Teachers and schools
Engage your students with art by bringing them to a free exhibition tour or a practical workshop, or develop your own skills and network at one of our bespoke teacher events.
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Visiting our exhibitions
Inspire your students by bringing them to a world-class exhibition at the RA. Free practical workshops, teacher resources and interactive guided tours are available for selected exhibitions. Free self-directed visits are available for all our exhibitions and our permanent displays and we also run SEND Schools weeks.
For more information on our offer for teachers and schools download the Teachers and Schools booklet for 2018-19.
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Current exhibitions
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Phyllida Barlow cul-de-sac
until 23 June 2019
See the precarious structures made by Phyllida Barlow RA. Her work is made of raw and recycled materials, which transform the environments they inhabit.
Teacher resources
Download a teacher resource about the exhibition, suitable for teaching Key Stages 3–5.
Your visit
We are offering primary and secondary groups self-directed visits for this exhibition.
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Gallery view of the 250th Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (12 June — 19 August 2018)
Summer Exhibition 2019
10 June – 13 August 2019
Each summer, the Summer Exhibition fills our galleries with a collage-like display of art in all mediums – prints and paintings, film, photography, sculpture, architectural works and more.
Your visit
We are offering primary and secondary groups self-directed visits, Monday morning private views, as well as practical workshops for this exhibition.
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Coming soon
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Félix Vallotton: Painter of Disquiet
30 June – 29 September 2019
Discover Felix Vallotton – a masterful artist and printmaker who captured the private and public lives in Paris at the end of the 19th century.
Your visit
We are offering primary and secondary groups self-directed visits for this exhibition.
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Helene Schjerfbeck
20 July – 27 October 2019
Encounter the paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck, in the first major UK exhibition of her portraits, self-portraits, landscapes and still lifes.
Your visit
We are offering primary and secondary groups self-directed visits for this exhibition.
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Our permanent displays
Explore our new free displays of the RA Collection in the Vaults and The Collection Gallery at the RA.
Free workshops at the RA
We are offering practical workshops inspired by the RA Collection for primary and secondary schools. Read more below.
Resources
Want more information about selected works from the Collection? Try our How to read it series, search our Collection online or try a more visual way in with our Collection explorer.
Your visit
You do not need to book for a self-directed visit to the Collection.
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School workshops inspired by the RA Collection
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Primary workshops
In small groups, students will engage in discussion about the artworks in the gallery, then experiment in a making session in our Clore Learning Centre. All our creative workshops are led by practising artists and supported by specially-trained volunteers.
Call 020 7300 5995 for more information or to book.
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Artist for a day: from drawing to sculpture
Students will explore in small groups the work of RA sculptors past and present. Then, in a hands-on creative workshop, they will use drawings as a starting point to develop their sculpture by introducing weight, scale and texture. Students will look at the differences between drawing and sculpture and what they can achieve with each medium.
Selected dates in February and March 2019.
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Artist for a day: portraits and self-portraits
What are portraits and how do artist create them? Students will take a closer look at historic and contemporary portraits, unearth artists’ decisions and consider different artistic approaches. Students will learn to decipher the code of the portrait artist and use varied materials and techniques to create their own portrait or self-portrait.
Selected dates in April, May and June 2019.
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Secondary workshops
All workshops begin with an interactive discussion, followed by a tour of the exhibition where students will engage in critical analysis of the artworks. After a lunch break, the group will then explore artistic practice in a making session in our Clore Learning Centre. All our creative workshops are led by specially-trained volunteers.
Call 020 7300 5995 for more information or to book.
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In the studio: sketchbooks
Inspired by historic and contemporary sketchbooks from our Collection, students will discover the value of sketching. Students will take drawing, sculpture, architecture or painting as a starting point and experiment, take risks, work through and record their ideas. They will create their own unique sketchbook to take home in a format designed to suit their personal artistic practice.
Selected dates in January and February 2019.
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In the studio: portraits and self-portraits
What do portrait artists choose to reveal or to hide from the viewer? Exploring techniques, trying out materials and responding to the RA Collection, students will experiment with their own drawn, painted or printed portraits.
Selected dates in April, May and June 2019.
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Workshops at your school
Held at your school, these all-day, immersive workshops offer students across the UK the chance to draw from a life model and learn about the role drawing can play in developing creativity. Choose from life drawing, where students produce a portfolio of exploratory drawings, or portraiture workshops where students will investigate a range of approaches to portraiture, including caricature, movement, invention and identity.
Each outreach workshop is for a maximum of 30 pupils and costs £360 including VAT.
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Teacher events
Visit our exhibitions at a private view for teachers, or join us at a full-day workshop for teachers, where you can develop art-making skills as well as look at and engage with art and architecture. We also offer relaxed, sociable teacher studios on Friday evenings where you can learn new skills and network with fellow teachers. See all events for teachers.
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Young Artists’ Summer Show
This summer we are hosting the first dedicated Young Artists’ Summer Show, which will showcase work by young artists aged 7-19 in key stages 2–5. The display will run alongside our world-famous Summer Exhibition. It will give young artists the chance to exhibit their work on the RA website, and in a display at the RA itself this summer.
Submissions are now closed and judging is taking place. Look out for the online exhibition, opening 10 June 2019 and the exhibition at the RA opening 13 July 2019.
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attRAct: mentoring for art students
Our attRAct programme offers London-based A-level art students the chance to engage with art and architecture through a specially designed programme of workshops, exhibition tours, studio visits, mentoring sessions in the RA schools, gallery visits and careers and portfolio advice.
Each year, art teachers in 25 state schools in the London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow and City of Westminster nominate two students to participate in attRAct. This is a unique and very special opportunity to draw on the exceptional resources the RA has to offer and to create a lasting relationship with the Academy.
If you would like more information regarding the programme, please email attract@royalacademy.org.uk.
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Get in touch
To make a booking, ask a question, or tell us about your visit get in touch by telephone on 020 7300 5995 or by email at studentgroups@royalacademy.org.uk
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Hear from us
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