SHEFFIELD COLLEGE OF ART

1843 - ?

The Sheffield School of Art, still in existence today as Sheffield Hallam University’s Department of Art and Design, when a School of Design was established in Sheffield in 1843 under the protection of the Board of Trade. By 1859 the School had over 1,000 pupils and despite the strictures of the Board of Trade, classes were also being offered in the fine arts as well as in design. In 1857 the School’s name was changed to the School of Art and in 1923 it was recognised as a training college for art teachers and in 1926 its name was changed to the Sheffield College of Arts and Crafts and in 1950 to the College of Art. The College continued to function in several locations in the city centre until it settled in the old Bluecoat School building on Psalter Lane in 1951 where it remained until the 1990s. In 1969 the School merged with the Sheffield Technical College to become Sheffield Polytechnic and subsequently Sheffield Hallam University, but the School of Art continues to exist today as Sheffield Hallam University’s Department of Art and Design. Suffolk tutors at Sheffield include Bernard Reynolds and Madelyn Walker and Suffolk artists who studied at Sheffield include Alan Bennett, Barbara Mary Hoole, Rowland Suddaby, Nigel Temple and [[Thomas William (Bill) Ward,1281]].
Website: https://www.shu.ac.uk