• Join our Summer Courses

    Our summer courses are ready for booking! We run a diverse array of courses in multiple disciplines in painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking and digital arts.

  • Summer courses for Young Artists

    We offer summer holiday courses with a high level of tuition, from drawing, contemporary painting, specialist sculpture, and experimental media classes. Our Young Artist courses include bumper programmes such as graphic novel, manga and animation classes.

  • Short Courses

    From 10-weeks to Taster Days we have something to suit everyone

  • Fine Art Foundation

    An artist’s bridge from school or short courses towards a professional career, which is completely different to others because we are not beholden to the syllabus of an exam board.

  • BA (Hons) Contemporary Portraiture

    The first BA of its kind in Europe, embrace the diversity of contemporary portraiture practices

  • BA (Hons) Fine Art

    Our BA course transforms students into working artists with the highest tutor contact hours of any higher education art course in the UK, with experts who are practising artists themselves.

The Art Academy 2025 Graduation Show

Save the date!

  • Private View: 26th June 6pm-9pm
  • Show opening: 27th June until the 29th of June 12pm-5pm
  • Art Academy Bankside Campus, 185 Park Street, London SE1 9BL

Join us for our 2025 Graduation Show and explore and celebrate the brilliant artworks made by the students on our BA (HONS) Fine Art, Foundation Degree Fine Art in (Contemporary Portraiture) and Fine Art Foundation programmes.

Entry is open to all, no booking required.

Featured Courses

Sculpture

One Day Taster: Sculpture – 8th June

Sunday 8th June 2025

Bankside Campus

£95

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Mix course, short courses, painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking

Printmaking, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture

Monday Mix

Mondays, 7th July – 1st September 2025

Bankside Campus

£310

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Intro to Clay Sculpture

Sculpture

Introduction to Sculpture

Tuesdays, 8th July – 29th July 2025

Bankside Campus

£160

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Painting

Oil Painting for Beginners

Saturdays, 12th July – 30th August 2025

Bankside Campus

£190

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Drawing for All, Short course

Drawing

Drawing for Beginners

Tuesdays, 8th July – 26th August 2025

Bankside Campus

£195

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Young Artist

Painting, Sculpture

Young Artist: Experimentations with Painting, Sculpture and Mixed Media (15 – 17)

Monday 7th – Friday 11th July 2025

Bankside Campus

£450, £750

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Manga Illustration

Digital Art

Young Artist: Manga Illustration (12 – 14)

Monday 7th – Friday 11th July 2025

Bankside Campus

£450, £750

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