We are a charity that exists to educate and to advocate — for art, for craft, and for the people who practise them.
1. Who we are
The Art School’s mission today is to nurture talent by providing an immersive learning environment shaped by the unique overlap between art and contemporary craft. This is delivered through a number of specialist courses including undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Fine Art, Carving, Mosaics, and Conservation as well as a Foundation Diploma in Art & Design.
The Art School’s mission today is to nurture talent by providing an immersive learning environment shaped by the unique overlap between art and contemporary craft. This is delivered through a number of specialist courses including undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Fine Art, Carving, Mosaics, and Conservation as well as a Foundation Diploma in Art & Design.
2. Excellence in practice
The Art School sets out to educate artists, craftspeople and conservators who will go on to make a significant contribution in their fields, through the pursuit of excellence in traditional skills as well as through creative innovation and enterprise. Based in London, with its centuries of guild traditions and its living, evolving creative economy, the Art School draws on this distinctive setting to sharpen the dialogue between historic craft and contemporary practice — offering students a high level of contact time working with some of the country’s leading specialist practitioners.
The Art School sets out to educate artists, craftspeople and conservators who will go on to make a significant contribution in their fields, through the pursuit of excellence in traditional skills as well as through creative innovation and enterprise. Based in London, with its centuries of guild traditions and its living, evolving creative economy, the Art School draws on this distinctive setting to sharpen the dialogue between historic craft and contemporary practice — offering students a high level of contact time working with some of the country’s leading specialist practitioners.
3. Widening access
The Art School is committed to supporting the development of individuals from all backgrounds who have the potential to succeed in its subjects. Each year we award almost half a million pounds in bursaries, ensuring that talent, not means, determines who can train with us, and motivating students to be inquisitive and resourceful practitioners equipped to go on learning through practice for the rest of their lives.
The Art School is committed to supporting the development of individuals from all backgrounds who have the potential to succeed in its subjects. Each year we award almost half a million pounds in bursaries, ensuring that talent, not means, determines who can train with us, and motivating students to be inquisitive and resourceful practitioners equipped to go on learning through practice for the rest of their lives.
4. Reaching young people across London
Our commitment to access extends beyond our own students. We work with over 30 schools and youth clubs across London, introducing children and young people who might never otherwise encounter it to the possibilities of art and craft, and building pathways into our subjects from an early age.
Our commitment to access extends beyond our own students. We work with over 30 schools and youth clubs across London, introducing children and young people who might never otherwise encounter it to the possibilities of art and craft, and building pathways into our subjects from an early age.
5. A global reach
The Art School exists for the public good: to educate and to advocate for its subjects. That advocacy reaches beyond the UK — through our work with the Commonwealth Heritage Forum, we deliver global conservation workshops that share expertise in traditional skills and heritage practice with partners internationally, helping sustain craft knowledge across borders.
The Art School exists for the public good: to educate and to advocate for its subjects. That advocacy reaches beyond the UK — through our work with the Commonwealth Heritage Forum, we deliver global conservation workshops that share expertise in traditional skills and heritage practice with partners internationally, helping sustain craft knowledge across borders.
6. Championing our subjects
Convinced of the social value and necessity of its subjects, not only for the creative and heritage sectors but for society at large, the Art School champions the roles that art and craft play by engaging in national and international collaborations and through public-facing events.
Convinced of the social value and necessity of its subjects, not only for the creative and heritage sectors but for society at large, the Art School champions the roles that art and craft play by engaging in national and international collaborations and through public-facing events.
We are registered with the Office for Students , meaning we meet the OfS requirements for course quality, academic standards, student support, student protection, governance and more. For more information see the register on the Office For Students website.
The City & Guilds of London Art School a real art school.
124 Kennington Park Road, London SE11 4DJ, Charity Registration no. 1144708, Company no. 7817519