The Unilever International Schools Art Project (UISAP)

Roll out of the Unilever International Schools Art Project 2008/9

The Unilever International Schools Art Project, now in its eighth year, encourages young people from around the world to create a painting, a sculpture or a small installation on a given theme. Over 125,000 children have taken part since the project’s inception.

UISAP & The Unilever Series 

The initiative is linked to The Unilever Series of contemporary art commissions at Tate Modern, and it encourages young people to create original work on a given theme that relates to the work of the commissioned artist for The Unilever Series.

The artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster is currently creating the ninth commission in The Unilever Series, and her work has inspired this year's UISAP theme, Spaces and Places.

Participating in UISAP

The Unilever International Schools Art Project comprises of Teachers' Notes and Worksheets for teachers and pupils – to inspire and sustain work throughout the school year and beyond. To download your Project Pack 2008/9 or view the works studied within it, please follow the links below.

To find out more about UISAP you might like to watch this short video made for UISAP 2007/8.

The Unilever Series: turbinegeneration

Tate has produced an exciting new online project, sponsored by Unilever - The Unilever Series: turbinegeneration. Like UISAP, its themes link directly to The Unilever Series in Tate Modern. Currently in its pilot year, turbinegeneration invites schools to share ideas across the internet using a variety of media: photography, sound, video and oral stories.

Schools can ask Tate to partner them with other schools from different countries around the world. The aim is to enhance student understanding by encouraging interaction and collaboration through contemporary art. This year, turbinegeneration will be working with schools from China, Colombia, Greece, Russia and the UK. New countries will be added each year as the project develops

You may wish to visit www.tate.org.uk/go/turbinegeneration for even more inspirational ideas.