Longton School of Art

Foundation date: 1899

Active: 1899 - 1952

Function: Art school

Policy: The 1925 'Report of Inspection of Stoke-on-Trent Schools of Art' describes the relationship between the school and the local industry: 'The principal aim of the various Schools is to provide courses of instruction suited to the needs of those engaged in the pottery industry'. Two firms [not named] paid the fees of three students to attend the school [summary, p. 2]. The report describes 'the accomodation for the Longton and Tunstall Branch Schools' as being 'quite good' and states that 'the Modelling room at Longton is probably as good as that at Burslem'; it continues: 'Unfortunately these premises are at the extreem ends of the area, and therefore unsuitable for any centralisation of classes, though they serve a useful purpose' [summary, p. 3].

In the 'Schools of Art Prospectus' (1938-39) Longton is listed as the 'Preparatory Art Training' school [p. 7]; classes included modelling, design and pottery etc. [p. 18].

It was agreed in a report on 'Notes on recent proposals for re-organisation for the Stoke-on-Trent Art Schools' (1949) that Longton would receive modelling, pottery, decoration, woman's craft's, fabric printing, etc.'

Burslem and the local schools of art were amalgamated into the City of Stoke-on-Trent College of Art in 1952 [see Warrillow (1960), p. 289].

Employees, Students & Members

Numbers: 65

Numbers: 123
Period Start: 1924
Period End: 1925

Citing this record

'Longton School of Art', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib4_1220443559, accessed 01 Apr 2023]