WELCOME
TO THE ART ACADEMY
Welcome to the Art Academy! We are a small, independent art school founded in 2000, offering a unique approach to fine art education in the very heart of Central London. We offer a range of art education programmes for all ages and for all skill levels.
Whether you are looking to become a working artist or you just want to develop your skills in your spare time, we can offer the finest quality art tuition to suit your needs and to support your artistic development.
If you choose to study on a long course with us, we’ll provide you with some of the highest contact hours with expert tutors on offer in the UK. We’ll help you learn technical skills, explore your creative expression and develop your critical insight so that you can find your own voice and visual language.
We’re a warm energetic community of artists, offering a supportive environment where we’ll nurture you while constantly challenging and stretching you to become the best artist you can be.
Rob Pepper
Principal
OUR MISSION
To enable every student to realise his or her vision by developing their individual skills and creative insight – this is how we deliver our mission.
OUR PRINCIPLES
The Art Academy believes in:
- creating an environment where our students can experiment, research and learn from the best academic, artistic and philosophical practitioners so we can develop visionary artists who will be the creative thinkers of the future.
- developing creative skills , both traditional and contemporary, to support a student’s freedom of expression.
- encouraging students to understand and consider the conception and skills that have gone into the creation of all art work in any medium, both traditional and contemporary.
- training every student to develop a critical and spontaneous creative process which allows them to be true to their creative vision.
- helping students to understand the art market and the world of the professional artist to enable them to make informed choices within their creative practice.
- providing a supportive, vibrant and eclectic artistic community where creativity can be nurtured.