Artists~Schools Guidelines is designed to provide practical guidelines that will empower artists and teachers to work in structured and respectful partnerships with young people in order to enhance their learning, enrich their experience of the arts and develop their creativity. These guidelines stand on the shoulders of exciting practice in this field, pioneered in Ireland, since the 1970s. They are also the product of recent fruitful dialogue between the Arts Council and the Department of Education and Science. One outcome of that dialogue was the identification, in late 2004, of a shared interest in the developing tradition of collaborations between artists and teachers. That common interest bred a commitment to develop comprehensive guidelines to support such interactions in a structured and systematic way. To that end - and consistent with the spirit of partnership - a Steering Committee and a Core Group were established to facilitate the devising and dissemination of the Artists~Schools Guidelines that follow. The Core Group was both a reservoir of information and a source of inspiration throughout the process. Download the pdf HERE.