Schools art project launched
22 Jul 2008
‘Mother love’ created by pupils at Milburn Primary School
Over the next few months children from around the UK will be studying and creating pieces of modern art as part of the Unilever International Schools Art Project for 2008/09.
Now in its eighth year, the art project encourages young people from around the world to create a painting, sculpture or even a small installation on a given theme. To date, 125,000 young artists from 48 countries including Colombia, China, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, Zimbabwe, USA and the UK have created works of art for the programme.
One young artist will be selected to visit London to represent the UK, seeing his or her work of art displayed alongside other young artists from all over the world at a celebratory event held in the internationally renowned art gallery Tate Modern.
This year’s theme - Spaces and Places - will be linked to the ninth annual commission of The Unilever Series by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, which opens in London on 14 October 2008. Since its conception in 2001, the theme of the project has been linked to the installation created for The Unilever Series of large-scale contemporary art commissions at Tate Modern.
Competition details
Deadline for entries is Friday 28 November 2008. (All entries in the form of photographs at this stage. See Entry Form for more details.)
Friday 5 December 2008: Unilever will inform 50 short-listed entries based on photographs of the artwork only. The short-listed 50 original artworks to be sent to Unilever by Friday 19 December 2008.
Monday 5 January 2009: Further short-listing takes place from 50 down to 25 selected works which will then be displayed at Tate Liverpool.
Monday 19 January 2009: UK Judging/Event Three works are selected to represent the UK at the UISAP International Judging in London in February. All 25 art works remain on public display at Tate Liverpool for 5 days from Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24 January 2009.
International Judging – January 2009: One artist is selected to represent the UK at the International event and display at Tate Modern in April 2009.
To download your project pack visit the Unilever website To request a computer print-out of the pack to be posted to you, please email unilever@sponsorshipconsulting.co.uk or contact Sponsorship Consulting Ltd on 0203 176 0038.
