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RHACC’s Summer School Courses

Make this summer count!

This years Summer School brings together a range of short, engaging courses designed to help you learn something new, build confidence, and explore your creativity – all in a supportive adult learning environment. Whether you’re developing skills for work, rediscovering a passion, or simply trying something different, there’s something here for you.

Why join our Summer School?


• Short courses designed to fit around your summer
• Expert tutors and a friendly, adult-focused learning environment
• Creative, practical and skills-based subjects to choose from
• A great way to meet new people and try something new

Explore the courses below and find your summer start.

Summer Courses

Browse our courses running this summer
Ceramic Handbuilding & Throwing – Intermediate – Summer School
Start Date: Monday, 27th July 2026
Plus 1 alternative start date
Time: 10am-4pm Mon, 10am-4pm Tue, 10am-4pm Wed, 10am-4pm Thu, 10am-4pm Fri
Duration: 5 days
Level: 2
Cost: £260
Limited places available
Want to take your ceramic skills to the next level? This one-week summer school is designed to introduce you to exciting ceramic decorating techniques. You'll learn to decorate soft, leather-hard, and fired clay, opening up a world of creative...
Ceramics – The Wheel Intensive – Foundations to Functional Forms
Start Date: Monday, 17th August 2026
Time: 10am-4pm Mon, 10am-4pm Tue, 10am-4pm Wed, 10am-4pm Thu
Duration: 4 days
Level: 2
Cost: £221
Master the pottery wheel in this intensive, four-day beginner bootcamp. This course takes you step-by-step from raw clay to finished, functional pottery. You will learn the core skills of the wheel, including easy centring, opening the clay, and...
Ceramics Summer Workshop – Summer School
Start Date: Monday, 10th August 2026
Time: 10am-4pm Mon, 10am-4pm Tue, 10am-4pm Wed
Duration: 3 days
Level: 3
Cost: £161
Limited places available
Looking for a fun and creative way to spend your summer? Join our Ceramics Summer Workshop at RHACC! This workshop is perfect for continuing your ceramic journey, finishing existing projects, or starting something new. You'll receive personalised...
Ceramics Throwing Intermediate – Summer School
Start Date: Monday, 3rd August 2026
Time: 10am-4pm Mon, 10am-4pm Tue, 10am-4pm Wed, 10am-4pm Thu, 10am-4pm Fri
Duration: 5 days
Level: Non Accredited
Cost: £273 / £191
A course for those with experience of throwing on the wheel who wish to improve and enjoy five days of throwing. The course is right for you if you can centre, keep the clay on centre to make a vessel and have learned how to turn away excess clay....
Clothesmaking for Beginners
Start Date: Monday, 27th July 2026
Plus 6 alternative start dates
Time: 10am-1pm Mon
Duration: 3 days
Level: Non Accredited
Cost: £203 / £142
No places available
Ever felt like you cannot find the clothes you would like to wear in the shops? This 6-week beginners sewing course is the first step in creating your own clothing, textile products and accessories. You will be taught the skills to start making...
Intensive Watercolour
Start Date: Monday, 20th July 2026
Time: 10am-4pm Mon, 10am-4pm Tue, 10am-4pm Wed, 10am-4pm Thu
Duration: 1 day
Level: 3
Cost: £202
No places available
Explore the beautiful possibilities of watercolour through experimentation and guided exercises. Improve your paint handling abilities, explore different techniques, and discover new ways of applying watercolour in this intensive short course....
Life Drawing Summer School
Start Date: Tuesday, 18th August 2026
Time: 10am-4pm Wed, 10am-4pm Thu, 10am-4pm Fri
Duration: 3 days
Level: Non Accredited
Cost: £177 / £123
The course sets out to build on an understanding of the visual language of drawing through the focus on the figure. The history of the course is that it is a little more experimental than the Saturday courses as the sessions are a little longer,...
Upholstery – Intensive
Start Date: Monday, 3rd August 2026
Plus 9 alternative start dates
Time: 10am-5pm Mon, 10am-5pm Tue, 10am-5pm Wed, 10am-5pm Thu, 10am-5pm Fri
Duration: 5 days
Level: 3
Cost: £405
Limited places available
What is upholstery? Rebuilding and or recovering a piece of furniture either modern or traditional. The four or five-day intensive course is suitable for all levels of upholstery skills, from beginners to those with some experience. Both...