13~17 year olds - Contemporary Art Summer Camp

Learner hours: 25

This five-day course focuses on hands-on making using a variety of clay types. Students will have the opportunity to explore different techniques and approaches to working with clay in the university’s 3D workshops and classrooms.

Over three days in the clay studios, participants will learn foundational skills such as wheel throwing, alongside developing their own personal creative pieces. Additional sessions will introduce air-dry and modelling clays, encouraging experimentation and the creation of imaginative work.

The course is inclusive and suitable for all ability levels. It is led by an experienced teacher who offers supportive, tailored guidance to each student. Participants should be prepared for a highly practical, studio-based environment where creativity is encouraged—and getting a little messy is all part of the process.

Day 1 - Clay Workshop
We will kick off the course with an introduction to the clay studios and learning basic clay techniques to make clay slabs and pottery throwing. Students will be helped to embark on projects that are tailored to their own interest and that that they can embark on over the course of the project and within the time restraints.

Day 2 - Clay Workshop Continued
We will continue to explore clay methods and techniques while encouraging children to complete and be ambitious with their own projects

Day 3 – Air-Dry Clay
We will be looking at different ways of working with air-dry clay, creating different armatures and sculpting heads and faces

Day 4 - Mix Media and Clay
On this day we will be looking at contemporary artist and how we can use clay in with other materials. We will have a go at creating our own mixed media work that is based in and inspired by artist working now.

Day 5 - Finishing
Students will be able to choose projects to finish off. They can paint or glaze their air-dry projects, finish off turning pots and complete clay projects.

Mode of delivery: Face to face

Our address is The School of Creative Arts, College Lane Campus, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB.

For Maps and Directions please visit our helpful  ‘Where to Find Us’  page. Further details are sent by email when you have booked.

Booking deadlines

Bookings for all Creative Arts Short Courses will be reviewed two weeks before the start date of each course. This will allow the Short Course team to determine whether a course has met the minimum number of students needed for the class to run. If a class has failed to recruit, the class will be re-scheduled and you will be informed. Where relevant you will be offered an alternative class. If the course has met minimum numbers, bookings will stay open to the course start date or until it has met maximum numbers.

We encourage you to book early before the deadline to avoid disappointment.

Bookings for all short courses need to be made online through our online booking system, before a course commences. You cannot enroll or attend a class on the day the course starts.

Cancellations

If for any reason you change your mind about joining us after you have accepted the offer, you have a legal right to cancel your contract to study with us within 14 days. This cancellation period therefore ends at the end of 14 days after the day on which you accepted our offer. Find further details of our cancellation terms here.