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CPDs, Workshops, Previews
Our aim as a network, is to provide opportunities for our students and artist teachers. We thrive on networking and liaising with partners and informing teachers about up and coming exhibitions, previews and CPDs.
As artist teachers, we continually refresh and update our practice through experimenting with techniques, processes and exploring new ideas.
Maintaining an active art practice keeps us artist-teachers connected to the creative process.
Active practice allows us artist teachers to bring new techniques, ideas, and challenges into our art practice as well as the art classroom.
Exhibiting work, collaborating with peers, and participating in workshops and CPD expands professional networks and can open doors to opportunities for both artist teacher and their students
Current CPDs
Freelands Foundation
Freelands Foundation
CPD
Title: make
Date/time: Wednesday 10 June, 6.30-8.30pm
Location: Freelands Foundation, 12 Errol St, London, EC1Y 8LX
Copy: Make is a workshop series for primary and secondary school teachers and trainees to explore hands-on creative approaches in their classrooms. In this session, we will re-imagine the architecture of learning and teaching environments. Through drawing and installation-making, we will reflect on how bodies and materials shape space and meaning, and explore what happens when we invite students to do so too.
Teachers can book their places through Eventbrite. The link is also available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-tickets-1988903735613?aff=oddtdtcreator.
Freelands Foundation is a forum to explore the principles of teaching as artistic practice. Their ARTISTEACHER sessions is a regular discussion forum for art teachers and educators. Through the group, artist teachers explore the principles of teaching as artistic practice, share projects as well as working collaboratively to develop new ideas.
As part of the first year of an exciting project led by the Whitechapel Gallery alongside over 40 local partners, Backyard Biennial, the gallery is working in collaboration with London Parks and Gardens on a project to explore local communities' connections with Mile End Park.
Artist Clare Qualmann will be leading a series of free CPD after-school workshops for teachers and educators based in East London.
This will be a very welcoming and inclusive series of workshops for anyone involved in education with an interest in spending time creatively exploring this urban green space. The project will be documented for a publication that will hopefully become useful resource for educators to support creative outdoor learning.
DATES: Mon 15 June, Mon 22 June, Mon 29 June 4.30-6.30pm - See attachment below
Places are limited. To express your interest or to ask any questions please contact Kirsty Lowry,
Curator: Schools & Teachers, Whitechapel Gallery, kirstylowry@whitechapelgallery.org
Teachers' Twilight: Anish Kapoor
Teachers' Twilight: Anish Kapoor
Tue 23 Jun 2026, 4.30pm
Primary, Secondary and SEND teachers are invited to explore the exhibition, enjoy drinks and find out how to make the most of the exhibition with your classes.
Tickets Free - https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/teachers-twilight-anish-kapoor/
View more time and price information
Each free ticket to our Teachers’ Twilight events includes:
A drinks reception in the Dan Graham Waterloo Sunset Pavilion at the Hayward Gallery.
An introduction to the exhibition by a member of the curatorial team.
An evening viewing of Anish Kapoor
An overview of how to arrange a visit for your school group and a summary of our school and community programmes.
The Southbank Centre schools team are on hand to answer questions throughout the event.
Explore information before you visit the the Anish Kapoor exhibition. Venture into a world of mystery through the artist’s awe-inspiring works at our major exhibition, featuring sculptures and paintings that provoke the senses.
Explore information before you visit the the Anish Kapoor exhibition. Venture into a world of mystery through the artist’s awe-inspiring works at our major exhibition, featuring sculptures and paintings that provoke the senses.
Amazing events and funded CPD for educators in Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney & Waltham Forest with BBC, LCF, Sadler's Wells, UCL and V&A. Skills development in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) and careers awareness.
Textiles workshop + East Ed Summer Conference Invitation
Calling all East London Educators - opportunities from East Ed and UAL LCF
East Ed Summer Conference 2026.
Join us on Wednesday, 24 June 2026 13.00-19.00
for talks, discussions, and workshops that explore the theme of enrichment, inclusion, and opportunity in East London.
Who for
Who for
Educators of all phases and SLT based in Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, and Waltham Forest.
