COURSE CODE: SC2504028
COURSE DATES: Monday 27th – Friday 31st July 2026
TUTOR: Usva Inei
DAYS: 5
TIMES: 10:00am – 4:00pm
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Ages 15 – 18, All Levels
FEE: £395, £595
LOCATION: Bankside Campus, 185 Park Street, SE1 9BL
In this course, you will get to experiment with various different art-making approaches, including drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, and printmaking. You will be introduced to artists and artwork, as well as learn new skills and approaches to making. This course can be a fun way to explore your creativity and develop your own style, but can also be used to build up portfolios for school work.
Please note this course is for ages 15 – 18, for students in schools years 10 – 13, or attending a college.
If you are 18 and no longer in full time education, please consider one of our adult short courses for 18+.
Our Young Artist courses have three booking options for UK Residents, International students and a limited number of scholarship spaces for Free School Meal recipients.
To apply for a scholarship place, please fill out this form and one of the team will get back to you.
For UK Residents we will require a proof of residency within the Parental Consent Form, sent to you on completion of booking.
Recommend booking by: July 13, 2026
This course is suitable for students between the ages of 15 to 18 only, and is open to all skill levels.
Please bring old clothes and two jam jars or containers for water. Please also bring a camera/phone to photo document your work.
Preparation for the Personal Project day: students should bring in a range of images of a place, object, or concept, that excites and inspires them, to help develop their personal project.
Usva Inei is a queer, non-binary visual artist, mainly working with topics of lived experiences of immigration and queerness. They primarily work through mixed media installations, with painting and printmaking being central elements of their practice. Usva’s work is critical, political, and feminist, exploring such themes, as identity politics, acculturation, normative structures, and the role of physical space in directing behaviour. In addition to exhibiting their artwork, Usva regularly teaches both on academic and artistic courses, runs various art-based workshops with museums and charities, and is engaged in academic, art-based research. Usva is a Finnish-born Russian immigrant, currently based in London, UK.
185 Park Street,London SE1 9BL tel: +44 (0) 207407 6969
This is our new purpose built accessible campus. Find more information here
Nearest Tube/ Rail: London Bridge or Southwark (both a 10-15 minute walk). Please note that London Bridge has two exits, the most direct route is to follow signs to “Borough Market”.
Bankside Campus
Students are welcome to use The Hub during break times, where you can prepare hot drinks and/or food. You must bring your own keep-cup, water bottle or food container to the Academy as mugs, glasses, and containers will not be available in our Bankside campus.
Tea and coffee will be provided by the Academy and is available from the island unit at the end of The Hub.
We offer a number of concessions and discounts, please find more information on what we offer here.
If you would like to purchase a gift voucher to be used on our courses then you can purchase these here. Terms and Conditions
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Price range: £395.00 through £595.00