Buzz!! - the result of collaboration between the council and a range of arts agencies in the city - is currently enabling three-to six-year-olds to work with professional artists and to use materials which pre-schools and primary schools could not normally afford.
Jacqueline McKay, arts education co-ordinator for the city, said, 'We know that nurseries and schools are keen on the expressive arts, but many of the things we are doing with these children would be outside their budget.
'At the moment we have a total of 40 children on the programme and they are able to work in art galleries with professional artists and at dance studios with professional dance teachers.'
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