The Grant is open to educational institutions or college offering formal education from Early Years Cycle to Tertiary Education.

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Application deadline: 29th April 2025

Rank Order

Beneficiary:  St. Edward’s College

Reference number: SCH17-25-5891

Project Title: Walking with our nose: Smellscapes exploring the everyday

Amount awarded: €4,999

Through the project Walking with our nose: Smellscapes exploring the everyday, the Year 9 and Year 10 Art option students of St Edward’s College, in collaboration with artist Kristina Borg, will be able to widen their understanding and exploration of the landscape and immediate everyday surroundings of their college context through a multisensory approach. This will be achieved by walking with and through the context, and guided by the olfactory sense. By detecting, differentiating, describing, documenting and depicting multiple and diverse smells within the everyday college context, the students will be able to map and create their own visual smell narratives. The process and results will be shared with the wider college community through a final school-based exhibition.  

Beneficiary: The Malta Visual and Performing Art School

Reference number: SCH09-25-5795

Project Title: Conference in Creation – A Student-Led Media Experience

Amount awarded: €5,000

“Conference in Creation” is a student-led media project by the Malta Visual and Performing Arts School aimed at empowering students aged 11–15 to design, plan, and deliver a professional-style conference. Through guided workshops with creative practitioners and in collaboration with the Mediterranea Tourism Forum, students will explore media production, branding, public speaking, digital storytelling, and event management. The project culminates in a live conference, showcasing student-led content and promoting interaction with the wider community. The project supports the Media VET curriculum, nurturing creative and technical skills while encouraging teamwork, innovation, and self-expression. It also promotes access to cultural participation, aligns with the Right to Culture and the Charter for the Status of the Artist, and fosters stronger links between education, industry, and the arts.

Beneficiary:  St. Ignatius College Prof. Edward de Bono Tal-Ħandaq Middle School

Reference number: SCH12-25-5843

Project Title: Ambient

Amount awarded: €5,000

Ambient is a multidisciplinary art project exploring identity, emotional wellbeing, and connection within our diverse school community. Rooted in Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats—especially the red (emotions), yellow (positivity), black (caution), green (creativity), white (facts), and blue (planning)—the project invites students to reflect on their experiences through storytelling, movement, sound, and visual art. Students engage in personal storytelling, explore contrasting environments near our school, and create a visual piece inspired by Maltese maduma tiles, broken and repaired using Kintsugi known to symbolize resilience. Dance and movement are encouraging embodied expression, while ambient soundscapes and recorded voices are integrated into a final multisensory installation. Ambient brings hidden emotional narratives to the surface, fostering empathy, presence, and collective healing. It transforms shared space into shared meaning—celebrating diversity as an opportunity for growth, curiosity, and deeper understanding.

Beneficiary: Guardian Angel Resource Centre

Reference number: SCH11-25-5811

Project Title: Dancing to Empower Personal Growth, Creativity, and Cultural Participation

Amount awarded: €5,000

This project is seeking to provide opportunities for 11-16 year old students with neuro/developmental disabilities at Guardian Angel Secondary School with creative dance and movement sessions. These sessions support creative expression and provide avenues to explore the implementation of our students’ cultural rights and foster an inclusive approach towards culture. They will provide a creative space for students to express themselves in new ways and explore their creativity. Students will be provided with culturally-rich, creative opportunities to express feelings they might not have words for, while improving their motor skills. With this project we aim to offer regular, weekly sessions of Dance and Creative Movement Therapy as part of the students timetable. These will be delivered by a certified Dance and Movement Therapist, Sarah Vella, who brings boundless levels of energy, creativity and enthusiasm, and specializes in working with children with disabilities.

