TAKE A STAND!
ART AND SOCIETY: FROM HOGARTH TO WALLINGER

How have British artists addressed and informed social and political issues?  How do curators and educators interpret this work and enable different audiences to engage with these sometimes sensitive issues?

You are invited to a special evening for teachers featuring talks, discussions, film screenings and drinks. It will be a chance to see the new British contemporary art displays and exhibitions, including Mark Wallinger’s State Britain and Jake and Dinos Chapman’s When Humans Walked the Earth as well as offering free entry into Hogarth .

Curator Christine Riding gives an insight into the ideas behind Hogarth, with an overview of the artist and the breadth of his work in relation to eighteenth century art and society.

Assistant curator Kirstie Beaven will lead an informal talk in Hogarth examining some of the artists’ concerns and interests, illustrated through a selection of key works.

Participants from Visual Dialogues will be in the main galleries inviting your responses to War path: a game of hawks or doves, their interpretive response to the Collection works relating to war.

A group of curators, artists and young Tate Forum members will host an open discussion about the opportunities and challenges of working with State Britain, considering cross-curricular themes and how we can creatively engage all ages.

One of our regular team of artist-educators will introduce Tate’s ‘ways-in’ approach in a taster workshop within the new contemporary British art displays.

Throughout the evening there will be screenings of Conversations, a film by Gayle Chong Kwan exploring relationships between mother and child, in response Hogarth's work.

Tate Britain Education staff will be available to discuss all the educational programmes and resources on offer.