Schools
Latest news and events from our schools programme
We offer an exciting, varied programme of introductions, tours, and workshops (subject to capacity) designed to engage and inspire curiosity across nursery, primary, and secondary levels, all completely free of charge. With multiple exhibitions throughout the year, Talbot Rice Gallery presents a rich range of themes, art forms, and ideas.
Each workshop is closely linked to the current exhibition and aligned with the Curriculum for Excellence, focusing on exploring, experiencing, discussing, and making, with activities and conversations shaped by the art around us.
Take a look below at the impact of our school engagement programme during our most recent exhibitions.
Granton Primary School
We worked in collaboration with artist Eden Bø Dower to create learning experiences through gallery based and creative workshops for Multicultural Family Base Young Ambassadors, Preston Street Primary P6 and Royal Mile Primary P7.
Using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as our starting point, each participant selected a children’s right at random and explored how it related to artworks in the gallery through discussion and interactive activities. We then created collages to visually express the meaning of the right we had been given, experimenting with the arrangement of images and words to communicate ideas and develop our own unique perspectives and artworks.
Using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as our starting point, each participant selected a children’s right at random and explored how it related to artworks in the gallery through discussion and interactive activities. We then created collages to visually express the meaning of the right we had been given, experimenting with the arrangement of images and words to communicate ideas and develop our own unique perspectives and artworks.
Workshop with Preston Street Primary, Royal Mile Primary and Multicultural Family Base Young Ambassadors
We worked in collaboration with artist Eden Bø Dower to create learning experiences through gallery based and creative workshops for Multicultural Family Base Young Ambassadors, Preston Street Primary P6 and Royal Mile Primary P7.
Using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as our starting point, each participant selected a children’s right at random and explored how it related to artworks in the gallery through discussion and interactive activities. We then created collages to visually express the meaning of the right we had been given, experimenting with the arrangement of images and words to communicate ideas and develop our own unique perspectives and artworks.
Using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as our starting point, each participant selected a children’s right at random and explored how it related to artworks in the gallery through discussion and interactive activities. We then created collages to visually express the meaning of the right we had been given, experimenting with the arrangement of images and words to communicate ideas and develop our own unique perspectives and artworks.
Granton Primary School
We worked in partnership with two P3 classes from Granton Primary School to discover the work of Wael Shawky. The gallery was full with laughter, colour and creativity as students dreamed up their own special characters inspired by Wael Shawky's marionettes and brought them to life with help from artist Eden Bø Dower. Thank you to all the young storytellers who took part and reminded us how magical art can be.
Clovenstone Primary School
Over the course of 7 sessions, 35 children from Primary 6 and 7 classes explored contemporary art, learning about different roles in the cultural sector, and discovering what it means to be an artist today.
As part of the project, the children visited Walker & Bromwich / Searching for a Change of Consciousness and met the artists, learning about community focused work that highlights environmental and social justice, art as protest, celebration, and hope. The children even created their own costumes and became part of the artwork themselves - an unforgettable experience for everyone.
As part of the project, the children visited Walker & Bromwich / Searching for a Change of Consciousness and met the artists, learning about community focused work that highlights environmental and social justice, art as protest, celebration, and hope. The children even created their own costumes and became part of the artwork themselves - an unforgettable experience for everyone.
