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Residencies in Action

The Residencies in Action CD Rom was commissioned by Swansea Arts in Education along with a website. The job of producing the CD was run as a project with the schools and the children were involved in many aspects of the production which included images text, sound and video. The splash screen and the introduction for the CD can be seen below.

Introduction

Many residencies across art forms have taken place each year in the City and County of Swansea. Some are initiated by schools or artists, and Summer Silver, Autumn Gold, that took place in Grange Primary, was one such project. Other projects have been part of the County’s three year Arts for All residency programme funded by the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Division. The environmental art project that took place in Bishopston Comprehensive and the music residency that took place in Portmead Primary were both Arts for All residencies.
In addition the county has developed a series of two-day “taster” residencies to encourage greater participation in the programme. The two projects from Pontlliw Primary were both “taster” residencies, the Green Art project being for Key Stage 1 and the Josef Herman being for Key Stage 2 children.
The children’s involvement has been vital in the production of this CD. They have been instrumental in sharing their own experiences and their skill, hard work and enthusiasm is graphically documented. Please enjoy what they have to say.

Aims

To pilot an ICT project in which children record and evaluate their own arts residencies.

Objectives

To promote the Policy in Action for Arts in Education in the City and Council of Swansea.
To promote the use of ICT in recording arts projects.
To celebrate and disseminate good practice.
To investigate approaches for pupils and teachers to record and evaluate their own arts projects.
To evaluate the ICT project in order to formulate recommendations that will shape future policy.