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This essay by Cleo Fagen, Founder and Director of Superprojects looks at the experiences of two artist residency programmes in London.

Visual Artist, Vanya Lambrecht Ward, explores the creative and intellectual value of origami

Actor and Playwright John McCarthy reflects on the experience of working with young people on the The Young Playwrights Programme in Cork.

Playwright and Novelist Frances Kay reflects on the process of writing and staging a play about the First World War for young audiences with Theatre Lovett

Artist Clare Breen reflects on the experience of creating The Breadfellows Chats methodology during her artist’s residency in St. Ibar’s National School

Professor Dónal O Donoghue, University of British Columbia, explores the educational potential of contemporary art through Nan Goldin’s work.

Director of the Education Commission and the International Research Agency, Professor Anne Bamford, examines how the arts can support educational objectives in a changing world.

Based on the AHRC Cultural Value Project and report, Professor Geoffrey Crossick, Distinguished Professor of the Humanities School of Advanced Study, University of London outlines how we should approach assigning value to arts and culture.

In this essay, Maria Corbett, PhD candidate with the School of Law at National University of Ireland, Galway and former Legal and Policy Director with the Children’s Rights Alliance, explores whether children have a right to culture under the International Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Contemporary dance artist (choreographer and performer) and teacher, Dr Mary Nunan, reflects on the role of and support for dance in education settings.

Helen O’Donoghue, Senior Curator & Head of Engagement & Learning Programmes, Irish Museum of Modern Art considers the importance of giving children the opportunity to engage with art in real life in an increasingly digital world.

In this essay, Post-primary art teacher, Kieran Gallagher reflects on how engaging with art in a gallery setting affected students’ relationship with art and his own approach to teaching.

Dr Carmel Brennan, Head of Training and Practice, Early Childhood Ireland reviews the place of art in the early childhood curriculum. In this critical essay, commissioned by Arts in Education Portal, Dr Carmel Brennan reviews the place of art in the early childhood curriculum. The paper draws on the metaphor of theatre to firstly describe the evolving understanding of education and learning that sets the stage for critical engagement with the arts for young children, it reconnects with the competencies, skills and dispositions of very young children who are the principle actors and finally reviews the performance possibilities, the experience of artists and educators working together, the questions raised and the opportunities going forward


!!!! The Art of Not Knowing in Learning Environments: In praise of artist residencies in schools’ – Cleo Fagan

This essay by Cleo Fagen, Founder and Director of Superprojects looks at the experiences of two artist residency programmes in London.

!!!! The Value of Folding – Vanya Lambrecht Ward

Visual Artist, Vanya Lambrecht Ward, explores the creative and intellectual value of origami

!!!! Their Brains on Paper: Mentoring nine Young playwrights in writing, watching and hearing – John McCarthy

Actor and Playwright John McCarthy reflects on the experience of working with young people on the The Young Playwrights Programme in Cork.

!!!! ‘Feast Of Bones’ A Writer’s Perspective – Frances Kay

Playwright and Novelist Frances Kay reflects on the process of writing and staging a play about the First World War for young audiences with Theatre Lovett

!!!! Learning through Listening – Clare Breen

Artist Clare Breen reflects on the experience of creating The Breadfellows Chats methodology during her artist’s residency in St. Ibar’s National School

!!!! When Contemporary Art Educates: Reading Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency – Professor Dónal O Donoghue

Professor Dónal O Donoghue, University of British Columbia, explores the educational potential of contemporary art through Nan Goldin’s work.

!!!! The Role of Arts in a Changing Educational Landscape – Professor Anne Bamford

Director of the Education Commission and the International Research Agency, Professor Anne Bamford, examines how the arts can support educational objectives in a changing world.

!!!! How should we value Arts and Culture? – Professor Geoffrey Crossick

Based on the AHRC Cultural Value Project and report, Professor Geoffrey Crossick, Distinguished Professor of the Humanities School of Advanced Study, University of London outlines how we should approach assigning value to arts and culture.

!!!! Children’s Right to Culture: A paradigm shift – Maria Corbett

In this essay, Maria Corbett, PhD candidate with the School of Law at National University of Ireland, Galway and former Legal and Policy Director with the Children’s Rights Alliance, explores whether children have a right to culture under the International Convention on the Rights of the Child.

!!!! The Dance of the Poetic and the Practical: Reflections on Dance-in-Education in Ireland – Dr. Mary Nunan

Contemporary dance artist (choreographer and performer) and teacher, Dr Mary Nunan, reflects on the role of and support for dance in education settings.

!!!! Eavesdropping on Children in Galleries – Helen O’Donoghue

Helen O’Donoghue, Senior Curator & Head of Engagement & Learning Programmes, Irish Museum of Modern Art considers the importance of giving children the opportunity to engage with art in real life in an increasingly digital world.

!!!! Teaching Through Contemporary Art – Kieran Gallagher

In this essay, Post-primary art teacher, Kieran Gallagher reflects on how engaging with art in a gallery setting affected students’ relationship with art and his own approach to teaching.

!!!! Artistic Enquiry in Early Childhood Education – Dr Carmel Brennan

Dr Carmel Brennan, Head of Training and Practice, Early Childhood Ireland reviews the place of art in the early childhood curriculum. In this critical essay, commissioned by Arts in Education Portal, Dr Carmel Brennan reviews the place of art in the early childhood curriculum. The paper draws on the metaphor of theatre to firstly describe the evolving understanding of education and learning that sets the stage for critical engagement with the arts for young children, it reconnects with the competencies, skills and dispositions of very young children who are the principle actors and finally reviews the performance possibilities, the experience of artists and educators working together, the questions raised and the opportunities going forward