Tunstall School of Art
Foundation date: 1890
Dissolution date: 1926
Active: 1890 - 1926
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'. 22 students were sent to the school by a local firm [not named] [summary, p. 2]. The report describes 'the accomodation for the Longton and Tunstall Branch Schools' as being 'quite good' and states that '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].
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: 119
Period Start: 1924
Period End: 1925
Institutional and Business Connections
Associated with Burslem School of Art
1919 (Presumed) - 1925 (Presumed)
Tunstall is listed as a branch school of Burslem School of Art [Report of Inspection of Stoke-on-Trent Schools of Art' (1925), p. 1].
Associated People
Principals included Samuel Joseph Cartlidge
1890 (Circa) - 1900 (Circa)
See Haggar (1953), p. 29.
Principals included Harry Foster Newey
1900 (Circa) - 1908 (Circa)
See Haggar (1953), p. 29 and p. 46.
Principals included Thomas Batty
1908 (Circa) - 1926 (Circa)
See Haggar (1953), p. 29.
Students included Ada A. Jones
See Haggar, 'Dictionary' (1947), unpaged, no dates are given.
Teachers included Ada A. Jones
1908 (Probable) - 1926 (Probable)
See Haggar, 'Dictionary' (1947), unpaged. Listed as a part-time teacher.
Sources
A Century of Art Education in the Potteries. With notes on the Artists, 1953 Local Studies
1953 (Circa)
p. 29.
Citing this record
'Tunstall 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_1222093975, accessed 21 May 2022]
