Sunday School Stories | Protest Posters

Aiming to co-create a better world by learning from the past how to build a better future.

Free workshops for Year 9-13 students and young people up to 25yo explore Union Chapel’s 200+ years archive and social justice legacy alongside Islington's rich history to create Protest Posters.

History Detective volunteers are busy uncovering fascinating stories for these creative workshops, that are in collaboration with the Estorick Collection, offering young people a chance to explore important historical and cultural themes while developing their artistic and critical thinking skills to produce artwork that will be on display in Union Chapel as part of our Your Story Festival of Social Change in 2026.

Themes:
Celebrating Black History: Black Stories, Art, & Futures
Feminist Voices, Future Visions
Co-Designing Spaces: Inclusive Buildings for a Better Tomorrow
Tales of Dissent, Resistance and Defiance 
Celebrating Pride History: Diversity & Social Justice

What to expect:
1 full day 10am-4pm (Mondays or Tuesdays) at the Estorick Collection with a packed lunch break at Union Chapel or split over 2 days 10am-12.30pm & 1.30pm-4pm. 

Get involved:
If you work for a school or youth organisation, please enquire with your theme preference including date (between November 2025 and March 2026) and time to Luca at [email protected] along with details of your school or organisation.

Find out more here.

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The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art is internationally renowned for its core of Futurist works. It comprises some 120 paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints and sculptures by many of the most prominent Italian artists of the modernist era. There are six galleries, two of which are used for temporary exhibitions. Since opening in 1998, the Collection has established a reputation and gained critical acclaim as a key venue for bringing Italian art to the British public.

Sunday School Stories is made possible thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery Players
as well as City Bridge Foundation, The Clothworkers’ Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, The Wolfson Foundation, Foyle Foundation, Benefact Trust, National Churches Trust, The Rose Foundation, Friends of Union Chapel, Islington Archeology & History Society and Individual supporters