COURSES

2024 COURSES:

Email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to join the waiting list for any courses that have sold out

– you may still stand a chance of coming along.

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

Courses and Products Currently Available:

5 consecutive weeks (beginning 27th February 2024)

EASEL SPACES – 1 NEW SPACE AVAILABLE NOW!

CHAIR SPACES – 1 SPACE LEFT

Life Drawing with Jake Spicer: Gesture and Form

5th-6th August

1 SPACE AVAILABLE

2-days

Charity ‘Inspired by Knepp’ Zoom Demo with Hester Berry

15th May 2024

Short Courses

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

Charity ‘Inspired by Knepp’ Zoom Demo with Hester Berry

15th May 2024

Screen Printing and Mixed Media with Liam Biswell

9th-10th March

2-days

Clay Life Weekends with Karin Ort

25th-26th May 

FULLY BOOKED

12th-13th October

2-days

Life Drawing with Jake Spicer: Gesture and Form

5th-6th August

1 SPACE AVAILABLE

2-days

All-day Life Drawing with Jake Spicer

7th August 2024

FULLY BOOKED

1-day

Portrait Drawing with Jake Spicer: Heads & Hands

8th-9th August 

FULLY BOOKED

2-days

Clay Portrait Weekend with Karin Ort

10th-11th February

FULLY BOOKED

23rd-24th November

2-days

Mosaics with Roz Wates

23rd-24th March

LAST MINUTE SPACES AVAILABLE!

11th-12th May

27th-28th July

19th-20th October

30th November-1st December

2-days

Card Collagraph with Jenny McCabe

21st – 22nd September

FULLY BOOKED

Email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to be added to the waiting list for this course

2-days

Weekday Term-time Classes

In 2024 we will have two 10-week terms – one starting in January and the other in September.

Tuesdays are life drawing. Wednesday and Thursday are clay life modelling.

5 consecutive weeks (beginning 27th February 2024)

EASEL SPACES – 1 NEW SPACE AVAILABLE NOW!

CHAIR SPACES – 1 SPACE LEFT

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

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

Life Drawing with Jo Harris (Tuesday mornings)

10 morning classes on Tuesdays

FULLY BOOKED

Email studiojhat@gmail.com to be added to the waiting list

Long Courses

Mosaic Summer School with Roz Wates

29th July to 2nd August

5-days

Sculpting Animals from Wool with Mikaela Bartlett

22nd to 26th July

5-days

FULLY BOOKED

James’ Courses

“Its James here.

In May 2024, I am curating Inspired by Knepp – a big group exhibition at the Knepp Rewilding Project in West Sussex.

This is taking up a lot of my time so I will not be teaching at the Phoenix Studio for a while. I will run Phoenix-based courses (like the ones below) soon – so make sure you have signed up to the mailing list to be one of the first to know when they will be.

In 2024 I am teaching at La Meridiana International School of Ceramics in Tuscany in June. I am due to be teaching at the Living Light Art in Hong Kong in October and in November, I am teaching at both the Ceramics Studio near Tunbridge Wells and Ceramic Stories in Belgium. Come join me!”

Click on the poster or the following link to be taken to the ‘Inspired by Knepp‘ homepage and do come and see the show in May.

We are also running a 1-day workshop, demo and performance program from Knepp too – many being led by familiar Phoenix faces. They are not to be missed!

Clay Animals with James Ort 

DATES TBC 

2-days

email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to be put on the waiting list for this course specifically

Underglazing Sessions with James Ort

Various dates available

1/2 or 1 -days depending

email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to be put on the waiting list for this course specifically

Three Days of Clay Animals with James Ort 

DATES TBC

3-days

email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to be put on the waiting list for this course specifically

Ceramic Perched Birds with James Ort 

DATES TBC

2 separate days

email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to be put on the waiting list for this course specifically

Free-form Wire Sculpture with James Ort

DATES TBC

2-days

email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to be put on the waiting list for this course specifically

Wire & Mixed Media with James Ort

DATES TBC 

3-days

email james@phoenixstudio.co.uk to be put on the waiting list for this course specifically

Online & Home-based Creativity

Phoenix Art Club Zoom Sessions

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

More info here!

Previous Hester Berry Demonstrations

Available for purchase

Creative Communities

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.

Creative Young Artists

Being a big kid at heart, James relates well to children.  He is passionate about his work and his enthusiasm is infectious.

James does run occassional private & group tuition for young artists.

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