One-off Courses and Holiday Workshops
As one of the largest independent art centres in the UK, our mission statement is ‘arts for all’ – every year we help thousands of people to engage in creative activities.
Kick-start your creativity with our extensive programme of one-day classes and short courses designed and lead by expert tutors to give a deeper understanding of traditional and contemporary arts and crafts.
Scroll down to see our full range or use the links below to see a particular section.
CHILDRENS AND TEENS HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS
EASTER HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS
MON 30 MAR – WED 1 APR
Tuesday 31 Mar:
Pottery: Pangolins | 7-11 Yrs
Pottery: Panda Bears | 7-11 Yrs
Teens Zine Making | 12-17 Yrs
Wednesday 1 Apr:
Pottery: Cylinder Animals – Cats | 7-11 Yrs
Pottery: Castles | 7-11 Yrs
Woodland Collage | 8-12 Yrs
ADULT SHORT COURSES AND ONE-DAY CLASSES
These are self-contained workshops led by local artists for small group sizes. They offer an excellent chance for participants to gain insights into new arts and crafts having created an artwork or set of samples.
Printmaking
With Nicola Hammond-Gilson
5-week course
Starts Saturday 18 April
10am – 12.30pm
Raku: Handbuilding and Firing
With Helen Neighbour
2 day course
Saturday 25 Apr & 6 Jun
10am – 1pm & 10am – 3pm
Full Day Throwing
With Patrick Hayward
Whole day workshops
Saturday 18 Apr, 16 May, 11 Jul
10am – 3pm
Art Therapy Taster Sessions
With ‘Drawing Down’ exhibitors
Taster Sessions
Thu 14 May | 5pm – 6pm
Fri 15 May | 2pm – 3.30pm
Ways into Landscape Painting
With Joseph Schneider
Whole day workshop
Saturday 16 May
10am – 3pm
Handbuilding/Glazing for Beginners
With Helen Neighbour
Half day workshops
Saturday 23 May
10am – 12.30pm
Pottery Throwing for Beginners
With Charlie Butters
Half day workshops
Saturday 23 May
10am – 1pm & 10am – 3pm
Poetry Writing
With Ciaran Kelly
Half day workshop
Wednesday 27 May
10am – 12pm
Tanjore Art Painting
With Shashirekha Prakash
Whole day workshop
Thursday 28 May
10am – 4pm
Botanical Eco-Printing on Paper
With Dawn Ramsay
Two day workshop
Thursday 28 May and Friday 29 May
10am – 1.30pm
Watercolour Painting
With Paul Chappell
4-week course
Starts Friday 29 May
1pm – 3.30pm
Bookbinding for Beginners
With Alessia Tumbiolo
4-week course
Starts Saturday 6 June
10am – 12.30pm
Still Life in Acrylics
With Colin Stokes
Whole day workshop
Saturday 6 June
10am – 12.30pm
Shibori Dyeing
With Karina Thomas
2 day course
Saturday 27 June & 4 July
9.30am – 12.30pm
Drawing to Scale
With Susan Kudo
2 day course
Friday 10 & 17 July
10am – 3pm
Warli
With Shashirekha Prakash
Half day workshop
Saturday 25 July
10am – 12.30pm
Rust and Indigo Dyeing
With Dawn Ramsay
2 day course
Monday 27 & Tuesday 28 July
10am – 1pm
Beginners Pottery Summerschool
With Helen Neighbour
5 day course
Tuesday 28 – Fri 31 Jul & 19 Sep
10am – 2pm
Nerikomi Ceramics
With Freya Froggatt-Smith
Whole day workshop
Thursday 30 OR Friday 31 July
10am – 4pm
Sketching and Painting Watercolours ‘en plein air’
With Paul Chappell
5 day course
Monday 3 – Friday 7 August
10am – 4pm
Carved Kitchen Woodware
With Jeremy Turner
3 day course
Monday 3 – Wednesday 5 August
10am – 4pm
Design and Stitch – Inspired by Zandra Rhodes
With Janet Edmonds
Whole day workshop
Friday 7 August
10am – 3.30pm
Advanced Still Life Oil Painting
With Lizzie Freemantle
Whole day workshop
Monday 10 August
10am – 4pm
