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.

Show your creativity

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 Practical: Exploring Drawing

Unlock your creative potential with our Art Practical: Exploring Drawing course. Learn fundamental drawing techniques and experiment with different styles and mediums. Ideal for beginners and experienced artists looking to refine their skills.
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Course Information

Dates:
Thu 17/07/2025 -
Thu 31/07/2025
Times:
9:00am - 10:30am
Duration:
3 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Abi Kremer
Course code:
Q00017767
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £16.65

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12 months
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Art Practical: Arts and Crafts for Health and Wellbeing

The purpose of the course is to promote the individual health, wellbeing, confidence, inclusion and enrich life experience of adults with LDD. They will be given opportunities to learn new skills and techniques from a range of different types of arts and craft. For example, greetings cards, key rings, painting stones, glass jars, dream catchers and sown items. They will use a variety of different resources and medias such as textiles, wool, wood and recycled items. They will learn about and gain an insight into how different techniques and skills have evolved in certain crafts and how they can be adapted to meet individual capabilities.
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Course Information

Dates:
Mon 06/01/2025 -
Mon 31/03/2025
Times:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Duration:
12 sessions
Location:
Minehead Eye (Minehead)
1A Mart Road
Minehead
TA24 5BJ
Tutor:
Rebecca Williams
Course code:
Q00021066
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
In progress
Fee range
Free to £100.80