Arts and crafts training providers in Cornwall

There are lots of businesses and organisations running arts and crafts courses, workshops and classes in Cornwall. Drawing and painting classes are hugely popular. There are currently 46 course providers listed in this section. Also see our Arts and crafts courses, workshops and classes in Cornwall page for details of specific dates. If you would like your business listed here, please use our on-line submission forms and we may be able to help you promote your work.

 

Crossover Community Project

Elim Centre
  • Address: Elim Centre, Dolcoath Drive, Camborne, Cornwall TR14 8RY
  • Telephone: 01209 714781

Our adult courses include informal 5 week groups that are taster sessions for trying out crafts such as pottery, felting, card making and Tiffany glass work, alongside 20 week accredited courses in creative crafts such as decorative glass, sugar craft and mosaics, up to NCFE Level 3.

We also have courses on developing effective parenting skills, building self esteem and coping with stress.

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All Singing All Dancing Music Academy

  • Address: 2 Heather Lane, Canons Town, Cornwall TR27 6NQ
  • Telephone: 07811 215887
  • Email: vikkisinging@teacher.com
  • Contact: Vikki Bunney

The All Singing All Dancing Music Academy is a unique provider of tuition in Modern Performance Vocals and Modern Funky/Street and Hip Hop Dance linked to a Record Label and Professional Music Production Suite. Tuition and support is also available for a wide range of instruments and Music Industry Knowledge.

Annie Bungeroth

Annie Bungeroth photographic trainer

I am an experienced photographic trainer both in the UK and overseas. I offer bespoke training courses and one-to-one photographic outings in my local area. All training is tailored to your personal requirements.
Contact me for more details.

Art of Ceremony

I am an artist working with paint, mixed media and textiles, as well as creating environmental art. I see art as a means of connecting with heart and soul to my life and the environment. I offer regular workshops for people who wish to develop a closer relationship with their creative self. Do check out my website for more details.

Ashley Hanson, art workshops and holidays

Ashley is a leading contemporary Cornish artist and renowned colourist. He has exhibited widely and is one of the gallery artists at the Great Atlantic Gallery, Falmouth and St Just. In 2011 he was selected for the RA Summer Exhibition and has been short listed for the Canvas and Cream prize. In addition to his art practice he is also an accomplished art tutor and puts on a local programme of painting workshops throughout the year. In addition to this he also runs his own painting holidays in Cornwall, one to one expert tuition and group critiques. See our web site and our Ashley Hanson blog spot or contact us directly for more information.

Barbara Bell Pottery Holidays in Port Isaac

Barbara Bell, ceramic artist and qualified teacher gives classes in her custom-built studio overlooking the sea at Port Isaac. Barbara's influences come from the sea and cliffs around her house and a strong visual reference from many years living overseas. The studio is set as a teaching facility with a good library and range of equipment. Barbara has worked in mainstream education and has sound knowledge of criteria required for A-levels, Foundation and City and Guilds qualifications.

Beady Reba's

  • Address: 40 St Johns Street, Hayle, Cornwall TR27 4LN
  • Telephone: 07745 332613
  • Email: beadymarrie@aol.com
  • Contact: Marrie Goode

Handmade jewellery, Christmas decorations, wedding decorations and tiara's. Jewellery parties and classes, including private tuition also available.

Beyond Patchwork

Beyond Patchwork run a variety of one day, monthly and six week workshops, at Fraddon Village Hall; Coast and Country Crafts and Quilts, Perranarworthal and at Quilt Groups. These workshops cover a selection of mixed media, surface techniques, design, embellishments and stitching to enhance a variety of new projects. We work through ideas and inspirations to develop individual designs. Our aim is that our students leave our workshops with the skills to experiment and develop their own patchwork and quilting.

