We are the original and leading provider of art classes and workshops for children and young people in Sussex
We are Artroom Brighton, the leading provider of extra-curricular art classes for children and young people in the South East, since 2008. We have welcomed over 13,000 children between 6 and 16 through our studio and firmly believe that every pupil who enters our door can exceed their artistic expectations. We aim to bring young artists together through our unique and inspirational courses and workshops, which operate after school, in the evenings and throughout the school holidays. Whether you are the parent of a prodigal 6-year-old or a teenager requiring a little inspiration with their GCSE or A-Level coursework, the next Damian Hirst needing guidance with their scholarship portfolio, or your child loves art, Artroom will have a dynamic course for your child to attend. If you want to know more, send us a quick message.
Best art club out there! Seb is exceptional and always has fab teachers. I have had my 3 daughters doing Artrooms and all have loved it! Brilliant classes & fab atmosphere 🙂
Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler visits students at Artroom Brighton
The concept of these holiday club art classes is brilliant, envious i didn’t come up with the idea myself!! Based on that and the work that the kids bring home it’s a fabulous place with wonderful teachers. Thank you for filling the children’s minds with the joy of art and all that it entails
Quick links to popular classes
Term-time courses
We offer term-time courses from after-school years 1-6, art project classes for 6/7-11, and drawing for GCSE and A-Level.
Holiday workshops
Our holiday workshops have been running since 2008, welcoming over 12,000 children and young people. All workshops take place in our Hove studio and are taught by our founder Seb, unless otherwise stated.
Classes for adults
Our adult classes take place on Wednesday nights between 7.45 pm and 9.15 pm and follow a similar ‘project’ system to our teenage classes. No experience is necessary. Meet like-minded enthusiasts and take home some great pieces of art!
What do we do?
Since our launch in November 2008, more than 11,000 different children who attend over 100 separate schools have created beautiful pieces of art in our studio. We believe it is of fundamental importance that our students are given the opportunity to meet working artists, so we organise regular visits from notable practitioners. Such events play a vital role in the development of a child’s lifelong passion for art. We’ve had guest speakers including the legendary Ralph Steadman, Roger Dean, Street Artist Charlie Edwards – AKA ‘Pure Evil’, author and illustrator Chris Riddell, Gruffalo creator Axel Scheffler, and the ‘boy who bit Picasso’ – Anthony Penrose. Gilbert and George have sponsored us and the world’s greatest publishers of art books, Thames & Hudson, have described our pupil’s paintings as ‘Amazing’. Banksy – yes – BANKSY – was ‘blown away’ by our pupil’s work and Ai Weiwei retweets us. How is that for inspirational.
How do we do it?
Artroom Brighton employs teaching strategies and techniques that have been successfully developed and implemented in the public and private sector of education and teachers hold P.G.C.E.s. We work closely with a wide range of schools and have forged strong relationships with both Headteachers and Art Directors alike.
Teachers will frequently inform us that they are aware of the children who attend Artroom by the standard of their work, their knowledge of art and confidence with materials. We will guide and nurture every pupil who enrols on a course and enable them to achieve artistic results that they never thought possible. That’s why pupils remain on our courses, year after year.
Why Artroom?
You won’t find another art class where children will be creating an “Among Us” Miro mashup one day and a Fauvist-style portrait the next. You won’t find another art class where pupils use real gold leaf, acrylic paints, coffee, vintage magazines, rust, Indian inks, bleach, gouache and Victorian photographs. You won’t find another art class that employs the artistic systems of some of the most cutting-edge artists working today. We’ll frequently source an artist on Instagram or Twitter, work in their style, send them the pupil’s work and get almost instant feedback. It’s hugely rewarding for students. Our evening class has helped many young people gain scholarships to leading independent schools, and for pupils who stay with us until Year 11 – their efforts are frequently rewarded on results day with the coveted A*. All of our teaching is carefully structured to create a sense of confidence early in a project – with children of all abilities. This confidence propels the pupil into an artistic space they never felt possible. You’ll never hear them say, ‘I can’t do it’ or ‘I’m rubbish at art’ ever again. That’s a promise. We’ve been featured in The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph and our younger pupils were filmed making art as part of Ant and Dec’s ‘Text Santa’ appeal.
Artroom Studios on YouTube
Artroom now has a YouTube channel so that people can participate in one of our classes at any time, wherever they are. We are aiming to add a new YouTube class weekly and topics so far include ‘How to Draw Mr Bean’ mashup and ‘How to draw Baby Yoda on a Llamacorn’. Our YouTube classes are slightly wacky and fun and we encourage you to visit our channel and subscribe.
Over 70,000 people, globally, have already watched our ‘How to Draw The Gruffalo’ Class, as shown here.
What is our vision?
We truly and firmly believe that art has the power to transform the lives of young people – we’ve seen it happen many, many times. In a climate where art’s demotion from a core subject in every child’s education to a smattering of token options that children dip in and out of, it’s no wonder that more and more parents are choosing to send their children to our classes. Unlock YOUR child’s creative potential and book them in for a course at our studio.
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