C is for Ceilidh

We are delighted to announce the launch of C is for Ceilidh Club – our new after-school club running Tuesdays 3.15-4.30pm at Abbeyhill Primary School. It is led by our traditional dance artist-in-residence Caroline Brockbank as part of our ongoing artist-in-residence programme. The first block of sessions will run at the school gym hall 17 …

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The story of Abbeyhill Primary School in murals

Back in 2006 Edinburgh-based artist Jane Phillips started a project which gave the Abbeyhill Primary School playground areas their magical woodland identity. Jane created Woodland (2006) – a series of outdoor murals and mosaics – in an informal collaboration with pupils and parents at the time. Jane ‘paved the playground’ for the contemporary art residency …

Imaginary Cityscape

Screenshot of Imaginary Cityscape It may be the first week of the Easter holiday at Abbeyhill Primary School but we will appreciate if you keep all your fingers crossed as we have just submitted our wonderful and award-worthy short film Imaginary Cityscape to be shortlisted and selected by the Youth Jury of the 14th annual …

WINDOWS, SCREENS & GREENS!

With just a week to go we are very pleased to announce the line-up of our festival exhibition and events by artists-in-residence at Abbeyhill Primary School – Dave Pratt, Sylwia Kowalczyk, Romy Danielewicz, Heather Rikic and Citadel Arts Group with special guest-artists Caroline Brockbank and Bernie Hewitt. For the last 16 years Abbeyhill Primary School …

Swifts-in-Residence

It may be the school holidays but Abbeyhill Primary School is buzzing with activity – our outdoor classroom is taking new shapes, trails and hillocks. We are reaching new heights not only on the ground but also as we lay the groundwork for welcoming new wildlife residents – a nesting pair of swifts-in-residence – as …

Help Us Take Up to the Skies

Contribute to the making of Up, Up and Away – a new monumental artwork by Dave Pratt, our illustrator-in-residence at Abbeyhill Primary School! Become part of the story of this school windows mural. It is to be launched as part of the 16th annual Colony of Artists on 18 and 19 September 2021 – our …

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 …

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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 …