Ideas Factory: Developing literacy skills through art About Ideas Factory The schools involved The Tate Collection works used Ideas used


All of the pupils at Ideas Factory worked directly in front of original works from the Tate Collection at Tate Britain. Through a series of workshops with gallery educators each of them was able to develop their own personal responses to the work.

Teachers and artists worked together to link works in the Collection to particular themes and learning objectives in the National Literacy Strategy Framework. Click here to see the pupils' work.

Here are some of the artworks from the Tate Collection that provided inspiration for the project. Select an image for more detail.

James Collinson, Home Again, 1856 James Collinson, Home Again, 1856 J M W Turner, Shipwreck, exhibited 1805 J M W Turner, Shipwreck, exhibited 1805 G J Watts, The Minotaur, 1885 G J Watts, The Minotaur, 1885
Jacob Epstein, Rock Drill, 1913-14 Jacob Epstein, Rock Drill, 1913-14 Tony Cragg, Stack, 1975 Tony Cragg, Stack, 1975