CAST’s Saturday art sessions for eleven- to sixteen-year-olds are structured around engagement with a wide range of artists, many of whom have studios at or close links with CAST.
Led by artist and learning specialist Kate Turner, Saturday Art Club members meet in a studio at CAST each week to work with artists, learn new skills, develop a wide range of projects, and explore their creativity. Due to growing demand for places the Saturday Art Club now has two groups, one meeting in the mornings from 10.30am to 1pm to and the other meeting in the afternoons from 2pm to 4.30pm.
All sessions are free with materials provided.
To join the Saturday Club or find out more please contact [email protected].
The Saturday Art Club began in May 2021 with a pilot programme of six art sessions, thanks to support from the Garcia Family Foundation. These initial sessions ran from May to July and proved so successful that a second pilot was run in September and October 2021. By November 2021, funding from Arts Council England was secured to allow the program to continue through the summer of 2022. In 2023 and 2024, the programme was also supported by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.