Bucca Gwidden Community Theatre Company

Bucca Gwidden is a local community theatre company committed to encouraging quality, creative theatre skills and performance opportunities for all. Rooted in a strong folk theatre tradition Bucca Gwidden takes inspiration from, procession, carnival, storytelling, festival and community celebration with a very hands on and handmade visual approach. An emphasis on fun and playfulness keeps all Bucca Gwidden projects exciting and fresh while leaders ensure that a professional, positive and safe environment is created for all groups at all times. £5 per session. 5-11 years Tues 4pm-6pm. 11-14 years Thurs 4pm-6pm.

Burntwater Arts

Inspirational courses and workshops in Cornwall, led by insightful and experienced professional artists and Tutors for all levels.
Discover yourself - Burntwater Arts runs workshops that inspire and challenge artists, whether professional or serious amateur, to take their art to the next level.
All our workshop leaders are successful practising professionals who are also teachers, wanting to bring the best out of you and to pass on their experience.
If you would like to recover a sense of direction or be in the company of like-minded people passionate and open about their art, then these workshops are for you.

Callington School of Art

We are a residential art school in the Tamar Valley offering one, three and six day courses in a wide variety of media for artists of all abilities.

Coast and Country Crafts and Quilts

Coast and Country Crafts and Quilts offer a wide range of tutored craft & quilting workshops for all abilities, from our purpose built facility at Barras Moor Village. For details of workshops currently available, please see our website or call Sally at the shop.
Group bookings are available for up to 10 people, with family workshops (for accompanied children over 8 years)running during school holidays.
Our workshop is also available for private bookings, weekdays, evenings & weekends, subject to availability, for details contact Sally.
Our adjacent country store offers a wide selection of craft and quilting fabrics and accessories for all your workshop needs.
Refreshments are available for all workshops and private hire, subject to booking. Lunches and light meals can be provided by arrangement with the adjacent Olive Grove restaurant.
Shop opening times: Monday - Friday 10am-2.30pm and Saturdays 10am-4pm. (Workshops will run from 10am-3or4pm).

Colour Monkeys

Children's arty parties and 'Daft Craft' workshops
As a creative practitioner and qualified art teacher I run art workshops for all ages and abilities throughout Cornwall. Colour Monkeys is for children and is educational as well as creative. I can provide arty parties or 'Daft Craft' workshops for special events, birthdays, school fetes etc as well as providing a more traditional approach such as puppetry and exploration of creation myths and story telling-if required.

Cornwall College - Art and Design Qualifications

For a wide selection of arts and design qualification courses throughout Cornwall visit the at Cornwall College web site.

Cornwall College - recreational arts and crafts courses

For a wide selection of recreational arts and crafts courses throughout Cornwall visit the at Cornwall College web site.

Cornwall Crafty Stamper

Card making and Scrap booking workshops
I run Scrap booking and card making classes around Cornwall on a mobile basis and run regular monthly classes in St Austell on the first Thursday of the month for more information visit my site or contact me to book a workshop.

Diva Dance and Fitness

Street dance classes for 4yrs - teens.
Dance and fitness classes for adults and seniors

Flower preservation classes

  • Address: 64 Currian Road Nanpean, St Austell, Cornwall PL26 7YB (by appointment)
  • Telephone: 07799 160638
  • Email: fowlers@susan-jane.fsnet.co.uk
  • Contact: Sue Fowler

Private classes in St Austell on how to press, dry and preserve flowers. Bring along a friend or friends and make a coaster using real pressed flowers to keep or makes an ideal gift. Please ring Sue on to arrange. £10 per person for 2 hours. Minimum of 2 people required per session. Why not arrange for a group of your friends to get together and Sue can come to you (please check for areas served).

Gallery 2wo

Gallery2wo is a vibrant teaching venue, providing courses and workshops in fused glass and silver jewellery. The studio provides all equipment and expert tuition for both new and experienced glass and jewellery makers to develop and refine their skills.A variety of glass and jewellery courses and workshops are scheduled throughout the year.
The studio also offers Open Access sessions for experienced glassmakers and jewellers who wish to use the studio facilities.

Glazy Days

Paint your own pottery at our workshops throughout the year held in Trevone Village Hall, near Padstow.
Also available for parties at your own venue and take away pottery packs. Silver clay fingerprint charms also available and why not try a bath bombs and soaps party - for children or adults.