The event will bring together educators, school leaders, cultural partners, and East Bank institutions for an afternoon of ideas, networking, and inspiration, and is hosted across three East Bank venues this year, including the newly opened V&A East Museum.
What to expect
-inspiring keynotes and presentations
-sharing practice and tools through workshops
-sharing research case studies
-round table discussions
-networking with snacks and drinks
-Find out about the 2026-2027 East Ed programme and opportunities for schools
Programme Highlights include
Keynote by DJ Target, a pivotal British DJ, radio broadcaster, and producer from Bow, East London, best known as a founding member of the grime collective Roll Deep and a prominent voice on BBC Radio 1Xtra
Tamisn Ace, Director of the East Bank
the TATE
A New Direction
Art Bytes
Case studies from local schools
Presentation from school leaders, educators and young people
ABBA Voyage
East Bank partners
Class Labs
Places are very limited, so please book your spot now.
If you would like to spend the whole day at the East Bank on 24 June, London College of Fashion is running a session from 9.30-12.30, which you can attend before joining the conference.
The theme is Botanical Colour: a Textiles workshop for teachers/educators, exploring the colours and plants around East Bank that can be used as dye stuff.
An introduction to extracting colour from natural matter; plants, fruits and vegetables. Participants will explore the colours and plants around East Bank that can be used as dye stuff. Create two to three physical dye baths to create painting inks. Work alongside the textiles team as they develop their new dye gardens across the balconies and get inspiration for your own school/college/community setting.
Find out more about the morning workshop. Teachers Textiles workshop, Wednesday 24 June - 930 to 1230 pm - primary to FE - sign up here.
As mentioned above the Textiles workshop is followed by the East Ed Teachers Conference, Wednesday 24 June - primary to FE - 1pm onwards - sign up here.
Other opportunities at UAL see below.
Student styling and photography workshop, Wednesday 10 June, bring a group of secondary or FE students to explore our Resonant Matter exhibition.
Resonant Matter explores the spaces and scenes where music, fashion and community come together. Told through archival storytelling and immersive installations, the exhibition traces a path from pirate radio and street protests to sound‑system culture and club nights, revealing the many ways music and fashion influence one another when people come together in shared spaces
Email Hannah to book: h.riley@fashion.arts.ac.uk
Insights Summer Schools applications are now open
Insights Summer Schools applications are now open
UAL Insights summer schools - Year 12 students kicking off across UAL Colleges from Monday 29 June running until mid July.
Student apply page here.
If you would like to organise information/visit for your students, please email Jacoob: j.kimmie@arts.ac.uk
LCF Summer Show - bring a group of students to see our exhibition between 13 - 18 July - email Michele Muchanan directly to organise - enjoy the Olympic Park and see student work from across our degree shows including costume, footwear, photography, textiles and more!
Michele Buchanan she/her
Senior Outreach Manager
London College of Fashion
University of the Arts London
E: m.buchanan@fashion.arts.ac.uk
Free - CPD Thresholds: cultivating curiosity in the classroom at Cubitt Artists
Thresholds: cultivating curiosity in the classroom at Cubitt Artists, Islington (5 minutes from Angel station)
Thursday 2 July, 4:30–6pm
Doors open from 4pm to slow down and arrive
Free to attend | Refreshments provided
The session focuses on practical approaches to cultivating curiosity and meaningful engagement in the art classroom, to inform curriculum development.
What happens when entering the art classroom becomes an opportunity to cultivate joy and curiosity? In this gathering, artist Jasmin Bhanji and Joeanna Omotesho introduce Thresholds: a creative practice developed through Liberating the Curriculum, a collaboration between Cubitt Artists and Arts and Media School Islington. Using sensory and material interventions — from projections and sound to glitter curtains and changing light — Thresholds reimagines the classroom entrance as a space for encounter, reflection, and conversation.
Through practical activities and discussion, participants will explore how small shifts in environment can open up new forms of engagement and support curriculum development shaped by young people’s responses. Teachers will leave with adaptable ideas and fresh approaches for their own settings.
https://www.cubittartists.org.uk/Event/thresholds-cultivating-curiosity-in-the-classroom
For more info or any questions contact:
Lydia Ashman
Schools and Young People’s Programme
Email: lydia@cubittartists.org.uk
CPDs that took place Nov 2025-Jan 2026
Artist teachers in Tower Hamlets were treated to a wonderful CPD session hosted by Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the artist Joy Gregory. Joy’s work was being exhibited at the gallery as part of a retrospective showcasing her extensive photographic practice.
