Global: Unilever International Schools Art Project

Welcome to The Unilever Series: turbinegeneration

In 2001, Unilever created the Unilever International Schools Art Project (UISAP) that encouraged children to create an artwork on a theme related to The Unilever Series. The project was very successful and over 135 000 took part in eight years. However, April 2009 saw the end of UISAP and the introduction of a new and exciting art education project called The Unilever Series: turbinegeneration. Produced by Tate and sponsored by Unilever, it is the first online educational partnership that links schools and major galleries on an international level.

Students will share thoughts and ideas inspired by one of the world's biggest contemporary art commissions – The Unilever Series at Tate Modern in London. Each year the new commission will influence the project's theme.

The project enables schools across the world to explore contemporary cultural issues through art and share ideas through a variety of media, from photography, sound, video and dance, to drama and oral stories. It also encourages students to consider art in the context of literacy, geography, social studies, history and technology.

The aim is to enhance student understanding of the world by encouraging interaction and collaboration through contemporary art. Schools are partnered internationally to encourage a cultural dialogue and to allow collaborative responses rather than individual interpretations. Tate and Unilever will be working with 30 countries over the next four years. This year the countries are: Brazil, China, Colombia, France, Ghana, Greece, India, Kenya, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Spain and the UK. New countries will be added each year of the project. If you would like to take part, please visit www.tate.org.uk/go/turbinegeneration

To learn more about the project and Unilever's decision to sponsor it, you may wish to watch this short video.