Golden Mill - art and craft courses

Art and craft courses
We offer workshops in a wide range of subjects including painting, illustration, jewellery, mosaic making, rag rug making, photography, textiles, trompe l'oeil etc., etc.
All courses are suitable for beginners and those with more experience and are taken by well respected artists or designer-makers.

Gweall Teag Ceramics

Gweall Teag Ceramics

Tuition is available at my studio in all aspects of craft pottery. Places are limited to 2 students per session at a fee of £30 each. All are welcome, from complete novices to more advanced students who wish to gain more experience in a particular discipline.
Please bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee provided.

International Schools Theatre Association (ISTA)

  • Address: Watchbell, Old Hill, Helston, Cornwall TR13 8HT
  • Telephone: 01326 560398
  • Email: sallyr@ista.co.uk
  • Web site: www.ista.co.uk
  • Contact: Sally Robertson

ISTA brings together young people, artists and teachers from different countries in particular settings to experience and learn about theatre, culture and each other. This results in exciting theatre and develops innovative practice at a range of international festivals and training events.

We became established last year in the office in Helston although we have been based in Cornwall for the last 8 years. As of this year we have made great strides to become more active in the county.
We ran a theatre festival for international students from around the world at the Eden Project last May and this event is to be repeated in May 2010.
We had three Cornish schools at this festival - Brannel, Wendron Church of England School, and Trannack CP School. We are working with SKILL on developing professional development work with teachers across the county.
We are working with Porthleven groups to host a Cornish ISTA festival in July 2009.
We are in the process of securing connections with Helston and Mullion secondary school for involvement at the Eden festival in May 2010.

John Knight guitar tuition

John Knight guitar tuition

John Knight is a highly experienced guitarist offering guitar tuition in the Helston/Coverack area, from complete beginners to advanced and all ages on a one to one basis.
Having played in London for many years, John started one of the very first Multi-track recording studios in Cornwall producing for some major record labels. He has been commissioned many times to write play and record music for BBC TV.
Lessons are relaxed and informal and cover most styles... Rock, Blues, Jazz etc. John often records bespoke backing tracks for students to practice to. Full details on the website.

Just Scrapbooking

Just Scrapbooking logo

Just Scrapbooking runs scrapbooking workshops and weekend breaks in Cornwall.
We pride ourselves in the informal, relaxed atmosphere of our events.
Whether you are a seasoned scrapbooker or new to the craft, we have the event to suit you.
Our aim is to provide exciting projects and challenges incorporating the most up-to-date trends in scrapbooking, and to bring originality to your work by tapping into the wealth of artistic talent here in Cornwall.

Kernow Music School

Music Tuition
Falmouth based music school, open to the public, all ages welcome, age 5 to senior citizens. Piano & Guitar speciality, all instruments considered.
Lessons £8 - £10 per hour in groups.
Very popular, call us soon!

Kidz R Us Theatre group

Kidz R us in St Ives
  • Address: Kidz R Us, St Ives Theatre, Lower Stennack, St. Ives, Cornwall TR26 1QG

The Kidz R Us Theatre group in St Ives was set up 15 years ago and began life as a one-off performance to raise money for the Save the Children Fund at the Guildhall in St Ives. Philip Barnett and Margaret Banfield from the local operatic society assembled a small group of brave kids to stage a single concert but it was such a success that the audience begged for more of the same and so Kidz R Us was born.

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Liz Gregory

I am a mixed media artist who uses natural materials like leaves , lichen and sand along with other materials to create sea and landscapes. I also paint in acrylic and chalk pastel. I also build sculptures from natural and recycled materials. I have recently been working in schools running after school art clubs under firstly the KEAP project and recently with the newly formed Family Services and NCAN.

