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

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 10 Apr 2020]