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Above painting by HSoA Patron
Frank Bowling OBE RA
HSoA Virtual provides opportunities to continue to develop your talent and art-making skills, in your own home. Enjoy a live studio class experience with tuition and personal feedback while connecting with friends and sharing experiences.
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Full-Time Courses
Start or progress your journey to a career in Fine Art or Applied Art with our studio-based full-time courses including Guided Studio Practice, Fine Art Advanced Course and Fine Art Level 3 Foundation.
LATEST EXHIBITION
Advanced & Foundation Course Graduation Exhibition
16 Jun - 9 Jul, 2021
Fine Art Foundation
For students who wish to increase their commitment to exploring new territories in Fine Art, study full-time on our Foundation course. This is a one year experimental learning course leading to our own certificate, independently moderated to meet national standards.
Evening Classes
Book now for Spring Term 2021
Now more than ever people are turning to creativity as way to relax and switch off. If you're in need of an escape at the end of long day in the work or home office, our weekly studio-based evening classes give you the headspace and the studio space to learn new skills and develop your work over a 12 week term.
Our Artist-Patrons
As the school celebrated its 70th Anniversary year, British abstract painters Frank Bowling RA OBE and Alan Gouk became our first artist patrons since Henry Moore in 1947. In 2019, sculptor Francisco Gazitua joined us and we are now delighted to welcome Sumatra-born artist Dolorosa Sinaga.
'The Mineral Series' by Alan Gouk
During lockdown HSoA Artist-Patron Alan Gouk turned palettes into a series of improvisations on rhythmic movement, concentrated pressure of colour shapes, and formal clarity. ‘The Minerals Series’ alludes to the fact that the mineral origins of most pigments are, so far, the most advanced.