Callington School of Art

26/08/2024

After 18 years providing art courses Tessa and I are retiring. So, we are selling Lower House, our home and school, which could be an opportunity for any artist wishing to embark on a new way of life.
Also, this week we are opening as part of then Drawn to the Valley Open Studios. Please come and see Tessa's exhibition. She is also selling various pieces of equipment. we are open from 11am to 4 pm
until Sunday 1 September.
Details of Lower House to be found at

5 bedroom (all en-suite) period terraced property | Currently utilised as art school and guest house | Beautiful adjoining coach house conversion into teachi...

03/03/2023

We are a residential art school set in the Tamar Valley in Cornwall

07/10/2022

We have now posted our course dates for 2023. These are to be found on our website www.callingtonartschool.com
If you are thinking of joining us next year then do get in touch early to make sure you get on the course you want. As always we do have a few spare weeks of bespoke courses for groups either family, friends or art groups.

07/10/2022

Delighted to say that Tessa, or at least, two of her works, have been hung at the Royal West of England 169th open exhibition in Bristol. The exhibition is open until January 2023.

14/10/2021

Pleased to say that my painting ‘I must wear the yellow stockings’ has been selected for the South West Academy Open exhibition 2021.
I’m particularly pleased as it’s one of my favourite works telling a fascinating story from the private life of JMW Turner. The title is a reference perhaps to Malvolio in Twelfth Night or maybe to the yellow Turner used in his work that didn’t go down well with the public.

04/04/2021

It is clear that artists, along with everyone else are keen to get back out there (wherever that is) to do what they do best. For us this means a lot of enquiries recently for residential art courses which means we are virtually full for this year. For safety we have reduced our maximum number from six to four guests on any one course. Let's hope we might open as planned at the end of May.
If you want to come on one of our courses (and we hope you will), you can ask us about this year but soon we will be looking at dates for 2022 and will post them on our website.

24/07/2020

It has been quiet for many weeks and we have missed having the house full of artists enjoying the Cornish experience and the fun of painting with others in our splendid studio.
Now, however, we are reopening and it is clear that you want to come as we are receiving a steady flow of enquiries and bookings for the remainder of this year and for courses in 2021.
It's good to be back.

10/04/2020

Just to let you know we are very keen to keep our small art school viable in these difficult times but we want to reassure you that we will still be here when things return to normal. In the meantime, I am sure you will be using your lock down time to be creative!

You will no doubt be trying to fit this in in-between trying to sort out your family photographs, sort your wardrobe or delve into the dark under stairs cupboard! Would it be of help, with your artistic pursuits if I offered you some on line tuition? Some of you will know that when I start a course I ask everyone to bring something with them for discussion, either that they thought they did quite well or that they had real trouble with. I am happy to do this now at no cost to those booked on to one of our courses. There are different ways it could be done, eg. you could email me work in progress for advice and we could discuss by email or by telephone, Skype or use some similar platform.

If you’re interested drop me a line and we’ll see what works best.

We don’t know yet which courses we can run but are working on some extra dates towards the autumn and winter. For those who don’t mind using the location time for just a photographic walk, the winter light is wonderful in Cornwall).

I hope that helps and that you all are keeping safe wherever you are.

07/11/2019

Our course dates for 2020 are now posted on the Callington School of Art website, www.callingtonartschool.com so, if you are interested in coming to join one of our art holidays you can now start planning your visit and be certain of getting on the course you want. In addition to the dates shown we can also offer bespoke courses for art groups and special rates will apply. Please call us for further advice.
If you want to give a special present we are happy to provide you with a personalised gift voucher. Just call us to talk about your requirements.

We are a residential art school set in the Tamar Valley in Cornwall

05/10/2019

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17/05/2019

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