Tate Institute

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The abandoned Tate Institute building in 2007

The Tate Institute was a community facility established by Henry Tate in Silvertown in 1887. [1]

The building was established to create an apolitical and non-sectarian environment. [2] The Institute closed in 1933 and the building was used as a local library until 1961.

The institute was boarded up in 2011, but in April 2016 a group of artists took over the building establishing the "Craftory", to rehabilitate the building and create the “Silvertown ArtSpace” to provide a hub for a broad range of artistic and community activities. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Hedges-Stocks, Zoah (2016). "Abandoned club saved by artists who dream it can be 'Tate East'". Newham Recorder (21 September 2016). Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. ↑ Chalmin, Philippe (1990). The Making of a Sugar Giant: Tate and Lyle, 1859-1989. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   9783718604340 . Retrieved 16 November 2018.

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