COURSES

2025 COURSES:

The 2025 course dates will be announced any day now! The courses tend to sell out fast so make sure you have signed up to our mailing list to be one of the first to know when they go on sale.

Travelling from afar? We, can recommend lots of lovely places to stay locally overnight.

Here’s our cancellation policy should you need it.

Team Phoenix x

Available Now:

Card Collagraph with Jenny McCabe

18th-22nd August 2025

LIMITED SPACES

5-days

Sculpting Animals from Wool with Mikaela Bartlett

11th-15th August

LIMITED SPACES

5-days

Clay Portrait Weekends with Karin Ort

22nd-23rd February 2025

2-days

Tonal Life Drawing with Jake Spicer

28th-29th July 2025

2-days

All-day Life Drawing with Jake Spicer

30th July 2025

1-day

Tonal Portrait Drawing with Jake Spicer

31st July – 1st August 2025 

2-days

Short Courses

(Please note – bookings for Karin Ort, James Ort and Roz Wates’ courses are made directly through them – further details provided on course pages)

Clay Portrait Weekends with Karin Ort

22nd-23rd February 2025

2-days

Clay Life Weekends with Karin Ort

12th-13th April 2025

2-days

Tonal Life Drawing with Jake Spicer

28th-29th July 2025

2-days

All-day Life Drawing with Jake Spicer

30th July 2025

1-day

Tonal Portrait Drawing with Jake Spicer

31st July – 1st August 2025 

2-days

Coming Soon:

Watercolour Birds with Tom Shepherd

DATES COMING VERY SOON

2-days

Watercolour Animals with Tom Shepherd

DATES COMING VERY SOON

2-days

Screen Printing and Mixed Media with Liam Biswell

DATES COMING VERY SOON

2-days

Clay Animals Weekends with James Ort 

DATES COMING VERY SOON

2-days

Free-form Wire Sculpture with James Ort

DATES COMING VERY SOON

2-days

Wire & Mixed Media with James Ort

DATES COMING VERY SOON

3-days

Clay Animals with James ORT – AT OTHER VENUES:

Stoka Clay Studio, Australia (January 2025)

La Meridiana International School of Ceramics, Italy (September 2025) 

The Ceramics Studio, UK (October 25)

Gaya, Ceramics Art Centre, Bali (December 2025)

Free your Creative Self: Expressive Life Drawing with Jo Harris

DATES COMING VERY SOON

2-days

Long Courses

Sculpting Animals from Wool with Mikaela Bartlett

11th-15th August

5-days

Card Collagraph with Jenny McCabe

18th-22nd August 2025

5-days

Mosaic Summer School with Roz Wates

DATES COMING VERY SOON

5-days

Weekday Term-time Classes

In 2025 we will have two 10-week terms starting in January.

Wednesday’s are Tutored clay life modelling and Thursday’s are untutored clay life modelling.

Tutored Clay Life & Portrait Modelling: 

10 week classes on Wednesdays

FULLY BOOKED

but email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to join the waiting list if you are keen to attend in the future.

Untutored Clay Life & Portrait Modelling: 

10 week classes on Thursdays

FULLY BOOKED

Email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to book your space now.

Online & Home-based Creativity

Phoenix Art Club Zoom Sessions

Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday morning in the month 10am – 12.30pm

More info here!

Hester Berry Landscapes

A choice of 22 pre-recorded demos

Available for purchase

School-based Workshops

James works with a few schools, charities and community groups every year. He has a great track record of putting on fun, creative and visually striking art projects together, creating bespoke workshops to fit your timetables & topics.