Courses

Our courses offer a flexible programme of practical & theoretical sessions, linked to continued research & current cultural debate that are designed to provide professional development opportunities for artists & forums for the advancement of thinking & skills.

Our philosophy
- provide artists with excellent teaching & training, informed by research, practical application & conceptual understanding for effective learning
- have a recognised reputation nationally & internationally for high quality programmes of study
- engage more people in the arts by providing a wide range of educational opportunities
- support the retention of creative graduates within the area
- actively contribute to the intellectual, cultural, social & economic life of our local and wider communities
- work with schools, universities, business & the public to offer tailored, flexible courses
- maintain an identity based on academic & professional enquiry
- promote & develop professional practice

Delivered within the project space or workshop areas, our sessions promote access to the facilities & uniquely, the opportunity to view the operations of a working fine arts foundry alongside learning.

With our rubber moulding courses supporting progression on to the bronze casting courses, you can learn this elaborate & complex practice in full & unedited. Although challenging at times, this proves to be highly rewarding.

Our one day programmes & short courses cover aspects of casting, from life through to mould making; which are supported by the armature & portraiture master classes offering solutions to sculptural problems, & our lecture programmes which invite practising artists at different stages in their career to stimulate discussion & debate.

Please download the 2012 Course Programme and our Education Terms & Conditions.