APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR 2024/25
Visit the National Saturday Club website to sign up for this year’s club.
All applications are welcome, and priority will be given to applicants who reside or study in Southwark or Lambeth.
ABOUT
The National Saturday Club gives 13–16-year-olds across the country the opportunity to study subjects they love at their local university, college or cultural institution, for free.
The Art School’s Club is part of the National Saturday Club’s Craft&Making programme, and will run from November 2024 until May 2025. At our Club, you will have the rare opportunity to use traditional skills to make a series of hand-crafted artworks with a contemporary twist.
This short film shows you how young people have benefitted from taking part in Saturday Clubs around the UK.
WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER AT OUR CRAFT&MAKING SATURDAY CLUB
We have 2 cohorts: 2D and 3D Heritage Craft Skills and Making.
The 2D stream develops members’ 2D skills through heritage crafts and processes, and applying drawing and painting skills in new ways. Members will work in the print room as well as the Art School Drawing Studio, working across a diverse range of media; from gold, to making their own paper.
The 3D stream enables members to explore a range of processes and materials, from carving in stone and wood, to working in glass. Members will work in the Drawing Studio and around the Art School, working with a wide range of tools to develop their sculptural skills.
2D Heritage Craft skills and making
Gilding (Verre Eglomise)
Book Binding
Marbling
Print Making
2D glasswork
Trips to trade workshops
Guest workshops from QEST scholars
3D Heritage Craft skills and making
Sculptural self portrait
Wood Carving
Stone Carving
3D glasswork
Trips to trade workshops
Guest workshops from QEST scholars
Each club will run for 20 weeks and be on site at the Art School. Students will be taught by a range of our Art School tutors who are also practicing artists, and supported each week by current Art School students. This is a chance to learn new skills, make new friends and be part of a national network of young creatives through the Saturday Club Trust.
YOUR TUTORS
Running two clubs this year means we have even more of our talented Art School Tutors and students delivering workshops in a range of materials and processes, from gold to glass. Participants will be able to attend trips with The National Saturday Club as well as with the Art School, visiting artists’ studios and professional spaces.
See below the tutors confirmed for our 2024- 2025 cohort.
2D Heritage Craft skills and making
Philippa Beveridge: Glass ( in 2D)
Henry Brown: Gilding and Verre Eglomise
Kristina Chan: Etching
3D Heritage Craft skills and making
Tom Buchanan: Woodcarving
Mark Frith: Stone Carving
Jo Grogan: Woodcarving
Anne Petters: Glass
2024/25 CLUB DATES
The Club is held every Saturday, 10:00-13:00, during term time at the Art School.
Term 1: Saturday 16 November – Saturday 14 December
Term 2: Saturday 11 January – Saturday 22 March
Term 3: Saturday 26 April – Saturday 7 June
GET IN TOUCH
If you have any questions about our Saturday Club and the skills you’ll learn, please get in touch with a member of our team:
Hope Turnbull, Widening Participation Coordinator
Camilla Robinson, Director of Widening Participation
We’re looking forward to welcoming you at the Art School!
We are most grateful to those donors whose generous support has made this project possible: City & Guilds Foundation, Fishmongers’ Company
