The Papdale Primary School Artist in Residency Scheme

The Papdale Primary School Artist in Residence Scheme has been co-funded by the Scottish Arts Council's pARTners Artist in Residency Programme and Orkney Islands Council.

The funding is for a year's post at Papdale Primary School in Kirkwall - and the brief for the residency includes 'the creation of artworks to complement a major refurbishment of the school buildings' and 'to develop innovative approaches to art in collaboration with the school children'.

The pARTners Scheme was set up in part to foster a greater understanding of how professional, practicing artists work on a day to day basis.

This is the first long term school-based arts residency in Orkney.

If you would like to find out more about the setting up of this post and learn more about Matilda Tumim and Christopher Prendergast's proposed intentions for their period of residency please read the feature article on the HI~Arts website written in June 2006 by Alistair Peebles on the Christil Trumpet Residency entitled Partners in Creation.

Related pages:

> Find out about the studio at Papdale

> About the artists in residence