Improve your arts & craft skills, or learn some new ones

We’ve got the best modern arts and crafts classes that you can do online or in person at one of our learning venues across England and Scotland. It's never been easier to try your hand at something a little different and discover a new talent.

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Our arts and crafts workshops are perfect if you’re looking to get creative and hands on.

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Take centre stage with one of our performing arts courses, or indulge your photography passion and strike a pose with tips and techniques on how to capture that perfect shot.  

Develop the skills and get crafty with some jewellery making, with no previous experience required. With courses in textiles and sewing, as well as the arts, we really do have something for everyone, and everyone is welcome too.  

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The combination of small class sizes and guidance from expert tutors means that taking part in one of our arts and crafts courses is the perfect place for you to develop your talent, learn a new skill, or start that hobby you’ve always wanted to try.

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Art History: Who's the Muse? Five Pioneering Women Artists: Eileen Agar, Claude Cahun, Isabel Rawsthorne, Dora Maar and Lee Miller

What is a muse? How and why has this convention endured for centuries? This course explores the identity and representation of the muse looking at the lives and work of five female artists: Claude Cahun, Eileen Agar, Isabel Rawsthorne, Dora Maar and Lee Miller. Each has enjoyed a revival as practitioners of dynamic art forms in painting, photography and sculpture. Cahun, Agar and Miller escaped comfortable backgrounds to pursue independent paths amid the avant-garde of the 1920s and ‘30s. Rawsthorne was long regarded as the beautiful muse of Jacob Epstein, Alberto Giacometti and Francis Bacon, while Maar remained in Picasso’s shadow for decades. We explore how each of the three artists challenged social and cultural conventions of their day to produce some of the most startling artworks of modern British art.
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Dates:
Fri 16/01/2026 -
Fri 13/02/2026
Times:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Duration:
5 sessions
Location:
Blue Beetle Room (London)
Hendon Lane
Finchley
London
N3 1TR
Tutor:
Chantal Condron
Course code:
Q00022661
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £42.00

Art Practical: Portraiture Painting Online

This course aims to introduce students to the art of portraiture in a relaxed and supportive environment. Using enlarged photos, you will learn how to draw the face, neck and features correctly and then move on to painting. The class is ideal for beginners who would like to learn new skills or improve old ones, offering students increased confidence, mental health and well-being.
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Dates:
Wed 22/04/2026 -
Wed 08/07/2026
Times:
11:00am - 1:00pm
Duration:
11 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Frank Ferrie
Course code:
Q00023340
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £81.40

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Duration:
12 months
Fee:
£15