Leap Then Look Summer Art School

Phoenix Art Space

Leap Then Look Summer Art School

Art School

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Dive Into a Creative Adventure at Leap Then Look’s Summer Art School!

This summer, give your child an unforgettable experience at our five-day art school, where imagination runs wild, creativity takes centre stage, and every child is celebrated as an artist in the making! Designed for children aged 8–13 yrs, our art school offers a unique opportunity to experiment with cutting-edge techniques and explore the exciting world of contemporary art.

What Makes Leap Then Look’s Art School Unique?

Unconventional Art Techniques: From screen printing and sculpture to performance, installation, and film, children will explore a wide range of materials and processes inspired by today’s most exciting contemporary artists.
Collaborative and Independent Projects: Children can work on group creations or dive into solo projects, giving them the freedom to create their own unique vision while learning to collaborate and value different perspectives.
A Hands-On, Immersive Experience: Each day is packed with new activities, including object making, photography, mixed media, and even textiles, encouraging your child to think and create fearlessly.
Exhibition Finale: The week ends with a celebratory showcase where children display their creations for family and friends—a proud moment to celebrate their artistic journey!

What to Expect During the Week

Daily Adventures in Art: Children will experiment with structured workshops and open-ended creative sessions, ensuring a mix of guided learning and playful discovery.
Professional Artist Guidance: Highly skilled and experienced instructors will nurture each child’s creativity, challenge their ideas, and support them in exploring new artistic possibilities.
Exciting Studio Space: Held in a welcoming, sociable environment, our art school offers a vibrant, pressure-free atmosphere where children can feel relaxed, inspired, and free to explore.
Skill Building Beyond Art: Alongside creativity, children will develop problem-solving skills, resilience, and confidence—gifts they’ll carry for life.

Why Join Us?

An Alternative Learning Experience: Our approach goes beyond traditional education, immersing children in a dynamic world of creativity and discovery.
Friendship & Collaboration: Children will connect with peers, work together, and learn from one another in a fun and inclusive environment.
Confidence Through Creation: Our participants gain a sense of pride and ownership in their work, building self-confidence and a fearless approach to creative challenges.
Returning Students Love Us: Many of our participants come back again and again, eager to expand their artistic horizons and reconnect with friends.

Highlights

Experimentation: Explore contemporary art techniques not taught in schools.
Playfulness: Every activity is designed to spark joy, curiosity, and excitement.
Big Ideas: We encourage children to think BIG—literally and creatively—embracing unexpected ways of making art.
Community Spirit: Children of all ages inspire each other, with older students mentoring younger ones and everyone learning together.

General Information

Dates: Monday 28th July – Friday 1st August

Times: 10 am – 4 pm daily

Location: Phoenix Art Space

Age Group: 8–13 years

Price: £250 (£225 sibling discount)

Don’t Miss Out! Book now.

Spaces are limited, so book now to secure your spot. Let your child experience the joy of creating, connecting, and exploring in a nurturing and inspiring environment. Watch as they discover new skills, develop their artistic voice, and build memories to last a lifetime!

Responses from parents of children who have taken part in previous Leap Then Look art schools:

A really free range experience where our daughter develops her ideas and collaborates with new friends, all the time taking advice and guidance from brilliant, inspiring staff. She absolutely loves the independence the programme affords and the way she can create work across all sorts of art mediums. She loves the ability to collaborate with other kids across different age groups and learns so much guiding younger kids, and looking up to the example of older kids. We’d make Leap Then Look available to every kid in the country if we could.

You have totally opened my daughter’s mind up to new ways of working and thinking about art. The art school has been the antithesis to art lessons at school. Leap Then Look encouraged the children to go in any direction they chose, opening up different avenues and possibilities to them to explore what art can be.

My most sincere thanks for such a wonderful summer school. It was just the kind of enabling, creative, respectful engagement I have always wanted my daughter to have, but not found. You really did such a fantastic job and I hope she can return in the future! I really valued the way that it engaged the young participants as equals and respected their creativity. The outcomes were stunning but the process was also wonderful.

Children will need to bring: a packed lunch, snacks, water bottle and clothes they can get messy in.

Booking: please ensure you provide all the required information about your child on checkout including any additional needs or requirements. Your mobile phone number will be used as an emergency contact.

N.B. A sibling discount is available on additional tickets if parents/carers buy one full price ticket at the same time.