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Art and Design Workshops for Schools

Creative arts and performing arts

Looking for art workshops that bring creativity directly into your UK school for inspiring hands-on sessions?

Art workshops delivered in-school feature drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and mixed media projects, encouraging self-expression, technique development, and links to history or science topics while giving every child a chance to shine artistically.

The art themed workshops on this page are designed to allow your children to explore their creativity and self expression. These workshops often cover a wide range of topics including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, collage, graffiti, theatre, drama, dance, beatboxing, DJing and music, allowing children to explore different forms of artistic expression.

These workshops offer plenty of opportunity to get their hands messy with different media, or get energetic with movement. Topics may also include exploring famous artists and artistic movements, helping your budding artists to further their understanding of art history.

These hands on art workshops include activities that not only encourage them to work on their artistic flair, but also encourage them to think critically, to problem solve and to tell stories with their work. The workshop companies who run these courses will help make are fun, engaging and meaningful.

The value of these workshops to children extends beyond developing technical skills, they also help with confidence and self expression, allow them to think imaginatively and to express themselves confidently.

Find a workshop to visit your school to learn about following Art topics: Animation, Bookbinding, Comics, Craft, Design, Drawing, History of Art, Multimedia, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textiles, Urban Arts, and more.

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Arts, Crafts & Planet Friendly Projects
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We support teachers in delivering the art curriculum through exciting, hands-on workshops including recycling art projects, SFX makeup, graffiti, and more. Our creative sessions align with curriculum goals, helping students build skills, express themselves, and think sustainably.
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Urban Arts - Graffiti - Fashion - Beatboxing - Breakdancing - DJ
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Our workshops offer a dynamic and engaging way to meet key objectives within the Performing Arts curriculum. Sessions such as beatboxing, rap & lyric writing, and breakdancing encourage students to...
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Walker Art Gallery - Virtual Classroom
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Virtual Classroom: The Art of Wellbeing KS1 - Students will use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination. They will develop a wide range of art and...
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Anti-Bullying Workshops
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Performance and drama is at the core of everything that we do. Our approach uses forum theatre and role-play. So your students will be up on their feet taking part and learning new skills through...
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Fairytales
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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Black History KS1: Nelson Mandela & Rosa Parks
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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Maya Workshops
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Our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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Religious Festivals
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to ensure your chosen topic is as accessible and engaging as possible for your pupils.
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E-Safety Workshops online
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The online workshops includes character monologues performed by actors to bring learning to life for your students.
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World War 2
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Through out the day the children will be taken on a historical journey by the workshop leader who will be in dramatical character. There will also be times for the children themselves to get involved using drama as a medium.
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Alice through the looking Glass
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Our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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Great Explorers-Christopher Columbus and Amelia Earhart
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Our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor
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Florence Nightingale
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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Tudor Workshops
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Our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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Victorians
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All of our workshops are designed to support children's learning in Drama and Performing Arts. Through carefully planned activities and exercises, an Altru workshop allows children to expressively use their face, body and voice to develop their confidence, creativity and imagination!
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Powerful Plants
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All of our workshops are designed to support children's learning in Drama and Performing Arts. Through carefully planned activities and exercises, children expressively use their face, body and to...
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Mary Seacole-Black History Month
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Our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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Stone Age Thrive or Survive Specials - Starring your class, in your school
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Art is the expression of what the world means to us as individuals, communities and cultures. It is our story and an echo of our souls which resonates for ever onwards throughout history. So within...
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The Ancient Greeks
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All of our activities are designed to support children's learning in Drama and Performing Arts. Through carefully planned activities and exercises, children use their bodies and voices expressively, develop their imaginations and learn new theatrical vocabulary.
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The Romans in Britannia
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Through out the day the children will be taken on a historical journey by the workshop leader who will be in dramatical character. There will also be times for the children themselves to get involved using drama as a medium.
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Art Day Trips

Theatre Workout is a unique company, spanning the education, theatre, and travel industries, creating unique opportunities for schools to engage with creativity and culture first-hand. Their energy, passion, and expertise has won them many accolades, and exclusive partnerships with major shows,...

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Award-Winning Theatre Trips
Art Residential

Book your award-winning theatre trip with TheatreWorkout and get the whole package: travel, workshops, tickets, tours and more!

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