Unschool Art 8-14s

Creative Saturday art sessions where children explore, experiment and learn new skills.

The Unschool of Art is a place for children to explore art, materials and ideas without the pressure to produce the same thing as everyone else.

Sessions run on Saturday afternoons in 5–6 week blocks, which are booked as a block rather than as individual sessions. Each block introduces children to different materials, techniques and ways of working, while giving them plenty of room to develop their own ideas.

We do teach skills, but we don’t believe in teaching a technique simply because it’s on the lesson plan. Our teachers pay attention to what children are trying to do and introduce new skills and possibilities when they become useful. This means children learn practical skills, but also learn to experiment, solve problems and work things out for themselves.

We’re interested in creativity as something bigger than making nice pictures. It’s about curiosity, noticing, asking questions, trying things, changing your mind and finding different ways of doing things.

GO WILD is a block of 5 weeks starting on Saturday 12th September at 2pm – 3.30pm