COURSES

Our 2025 COURSES:

A lot of our 2025 course dates have sold out, BUT all is not lost – there are still spaces left, and we do get cancellations. So grab one of the last spaces or if the course you wanted to attend is fully booked, ask james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to put you on its waiting list. You could still be in luck!

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

LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION SPACES

Please contact Lois to book a last minute cancellation space and for more information on how to secure your space and pay. 

No current last minute cancellation spaces available.

Please check back regularly as they do come up.

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)

Free your Creative Self: Expressive Life Drawing with Jo Harris

13th & 14th September 2025

SPACES AVAILABLE

2-days

NEW DATE:

Clay Portrait Weekends with Karin Ort

29th – 30th November 2025

SPACES AVAILABLE

2-days

Clay Life Weekends with Karin Ort

NEW DATE:

25th-26th October 2025

LIMITED SPACES

2-days

Clay Animals with James Ort

(full-body dynamic animals & sitting subjects)

26th – 27th April 2025

FULLY BOOKED

6th – 7th October 2025

FULLY BOOKED

2 days + glazing day

Email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to join the waiting list if you are keen to attend, as cancellations do occur and some bookings are still waiting to be finalised.

Tonal Life Drawing with Jake Spicer

28th-29th July 2025

FULLY BOOKED

2-days

All-day Life Drawing with Jake Spicer

30th July 2025

FULLY BOOKED

1-day

Tonal Portrait Drawing with Jake Spicer

31st July – 1st August 2025 

FULLY BOOKED

2-days

Coral Reefs in Clay with Brandi Lee Cooper & James Ort

24th, 25th & 26th June 2025

FULLY BOOKED

3 days + glazing day

Watercolour Birds with Tom Shepherd

7th & 8th June

FULLY BOOKED

2-days

Watercolour Animals with Tom Shepherd

9th & 10th June

FULLY BOOKED

2-days

Screen Printing and Mixed Media with Liam Biswell

27th & 28th September

FULLY BOOKED

2-days

Clay Animals with James Ort

4th – 5th October 2025

FULLY BOOKED

2 days + glazing day

Email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to join the waiting list if you are keen to attend, as cancellations do occur and some bookings are still waiting to be finalised.

Clay Animals with James Ort

(animal portraits & full-body dynamic animals)

22nd – 23rd April 2025

FULLY BOOKED

2 days + glazing day

Email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to join the waiting list if you are keen to attend, as cancellations do occur and some bookings are still waiting to be finalised.

Free-form Wire Sculpture with James Ort

19th & 20th July

FULLY BOOKED

18th & 19th October

2 SPACES NOW AVAILABLE

2-days

Email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to join the waiting list if you are keen to attend, as cancellations do occur and some bookings are still waiting to be finalised.

Wire & Mixed Media with James Ort

23rd, 24th & 25th July

FULLY BOOKED

3-days

Inspired By Owls with James Ort:

7th – 8th August 2025

FULLY BOOKED

2 days + glazing day

NEW DATE:

15th – 16th November 2025

FULLY BOOKED

2 days + glazing day

Email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to join the waiting list if you are keen to attend, as cancellations do occur and some bookings are still waiting to be finalised.

JAMES ORT COURSES AT OTHER VENUES:

Stoka Studio, Australia – January 2026 Dates TBC

La Meridiana, Italy – September 2025 FULLY BOOKED

The Ceramic Studio, UK – October 2025

Gaya Ceramic, Bali – November 2025 FULLY BOOKED

Long Courses

Sculpting Animals from Wool with Mikaela Bartlett

11th-15th August 2025

FULLY BOOKED

5-days

Card Collagraph with Jenny McCabe

18th-22nd August 2025

FULLY BOOKED

5-days

Email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to join the waiting list if you are keen to attend, as cancellations do occur.

Mosaic Summer School with Roz Wates

2nd-6th August 2025

2, 3 and 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

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.