ABSTRACT
The Rosendale Odyssey, a media arts in education project, took place from October 1995 to December 1996, as a collaboration between Rosendale Infants School, in Lambeth, South London and the Photographers’ Gallery.1 My post was established through the Arts Council Media Arts in Education Scheme and part of my brief was to evaluate the Rosendale Odyssey. My evaluation of the project continued until July 1997 and this account is based on my involvement over the whole period, as well as interviews with various participants. Lens-based artists Dave Lewis and Shona Illingworth worked in residence for one school year, along with the Gallery’s project co-ordinator, Fiona Bailey and myself. In the final term, Fiona worked with Internet artist, Julie Myers, to develop the multimedia work into a web site (https:// www.artec.org.uk/rosendale/) which is still online.