Lockwood-Urban Dance and Theatre School

  • Address: St Johns Hall Studio, Alverton Street, Penzance, Cornwall TR18
  • Telephone: 01736 332111/740343
  • Email: chris@kyrst.fsnet.co.uk
  • Contact: Judith Lockwood-Urban

We offer dance and theatre classes from age 3 in Penzance, St Ives and Hayle. Classes offered include ballet, tap, modern jazz, lyrical, freestyle, hip hop, musical theatre and vocal coaching.

Martyn Jackson Music

Tuition in woodwinds, piano keyboard, music theory and composition. Woodwind servicing and repairs. Music technology, sound recording and production.

Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery

  • Address: Treesmill Farm, Tywardreath, Cornwall PL24 2TX
  • Telephone: 01726 817989
  • Email: info@mcsj.co.uk
  • Web site: www.mcsj.co.uk
  • Contact: Julia Rai

We offer the widest range of jewellery making training classes and courses of any independent jewellery school in the UK. We offer jewellery making training courses of varying lengths, from single days and weekends through to a couple of weeks. Whether you are a complete beginner or a seasoned pro', we have something for you. The jewellery school is based near St Austell in Cornwall, UK and all jewellery making classes run in our well equipped workshop.
This is also the home of the Diploma in Silver Metal Clay Proficiency, the first independent qualification for working with metal clay. And we've now introduced the Higher Metal Clay Diploma which incorporates Art Clay, Copper clay and Bronze clay.

Mimo Beads

Mimo runs workshops and craft events for adults and children. We are available for schools, community projects, partys or evening classes. Our workshops are a great way to try something new, have some fun and learn a new skill.
Workshops last 2 hours and cost 50 pounds for up to 10 people. We provide the equipment and an experienced professional in the field of activity chosen. For children's workshops staff are all CRB checked.
Workshops include Bead Jewellery Making, Felt Making, Paper Making, Mask Making and more.
Visit our website for more information on the activities available.

Paper Dolly

  • Address: Penryn, Cornwall TR10 8LN
  • Telephone: 07790 891472
  • Email: mandy.field@gmail.com
  • Contact: Mandy Millie Flockton

Bookbinding workshops
I am running Workshops in Falmouth area in bookbinding from beginners to more advanced techniques subject to demand. I am a bookbinder who teaches at colleges throughout Cornwall and I have developed an exclusive 'kitchen table' approach, no specialist tools or materials required to create beautiful professional bindings.
Please email me to register your interest and I will contact you with further details.

Printmaking and Book Arts

Printmaking and book arts workshops for adults and children

Printmaking and book arts workshops for adults and children at Krowji Studios in Redruth and schools and other venues throughout Cornwall.
Linocut, woodcut, non-toxic etching, screen printing,collagraph and carborundum, monotype.
Papermaking, marbling, paste painting, book binding for artists.
Eco Bags Workshops for events - fun workshops to customise fabric bags.

Roseland Mews Studio

Roseland Mews Studio offers practical courses covering all kinds of skills, techniques and materials; including design and research, traditional as well as a more modern approach to embroidery, fabric printing, painting, dying, distressing, experimentation with fabrics, metals, plastics and papers; patchwork, quilting and appliqué. Something for everyone - for the beginner to the experienced.We offer a quiet comfortable working area in a converted barn, near Liskeard.

Runway Art Classes

Evening Classes and Summer Schools in Life Drawing, Fashion Illustration and Landscape Abstraction. Camilla Dixon, artist, illustrator and tutor with 20 years teaching experience at degree level including Central St Martins, Glasgow School of Art and University College Falmouth. Modern experimental approach, range of media (pencil, ink, paint, collage) fast dynamic poses, stunning models and locations. All levels welcome, fun and rapid improvement guaranteed.

Sarah Gatter Mixed Media Arts and Ceramics

Mixed media arts and ceramics
Creative art workshops for adults of all abilities.
I am an experienced creative practitioner with specialist knowledge of working with mental health issues, learning disability or drug and alcohol addictions. Workshops can be bespoke to suit participants for group work or working in a one to one situation. Explorative, expressive and creative. Can include art history and theory. Confidentiality assured.

