Eric and Salome Estorick Foundation

The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art opened in London in 1998. A Grade II listed Georgian town house, it was originally restored with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Further recent renovations have opened up the space of the ground-floor entranceway, bookshop and café, while its six galleries and art library have also been fully upgraded. The Collection is known internationally for its core of Futurist works, as well as figurative art and sculpture dating from 1890 to the 1950s. The exhibition programme continues to address artists, movements, and questions in ways that change our understanding of Italian art and culture.

<h2>Words in Freedom</h2>Cross-curricula KS3 - 5In this workshop learners will have the chance to get a general overview of the Futurist movement with an emphasis of experimenting with language. The talk will explore the works of major Futurist artists such as Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà and Gino Severini. Students will create their own pieces inspired by Carlo Carrà’s Atmospheric Swirls - A Bursting Shell (1914), where he experimented with language drawn from Marinetti’s poem Zang Tumb Tumb.

The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art opened in London in 1998. A Grade II listed Georgian town house, it was originally restored with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Further recent renovations have opened up the space of the ground-floor entranceway, bookshop and café, while its six galleries and art library have also been fully upgraded. The Collection is known internationally for its core of Futurist works, as well as figurative art and sculpture dating from 1890 to the 1950s. The exhibition programme continues to address artists, movements, and questions in ways that change our understanding of Italian art and culture.

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

<h2>Art in Motion</h2>Cross-curricula at KS2Concentrating on the works by Giacomo Balla, Gino Severini and Umberto Boccioni learners will have the chance to discover the various approaches that these artists employed to illustrate visually continuous movement.The discussion will assist pupils to think of the range of approaches used by the different artists with a particular focus on Divisionist’s short, uniform brush strokes of pure complementary colours and the fractured spaces, repetitive images and swirling patterns in Futurist studies. Students will then create their own flip book, making drawings based on works from the permanent collection. They will learn how to combine images in order to portray movement.

<h2>Meaningful Objects</h2>Art and Design at KS2Focusing on still life compositions by Giorgio Morandi, this session explores how the artist arranges objects, uses colour, and selects techniques to construct narratives and evoke emotion. Students will be guided to observe how these artistic choices affect the viewer and contribute to the stories the works tell.Following the discussion, pupils will take part in a hands-on activity, experimenting with their own still life compositions. Using a selection of everyday objects, they will create arrangements that tell a story, and then reproduce their compositions on paper through drawing or collage.

<h2>Mini Curators</h2>Art and Design EYFS and KS1Students will have the chance to learn what an art collection is and how collectors make their picks. In the role of a curator, pupils will explore the range of artworks at the Estorick Collection and think about these pieces as a part of a whole. The debate will support pupils to develop their observation skills and artistic language to express their likes and choices. This will be followed by a practical activity where they will work in groups to make their selection and create a mock exhibition.

<h2>Colourful Sounds</h2>Cross-curricula at KS2Using Luigi Russolo’s masterpiece Music (1911), learners will discover the concept of synaesthesia along with the way that the sounds around us have been a source of inspiration for many of artists. The discussion will support students in developing their abstract thinking, visual literacy and creativity as well as being able to identify sounds and colours through Russolo’s painting. Students will then create their own pieces, making drawings based on sounds from our environment. They will learn how to combine images in order to portray movement.

Eric and Salome Estorick Foundation

Words in Freedom

Art in Motion

Meaningful Objects

The Art of Noise

Mini Curators

Colourful Sounds

Words in Freedom

Mini Curators

Meaningful Objects

Colourful Sounds

The Art of Noise

Meaningful Objects

Art in Motion

The Art of Noise

Words in Freedom

Art in Motion