Australian Art Education Vol. 32, Special Edition, 2009

Primary Focus - A Partnership Model for Artists in Schools
Miranda Free, School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University
Dr. Glenda Nalder, School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University
Lee Fullarton, Education Queensland & Primary Arts Network, Ipswich

Abstract

Increasing marginalisation of visual arts in primary education curriculum and low incomes traditionally experienced by artists have led to compensatory funding to encourage professional partnerships. International research reports on a range of partnership models that seek increase understanding of and efficacy in using the Arts to expand the repertoire of techniques available to teachers. Primary Focus, a partnership between a teacher professional body and a regional Gallery, arose from a shared interest in facilitating and sustaining quality artist in residence projects in primary schools. This paper reports on an evaluative study that incorporates a participatory action research dimension to generate quantitative and qualitative data to enable the impact of artist in residence projects on learning achievement to be substantiated.

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