This project encourages the breakdown of barriers between communities through the process of the collaborative production and exploration of community mapping. In 2000 - 2001 six artists and twelve schools took part in the project.

"At the core of the project is play. Playing with nature, and its elements, water, sand, fire, light; the basic elements of our natural world/environment create imaginative spaces for children. Exploring the qualities of materials such as by drawing with charcoal, one of the oldest and most traditional of art materials and by playing with the art elements, line, shade, texture and colour, the project has placed importance on the sensual and tactile in young children's interaction with the world."


Helen O'Donoghue, Senior Curator

Education and Community Programmes

Irish Museum of Modern Art

from the exhibitionguide

Read about this exhibition on the IMMA website: http://www.modernart.ie/en/page_19417.htm"

View more about this project at http://kidsown.ie/mmm/

"The validity of the central concept, namely that artist-led map-making in schools can deliver skills and creativity in the use of ICT and non-ICT media, cross-border links and understanding, and a greater awareness of their own area and that of their partner school, was emphatically proved."

- Belinda Loftus
Independent Evaluation of Multimedia Maps