Iliyana Nedkova
AN INITIATIVE OF: Iliyana Nedkova and Abbeyhill Primary School Parent Council
PART OF: The Annual Festival Colony of Artists
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH: Edinburgh Art Festival | Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh | Collective | Polish Contemporary Art Organisation |Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh | Marine Conservation Society | Traditional Dance Forum Scotland |Hollyrood Park Education Centre, Historic Environment Scotland | Schoolof Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh | University of the West of Scotland | Venture Photography Edinburgh | Curiouser and Curiouser | Awesome Folk Arts and Crafts | Happy Ears | Pipers of Edinburgh | Thinking Chocolate | Black Sheep Felt | The Alma Project | Leith Walk Primary School and Broomhouse Primary School*
SUPPORTED BY: Abbeyhill Colony of Artists Trust | Edinburgh Neighbourhood Partnership Community Fund |Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Edinburgh |Young Scot and Creative Scotland through Time To Shine Grant Fund| Young Scot through Future Routes Fund and Natural Heritage Scotland | Royal Society of Edinburgh | Vanessa Nias | Calton Youth Ministry Trust | Children & the Arts | Scotmid Co-operative | The National Lottery through the Big Lottery | Leith Walk Primary School and Broomhouse Primary School*
FACILITATED BY: Abbeyhill Primary School and Abbeyhill Primary School Parent Council
WEBSITE: Mare Tralla WORDS: Iliyana Nedkova IMAGES: Jar 22, Iliyana Nedkova, artists-in-residence, Abbeyhill Primary School parents, teachers and pupils