Beneficiary: San Ġorġ Preca College Secondary

Reference number: SCH18-25-5927

Project Title: Student Hosted Radio Station & Podcast

Amount awarded: €5,000

This project proposes a structured, collaborative audio arts programme designed for secondary school students at The Lyceum, Ħamrun. Developed in partnership with AISO Academy, the initiative introduces students to contemporary audio practices—namely DJing, radio hosting, podcasting, and recording—with the ultimate goal of producing and broadcasting a student-run weekly radio show.

Beneficiary:  St Clare College Pembroke Primary School

Reference number: SCH05-25-5551

Project Title: Traces of Pembroke: seeing with our feet, walking with our eyes

Amount awarded: €4,993

This project, developed in collaboration with Year 4 (future Year 5) pupils from Bice Mizzi Vassallo Pembroke Primary School, Malta, invites students to reconnect with their local environment through creative, participatory arts practices. Students will engage in walking-based exploration, sensory mapping, clay work, and collective mural creation, deepening their connection to the nearby Natura 2000 sites. Their experiences, emotions, and reflections will be translated into a permanent ceramic mural within the school, fostering a lasting sense of belonging, stewardship, and environmental care. The project emphasizes active student engagement, inclusivity, and place-based learning, nurturing creative expression and a deeper relationship between the students, their community, and the natural world.

Beneficiary: St Albert the Great

Reference number: SCH07-25-5770

Project Title: Xplaħħ u n-nannu Bertu

Amount awarded: € 4,696

“Xplaħħ u Nannu Bertu” builds on a project funded by the Malta Arts Council in 2022-23 “, Baqbaq u Xplaħħ”, by introducing kindergarten students to Maltese traditions and language through artistic activities. Led by artist Sean Briffa, the story features Xplaħħ, the alien puppet, and Nannu Bertu, as they explore cultural themes with students as storytellers.

Throughout the year, students will participate in hands-on experiences related to national celebrations, such as creating a Christmas presepju, joining Carnival festivities, engaging in regatta activities, gardening in April, and dreaming about the future in May. Their journey will culminate in a collaborative “Big Book” showcasing their voices and artwork.

The project emphasises skills like empathy and collaboration while fostering creativity. Through documentation and feedback, it remains inclusive and child-centred, highlighting that art is about the creative process as much as the final product. Xplaħħ symbolises the importance of inclusion and community connection.

Beneficiary: St Nicholas College, Dun Manwel Attard School, Wardija

Reference number: SCH19-25-5928

Project Title: Rhythms for All

Amount awarded: € 4,950

“Rhythms for All” will engage a percussion artist to lead inclusive percussion and drum sessions for students with disabilities at St Nicholas College, Wardija School, with the aim of enhancing personal development, creative expression, and active participation. The project aims to connect students and educators with the creative sector and explore innovative ways to integrate arts into the students’ learning programme, highlighting its crucial role in education. Percussion sessions offer a multi-sensory and engaging approach that can address a wide range of developmental goals for students with disabilities. Through a stimulating and supportive environment, students will be encouraged to explore their creativity, experiment with sound, collaborate with their peers, and develop skills like coordination and confidence. Educators will gain new pedagogical approaches, ultimately resulting in an enriched learning experience for students and the promotion of a deeper appreciation of the arts and cultural sector.

Beneficiary:  SMC Dr Frans Chetcuti, Żabbar B

Reference number: SCH13-25-5848

Project Title: Żabbar Wall – Where Colours Speak

Amount awarded: € 5,000

At St Margaret College, Dr.Frans Chetcuti, Zabbar Primary B, 11-year-old students are working with graffiti artist Glenn Cauchi on a creative gym wall project. The students will develop ideas and sketches that will be turned into vibrant graffiti including clay and multisensory installations. Local community members will also contribute by adding handprints or quotes to the wall. The project will culminate in a performance that highlights the students’ journey, featuring a skit and original music composed with the help of artist and musician Augusto Cardinali. A digital presentation will be shown during the performance, showcasing the project’s development. The final presentation will take place at a small event attended by parents and all those involved, celebrating the students’ creativity, teamwork, and community collaboration.