Welcome to the Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF) Community Engagement blog! A site dedicated to showcasing our year-round creative work with groups, communities and schools in Edinburgh. 

 

As well as our year-round work, from 2019-2022 we have a special partnership project, building relationships in the Wester Hailes community, working with WHALE Arts, a community-led arts charity and social enterprise, and cultural anchor organisation for the area, whose mission is to be the creative heart of a vibrant, thriving community. Collaboratively we support community engagement in contemporary visual art in Wester Hailes, working towards a social artwork commission by Jeanne van Heeswijk, an artist committed to long-scale community-embedded projects. The project has co-creation with the community at its heart, and through activities and dialogue with community organisations, residents of all ages and local schools, explores fundamental local issues.

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Find out more about our wider learning and engagement programme on our festival website here.