Scrapbook Magic

Scrapbook and card making supplies, classes and demonstrations. The shop is open Mon - Sat 10-4pm during the winter months and 9 - 5pm during the summer months. Classes are held during week days and weekends.

Stone Spirals

Stone carving

Learn how to carve stone
Come for a day's stone carving, with an experienced tutor, in a lovely location.
Take home your own carving.
Lunch, stone and equipment provided.

Studio 20E

Studio 20e is the studio of Simon Green Photography, in 2008 after outgrowing our original studio in Penzance town centre we moved to Long Rock industrial estate on the outskirts of Penzance. The services that we provide have changed very quickly and it seemed more appropriate to change the studio name to something that would encompass everything that we do.
We are a family business, a team that creates. We currently provide photography, design, video and multimedia presentation, print, advertising design, point of sales material, branding, merchandise, business and artist identity, websites, myspace profiles, training, advice, promotion, styling, support and much more.
We run photography courses and provide one on one training on photography, Photoshop, design, websites, modelling, makeup.
We work regularly with bands, musicians, fashion designers, other photographers, artists, chefs, restaurants, hair stylists, hotels and anyone else who comes our way.
We work closely with our clients providing an abundance of help and advice about pretty much anything, we like to help our clients to help themselves through, teaching, training and discussion. We have a large network of contacts that we can turn to or recommend for anything that we cannot do.
We support all our clients by spreading the word to everyone we meet. We work with people who create great products, services, music, art, food and we are always looking for new ways to promote all our clients or get them helping each other.
Our studio is available for hire and is regularly used by other creatives. We also provide in house hair and makeup for photoshoots.

Tamariska Enterprises Hedge Laying Courses

Mark Betson has many years experience in this trade and he will be able to guide you as you lay hedges together.
If you have your own tools, please bring them along or we can provide them for you.
The course costs £50 per person which includes lunch on both days.
Basic accommodation (breakfast/dinner) is available at an extra cost, or we can put you in touch with local B&B's. Please see our website or contact me for more details.

The Garden Room Studio

  • Address: 9 Chy Pons, St Austell, Cornwall PL25 5DH
  • Telephone: 01726 76505
  • Email: gardenroomstudio@aol.com
  • Contact: Gillian Morgan

Textiles, Embroidery and Teddy Bears.
I teach all kinds of embroidery and textile techniques. The groups in my studio are small, just four people, although if there is sufficient demand I can extend the numbers at a different venue. I have City and Guilds qualifications in Embroidery, Machine Embroidery, Decorative Machine Stitching and Textile Decoration, together with a teaching diploma. I also teach teddy bear making and bear design. List of current workshops available either by e-mail or on receipt of a stamped self-addressed envelope.

Threads Haberdashery and Workshops

Hidden away in Hayle, Cornwall. Threads is a creative sanctuary where people can meet, learn, relax and chat. This little oasis of textile heaven, not only holds craft and sewing workshops for people of all levels of skill, but stocks ribbons, fabric, buttons & much more. Come along and learn a new skill or re-visit a lost hobby. Check out our Threads Workshop page for a full list of our workshops.

Traditional Craft Workshops

Organisation holding traditional craft workshops, including, spinning, weaving, basketry, felting, knitting, crochet work and many more.
Based in Perranuthnoe, near Penzance, West Cornwall, courses are half day, morning or afternoon as well as all day.

Treave Pottery

Treave Pottery is situated in a range of two hundred year old granite barns only four miles away from the legendary Land's End in Cornwall. Two day pottery courses are available throughout the year. We also produce a wide range of top quality high fired stoneware pottery. Each piece is hand thrown and decorated using traditional techniques.

Tresithick Upholstery and Restoration

Traditional Upholstery Courses tutored by Master Upholsterer. 5-day courses, weekend workshops and evening classes suitable for all ages and levels from beginner upwards. We are an Approved Training Centre for the Association of Master Upholsterers and Soft Furnishers offering Accredited Craft Certificate Courses to Level 2 and 3.

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