title: Ipswich School of Art
text: # Ipswich School of Art
  
  52°03′40″N 1°09′03″E﻿ / ﻿52.06111°N 1.15083°E﻿ / 52.06111; 1.15083 Ipswich School of Art (ISA) was an art school in Ipswich, Suffolk. It was founded as the Ipswich School of Science and Art which opened on 10 January 1859. It continued to have an independent existence until 1997, when it was absorbed by the University of Suffolk.
  
  The ISA was founded on the initiative of the Science and Art Department, a subdivision of the Board of Trade
  
  ## Notable alumni
  
  * Margaret Tempest, illustrator and author
  * Thomas Wilkinson, sculptor
  * Brian Eno, musician
  