Events
Courses And Classes
Did you know all our courses can be purchased as a gift?
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Our varied programme of courses provides an exceptional experience to develop your practical art skills and explore the history, theory and business of art.
Whether you wish to learn something new or are seeking to further your professional knowledge, we offer courses designed for learners of all-levels. Benefit from tuition by expert practitioners, leading academics and international art-world scholars, taught within the RA’s historic spaces.
Short course
Capturing landscapes: Sketching with pencil and watercolour
Weekend art making course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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2 July 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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3 July 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Join artist Adebanji Alade for a weekend course exploring the artist’s sketch, and learn how to capture the essence of the world around you swiftly and effectively.
£420. Includes all materials.
Short course
Contemporary art summer school at the Royal Academy
Summer school
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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12 July 2022, 10am — 5pm
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13 July 2022, 10am — 5pm
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14 July 2022, 10am — 5pm
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15 July 2022, 10am — 5pm
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16 July 2022, 10am — 5pm
Wolfson British Academy Room, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Using the Summer Exhibition as a starting point, immerse yourself in contemporary art through engagement with the artists, curators and business insiders at the heart of the industry.
£1,800. Includes all materials, light refreshments each day and drinks receptions throughout the week.
Short course
Art and society in eighteenth-century Britain
Summer school
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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2 August 2022, 10am — 5pm
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3 August 2022, 10am — 5pm
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4 August 2022, 10am — 5pm
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5 August 2022, 10am — 5pm
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6 August 2022, 10am — 5pm
Wolfson British Academy Room, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Immerse yourself in the Age of Enlightenment – its art, culture and society – at the historic Royal Academy.
£1,800. Includes all materials, light refreshments each day and drinks receptions throughout the week.
Short course
Painting in practice: Exploring paint and its properties
Art making summer school
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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23 August 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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24 August 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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25 August 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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26 August 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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27 August 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
A practical five-day course exploring paint and painting techniques through the genres of still life and portraiture.
£1,900. Includes all materials, light refreshments each day and drinks receptions throughout the week.
Short course
Moving into the abstract: Experimenting with colour
Weekend art making course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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3 September 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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4 September 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Explore responses to landscape through colour, using watercolour and acrylic paint.
£480. Includes all materials.
Short course
Life drawing summer school
Art making summer school
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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6 September 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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7 September 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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8 September 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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9 September 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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10 September 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Join us for a dynamic week-long course to discover the art and science of anatomical drawing.
£1,900. Includes all materials, light refreshments each day and drinks receptions throughout the week.
Short course
Friends and Academicians’ Room members life drawing
Morning session
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 14 September 2022
10am — 1pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Enjoy an exclusive life drawing session for Friends and Academicians’ Room members.
£50. Includes all practical materials. Friends and Academicians’ Room members only.
Talk
Executive Master in Cultural Leadership
Online open evening
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 14 September 2022
5.30 — 6.15pm
Online Zoom talk
Meet the team behind our Executive Master in Cultural Leadership for an online informal discussion and learn more about the RA’s exciting MA programme.
Free, booking required.
Short course
Exhibitions in miniature: a model-making masterclass
Weekend art making course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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1 October 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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2 October 2022, 10.30am — 4.30pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Join set designer Sabine Theunissen for a weekend exploring the minute architecture of the cardboard model, inspired by the RA’s exhibition of works by her longtime collaborator, William Kentridge RA.
£420. Includes all materials.
Short course
Friends and Academicians’ Room members life drawing
Morning session
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 12 October 2022
10am — 1pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Enjoy an exclusive life drawing session for Friends and Academicians’ Room members.
£50. Includes all practical materials. Friends and Academicians’ Room members only.
Short course
Romantic ruins: destruction and decay
Weekend art history course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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22 October 2022, 10am — 5pm
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23 October 2022, 10am — 5pm
Wolfson British Academy Room, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Ruins – and their depiction – have fascinated cultures from antiquity to today. Join us for this weekend course as we explore various ruins in art and architecture and learn what they tell us about societies.
£420
Short course
World of prints: creating a collection
Weekend art business course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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29 October 2022, 10am — 5pm
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30 October 2022, 10am — 5pm
Wolfson British Academy Room, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Join artists, experts and printmakers for this two-day art business course – an in-depth introduction to the world of prints: from how they are made to building an art collection.
£420
Short course
Storytelling and mythmaking: drawing weekend
Weekend art making course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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29 October 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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30 October 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Build characters, stories and worlds in this two-day drawing course, inspired by the RA’s theatrical and immersive exhibition: William Kentridge.
£420. Includes all materials.
Short course
Friends and Academicians’ Room members life drawing
Morning session
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Wednesday 16 November 2022
10am — 1pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Enjoy an exclusive life drawing session for Friends and Academicians’ Room members.
£50. Includes all practical materials. Friends and Academicians’ Room members only.
Short course
From flower to fabric: embroidering florals
Weekend art making course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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19 November 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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20 November 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Translate botanical drawings to embroidered floral designs with textile artist Lora Avedian.
£420. Includes all materials.
Short course
Exploring the modern
Weekend art history course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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26 November 2022, 10am — 5pm
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27 November 2022, 10am — 5pm
Wolfson British Academy Room, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Join art historian Ben Street to explore the wide-ranging movement of modernism, as well as uncovering its lesser-known stories through a variety of expert-led talks and discussions.
£420
Short course
Life drawing: From masters to moderns
Weekend art making course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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26 November 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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27 November 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
This two-day drawing weekend – held onsite at the Royal Academy – explores the development of traditional life drawing from history to the present day, inspired by figurative works in the RA Collection.
£420. Includes all materials.
Talk
Executive Master in Cultural Leadership
Online open evening
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
Monday 28 November 2022
5.30 — 6.15pm
Online Zoom talk
Meet the team behind our Executive Master in Cultural Leadership for an online informal discussion and learn more about the RA’s exciting MA programme.
Free, booking required.
Short course
Making a portrait
Weekend art making course
● Fully booked
● Cancelled
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3 December 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
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4 December 2022, 10.30am — 5.30pm
The Clore Learning Centre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts
Join artist Sharon Brindle and learn to paint portraits from life, inspired by the intimate portraits in our ‘Making Modernism’ exhibition.
£480. Includes all materials.