Summer School in Visual Art and Craft
July - August 2013 Summer School

West Dean’s Summer Schools are the creative and social highlight of the year.
At the height of the summer West Dean’s location offers the perfect location to not only immerse yourself in a subject, but also to relax and to take advantage of the extra programmed activities that are part of the Summer Schools.

You have a chance to explore new ways of creating and working in your chosen subject whilst also enjoying the opportunity to share ideas and experiences with like-minded people on other courses. The low student numbers offers tutors time to give personal attention and support as well as the opportunity to work intensively on your own. A programmed swap-over session to another course allows you to sample another art or craft, and often inspires new ways of approaching your own area.

Yoga and Chi Kung sessions are programmed throughout each week.

The Summer School Programme

The special features of the programme include:

• Short illustrated talks by tutors on their work (open to all)
• A programmed swap-over session to another course of your choice
• Displays of tutors’ work
• An afternoon of organised visits to local arts venues
• An optional evening at the Chichester Festival Theatre (which must be pre-booked)
• A special party dinner on the last evening with music
• Workshop displays of students' work and informal end-of-course group reviews

The Summer School courses begin at lunch-time on Saturday and end at 3pm the following Friday. Tuition and all meals, excluding breakfast, are covered in the non-residential course fee.

To help you choose the right course, please use the categories be low :
Beginners anyone new to the subject or those who have not practised for a while
Intermediate those with some experience in the subject, eg been on a beginners course
Advanced established practitioners in the subject – amateur and professional
Suitable for all courses that are delivered to suit any level of experience.

Click on the tutor's name for more about about the course and to book on-line.

WEEK 1JULY 27–AUGUST 2

Monochrome mosaics

SS3976£641NEW

Intermediate/Advanced

SONIA KING

Designing and making mosaics

SS3977£631

Suitable for all

EMMA BIGGS

Creative silversmithing for vessels and sculptural jewellery

SS3978£631

Suitable for all

ABIGAIL BROWN

Greenwoodspoon and bowl making

SS3979£656 NEW

Suitable for all

NIC WEBB

Sculptural ceramics and painterly surfaces

SS3980£683NEW

Suitable for all

CAROLYN GENDERS

Human to Abstract: painting feeling and experience

SS3981£651

Intermediate/Advanced

MATTHEW COLLINGS

The emotion of stitch – exploring hand embroidery

SS3982£667

Suitable for all

JAMES HUNTING

Painting as poetry

SS3983£631

Suitable for all

EMILY BALL

Carving in colour

SS3984£631

Suitable for all

PAULA HAUGHNEY

Creative blacksmithing – garden sculpture projects

SS3985£725NEW

Suitable for all

MELISSA COLE

WEEK 2 AUGUST 3–9

Text and image – the art of letterpress printing

SS3986£656NEW>

Suitable for all

SARAH BRYANT

Exploring rhythm and repetition in textiles

SS3987£631NEW

Intermediate/Advanced

DIONNE SWIFT

Enamelled sculpture for the garden

SS3988£641

Suitable for all

JOAN MACKARELL

Making automata and moving toys

SS3989£643

Suitable for all

ROBERT RACE

Exploring porcelain – form and surface

SS3990£693

Intermediate/Advanced

JACK DOHERTY

Creative drawing with ink, pastel, charcoal and pencil

SS3991£643 NEW

Suitable for all

FREYA POCKLINGTON

An exploration of tapestry weaving

SS3992£631

Beginners/Intermediate

CARON PENNEY

Painting seascapes in oils

SS3993£631NEW

Intermediate/Advanced

TOM BENJAMIN

Garden sculpture in metals

SS3994£683

Suitable for all

MIKE SAVAGE

WEEK 3 AUGUST 10–16

Printmaking with lino

SS3995£668

Suitable for all

DALE DEVEREUX BARKER

Stained glass – layering, colour, pattern and drawing

SS3996£714NEW

Suitable for all

HELEN ROBINSON

Making jewellery – an individual approach

SS3997£631

Suitable for all

SARAH MACRAE

Sculpting the figure – exploring the boundaries

SS3998£668NEW

Suitable for all

IAN EDWARDS

Painting the human figure – clothed/unclothed

SS3999£688

Intermediate/Advanced

JOHN FREEMAN

Tracing shadows and mark making in textiles

SS4000£645 NEW

Suitable for all

CAS HOLMES

Painting beyond the surface – water-based media

SS4001£638 NEW

Suitable for all

CHRISTINE FORBES

Photographing people and places

SS4002£648

Intermediate

JACQUI HURST

50% Discount - Conditions apply: To be eligible you must be working as a teacher or teaching assistant in a primary school, or as a teacher, technician or teaching assistant in an art or technology department in a secondary school, college or university.

To take up this offer please call the Bookings Office on 0844 4994408 or email bookingsoffice@westdean.org.uk with the name of your school, college or university and your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice of courses as places cannot be guaranteed until one week before the start of each course.