Planning Checklist

When planning a residency it may be useful to:-

• consult staff about their ideas and what they want
• decide on a set of aims - what the school as a whole wants to achieve
• check how the residency fits into whole school planning
• decide what facilities you can offer
• find out about sources of funding and make applications
• select an artist (look at a range - you might like to start with those listed on this website under "Directory of Practitioners")
• tell the artist:
  
  • what you want to do
  • how you envisage doing it
  • what facilities you can provide
  • the timescale, how many days and roughly when the residency will take place
  • the budget for materials
• set up initial meetings with the selected artist: exchange ideas
• invite the artist to submit a written proposal to the school
• agree a residency plan with the artist
• agree a materials list
• draw up a contract for services with the artist
• prepare for the residency: inform pupils, staff, parents and governors, mount an exhibition, stage the residency
• monitor progress
• evaluate on completion
• hold concluding event or exhibition
• finally: what changes do you wish to make to the delivery of the art and design curriculum as a result of the residency?