Experimenting through art

These can be booked as stand-alone days or as a package. Self-catered accommodation available for a creative retreat.

Tue 15 Oct - Paper-making to sculpture. During this taster day you will explore and play with different kinds of pulp, the essence of paper-making, to create form and structure using the myths and legends of Jersey as inspiration. With art tutor Jacque Rutter. Price £100.

Wed 16 Oct - Playful ink techniques. Over this day you will work with ink, pen and brush, play with textures and patterns, create line drawings and explore playful ink works with a focus on marble technique using acrylic inks and water droplet methods using sustainable inks. With art tutor Lisa Troy. Price £100.

Thu 17 Oct - Hand-printing and making sails. This course takes you on a creative journey exploring maritime and nautical influences. Discover your own print language by experimenting with a variety of print techniques. With art tutor Jacque Rutter. Price £100.

10% discount if you book all three days

Jersey art tutor: Jacque Rutter

Artists throughout history have used their sketchbook as a personal development tool - a place of reflection and experimentation allowing new ideas and mediums to be cultivated and explored.

This course will give you the basics of how to develop a fantastic sketchbook and enable your artistic practice to flourish. You will learn new techniques such as wax resist, tonal ranges, colour mixing and an analysis of your individual artwork language.

All art materials included, plus you take home your very own 50-page sketchbook. The day is £150 to attend, includes exquisite Binney & Boarder catering.

This course caters for beginners and experienced artists alike.

Saturday 19th October, 10am to 5pm

Jersey art tutor: Jacque Rutter

This two-day course looks at how the human body moves and forms shapes and contrasts, and explores a range of creative methods in which you can represent movement through art. Renowned local art tutor Jacque takes participants on a journey from basic line drawings through to three-dimensional sculptures. This course is for any level of experience.

Attendance of both days are recommended. All art materials are included, plus you take home your very own 50-page sketchbook. Each day is £120 to attend, bring your own lunch. A catered lunch is available upon demand, please enquire.

This course caters for beginners and experienced artists alike.

Available dates are:
Wednesday 11th December, 10am to 5pm
Thursday 12th December, 10am to 5pm

(For dancers and non-dancers alike, anyone with an interest in movement)
Belgian dance tutor: Pierre Bastin

Pierre Bastin invites dancers and non-dancers, young and old, to explore the link between memory and movement, specifically how people, dancers and performers can be connected by memories. The workshop will explore different ways of dancing together looking to our memories that have become physical through play, rhythm and space, the group will become symbiotic and learn from collective expression and movement styles. Anyone with an interest in movement is welcome at these workshops - the goal is to discover new dance horizons together. Above all, come with a curiosity and an openness for dance and for others.

Pierre concluded his formal studies in dance at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in 2020, the same year he co-founded the collective Sidewards, he has since worked with Jan Martens, Tuur Marinus and Rosas/Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker.

Tickets are £60 and include two half day workshop sessions and a solo performance of ‘After All’ (Pierre Bastin & Astrid De Haes) exploring our relationship with nature, performed by Pierre Bastin.

(Ages 14+)
Fri 13 December, (7:30pm) - Solo Performance, dur. 45 min
Sat 14 & Sun 15 December, 9:45am to 1pm - morning option
OR
Sat 14 & Sun 15 December, 1:45pm to 5pm - afternoon option

*timings are bus-friendly. We are the last stop on the #9 bus route

Looking for a fun, creative activity for friends or family?

Get in touch and we can put together a playful art experience - anything from a nature & clay wellbeing workshop to group printing to dabbling in watercolours over a glass of bubbly. Fun is foremost!

Costs from £40pp. Catered or non-catered options available. To enquire please email info@arts.je

A delightful mix of your favourite art tutors with a new range of expertise, skills and taster courses.

Information coming soon...

Jersey art tutor: Robert Allen

Robert will show you his process of working in the landscape to produce abstract paintings inspired by Jersey seascapes. You will start by working outside producing drawings and paintings of the surrounding beach, cliffs and sea off Greve de Lecq. You will gather visual ideas to turn into a canvas painting back in the studio at Greve de Lecq barracks.

The intention of the course is to help you find a style of art making that encompasses an understanding of artistic formal qualities, mixed with the freedom of visual experimentation that abstraction offers and an outcome that describes the sensation of the Jersey coastline.

All art materials included, plus you take home your very own 50-page sketchbook. Each day is £150 to attend, includes exquisite Binney & Boarder catering.

These Abstract Landscape one-day courses cater for beginners and experienced artists alike.

2025 dates to follow; please email info@arts.je to express interest.

Jersey art tutors Nicole Sheppard & Heather Barrett

Throughout the day Nicole and Heather will explore movement-based mark making focusing on everyday interactions with natural resources and surface textures, using the body as a vessel for this. Using seaweed, grasses and other natural resources taken from the natural landscape of Greve De Lecq, these materials will be used in an array of paper and clay based activities.

You will use sculptural forms as an extension of the body exploring gestural lines and intuitive movements. Working both as a group and an independent, you will immerse yourself in this experimental form of mark making.

2025 dates to follow; please email info@arts.je to express interest.

Dutch tutor Casper Strietman taught his oil practice including use of perception, composition, colour influence, vocal points and urban storylines.

Tutor Jacque Rutter explored use of colour, tonal contrast, gestural and dynamic mark-making, working with wet and dry materials and building up scale.

Using body, breath and music to connect to the process of drawing, and to respond to the expressive qualities of art materials such as charcoal and graphite.

Mita Corsini Bland is a New York based watercolorist. This week-long retreat gave insights and techniques on shape, colour, tone and composition.