Oxford Summer School

Oxford Summer School 2025

Dates and information for 2025 courses will be published in December 2025.

Summer School 2025 will run from Monday 4th August to Saturday 9th August with Saturday set aside for one-day classes.

Oxford Summer School offers a wide range of art and craft courses, personally tutored on-site by experienced professionals who are well-known in the Art & Craft world. Our courses are suitable for a broad range of abilities and experience. All courses are priced at £65 per day.

Classes make great gifts, so consider buying one for a friend or relative as a special present.

The courses shown below are for 2024 and are provided to give you an idea of the range and type of courses that will be available. These are provided for information only, you cannot book any of these courses, Some of the 2024 courses may run again in 2025.

All classes are held at The Oxford Academy in Littlemore, OX4 6JZ which has parking and is also accessible via public transport.

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Courses for 2024 (for information only)

Courses A-Z Tutor Start Date Days Cost
A Bird in a Hoop Suzette Smart Sat 10th Aug 1 £60
A Little Book of Fabrics Caroline Marriott Mon 5th Aug 3 £180
Abstract Sea - Print: Place: Stitch Amanda Hislop Mon 5th Aug 3 £180
An Introduction to French Ronde Calligraphy Gwyneth Hibbett Fri 9th Aug 1 £60
An Introduction to Marbling Janey Whitehorn Thu 8th Aug 2 £120
Artist’s Books, Zines and Instant Books Penny Maltby Mon 5th Aug 3 £180
Asymetric Baskets Richard Kerwood Mon 5th Aug 1 £60
Batik inspired by John Piper Jenny O'Leary Tue 6th Aug 2 £120
Batik inspired by Plants and Seedpods Jenny O'Leary Thu 8th Aug 2 £120
Batik on Tissue inspired by Trees Jenny O'Leary Sat 10th Aug 1 £60
Botanical Illustration Valerie Price Mon 5th Aug 5 £300
Building Up the Surface - Creating a Concertina Sketchbook Polly Woolstone Mon 5th Aug 1 £60
Building Up the Surface - From Sketchbook to Finished Piece Polly Woolstone Thu 8th Aug 2 £120
Chinese Brush Painting Desmond Chung Sat 10th Aug 1 £60
Chinese Brush Painting, “The Way of the Brush” Jean M Turton Tue 6th Aug 2 £120
Drawing for the Terrified Richard Box Mon 5th Aug 2 £120
Embroidered Moroccan Mosaics Lucy Burton Thu 8th Aug 1 £60
Expressionistic Landscapes in Acrylic David Bannister Sat 10th Aug 1 £60
Expressionistic Landscapes in Acrylic (Thu) David Bannister Thu 8th Aug 1 £60
Expressive Surfaces Print, Paint and Collage Jo Dixon Mon 5th Aug 4 £240
Felted Barn Owl Sarah Richards Wed 7th Aug 2 £120
Floral Still Life in Oils or Acrylics Lucy Burton Wed 7th Aug 1 £60
Flourished Lettering Alex Gonaldi Wed 7th Aug 1 £60
Free Machine Embroidery for Beginners Anne Griffiths Thu 8th Aug 1 £60
From Truth to Abstraction in Mixed Media Jane Strother Mon 5th Aug 5 £300
Garden with Paint Print and Stitch Angie Hughes Mon 5th Aug 5 £300
Get lost in Paper Marbling Janey Whitehorn Sat 10th Aug 1 £60
Get lost in Paper Marbling (Wed) Janey Whitehorn Wed 7th Aug 1 £60
Introduction to Straw Work Penny Maltby Fri 9th Aug 1 £60
Journey into the Past with Our Pinhole Photography Workshop! John A. Blythe Sat 10th Aug 1 £60
Kawandi Christine Green Tue 6th Aug 2 £120
Life Drawing Basics: Understanding the Human Form Ella Clocksin Mon 5th Aug 2 £120
Life Drawing: Experimental and Expressive Ella Clocksin Wed 7th Aug 3 £180
Make A Simple Frame Basket In A Day Richard Kerwood Sat 10th Aug 1 £60
Making Pictures in Free Motion Machine Embroidery Linda Miller Wed 7th Aug 3 £180
Moon Jars Debbie Page Sat 10th Aug 1 £60
Nature Inspired Fabric Screenprinting Liam Biswell Sat 10th Aug 1 £60
One Step Away From Realism in Oils Kevin Scully Mon 5th Aug 2 £120
Pastel Portraits Mandy Clark Sat 10th Aug 1 £60
Print and Print and Make a Pinny Alison Hulme Thu 8th Aug 2 £120
Shoreline: colour placement with hand stitch Amanda Hislop Fri 9th Aug 1 £60
Singalong a Showstopper Jenni Matthews Mon 5th Aug 2 £120
Sketchbook Development- Observations and Experimentation Amanda Hislop Sat 10th Aug 1 £60
Stained Glass – Colour and Light Nicola Kantorowicz Mon 5th Aug 4 £240
Sustainable Camera-less Photography John A. Blythe Mon 5th Aug 3 £180
Table Top Jewellery Making Sara Withers Mon 5th Aug 2 £120
Texture in Watercolour Kevin Scully Wed 7th Aug 1 £60
There Are No Rules In Watercolour Kevin Scully Thu 8th Aug 2 £120
Treasure Boxes with Collage and Stitch Suzette Smart Thu 8th Aug 2 £120
Weaving on a Wheel Polly Woolstone Tue 6th Aug 2 £120
Willow for Garden Enhancement Richard Kerwood Tue 6th Aug 1 £60

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