Meeting on a Saturday in the gallery’s studio, artist teachers had the privilege of meeting Joy and taking part in a personal tour, during which she explained the inspiration behind her work, drawing on personal, social and political themes. The range of work on display was extensive, encompassing salt prints, cyanotypes, textiles, installation and film.
The practical workshop introduced participants to the process of creating a ‘photo batik’ print, using Nivea cream as a resist on photographic paper before drawing into it. The imagery was then revealed through developing the paper using chemicals similar to traditional photographic printing methods. The session was full of experimentation, with participants exploring different ways of applying and manipulating the cream, resulting in lots of playful and creative outcomes.
We were incredibly lucky to meet Joy, who truly embodied her name and made the day a joyous and inspiring experience for everyone involved.
THAT Network would like to extend their sincere thanks and appreciation to Joy for her generosity in sharing her time, work and expertise, and to Kirsty, who so warmly hosted and facilitated the session at Whitechapel Art Gallery.
THAT Network would like to extend their personal thanks and gratitude to:
Kirsty of Whitechapel Art Gallery and
Joy Gregory
for their time and effort put into arranging such a fun, creative and insightful session.
About Joy Gregory
Joy is a graduate of Manchester Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. She has developed a practice which is concerned with social and political issues with particular reference to history and cultural differences in contemporary society.
As a photographer she makes full use of the media from video, digital and analogue photography to Victorian print processes. In 2002, Gregory received the NESTA Fellowship, which enabled her the time and the freedom to research for a major piece around language endangerment. The first of this series was the video piece Gomera, which premiered at the Sydney Biennale in May 2010.
She is the recipient of numerous awards and has exhibited all over the world showing in many festivals and biennales. Her work included in many collections including the UK Arts Council Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia, and Yale British Art Collection. She currently lives and works in London.
Discover the current exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery, join workshops and get involved in creative projects and artist residencies at your school.
Contact
Contact
E: education@whitechapelgallery.org
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UCL Slade school of Art
3 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) sessions for art teachers at the Slade School of Fine Art. Sessions are led by Slade artists and provided opportunities to experiment with a range of materials to develop teacher art practice, as well as explore innovative ideas for teaching.
The sessions focus on themes such as the value of art education, contemporary art teaching, and the role of ‘play’ in art making. Play is essential for fostering the confidence to experiment in art, inspiring independent thinking—key skills both for personal artistic development and for creating compelling art school portfolios.
Session 1: Returning to sight with artist tutor Roman Sheppard Dawson,
Camera phone tasks
Activity 1
-use the video mode and zoom in
-put you phone up yo your eye and cover the lens with your hand
-press record
-take walk and find some interesting-
-Take your hand away from the lens and stand there for 10-30secs approx
-Cover the lens with your hand and take a walk & find something else interesting
-then take your hand away again and stand for 19-30secs filming again
-then cover the lens and repeat another 4 times so you have 6 moments after the last moment stop filming
Activity 1 - Activity
Warm up
-Using eyes to notice something- walk about and then notice something and observe it – try 5 different ones at
separate intervals
-then do again collectively & point - maybe there are several groups pointing-
Activity 2 - Activity 2
-Create a continuous line film - select a line to start
-Start filming use the camera to follow the line - zoom in, zoom out, move about the film should be between 3.5-4 mins long
Intro Camera Obscurer
-Camera obscurer history & looking at artists that used the camera or are suspected of using the camera obscurer
-Holbein
-Jeff wall
-Vermeer
-1882 first recorded example of pinhole camera image
-Kodak brownie camera - The Kodak Brownie was a famous range of cheap cameras launched in 1900. It made photography popular because, for the first time, ordinary people could afford it. Originally costing just one dollar (about five shillings in the UK at the time), these simple box cameras allowed anyone to take photos easily without needing to be an expert.
Activity 3 - Demo
-make a pinhole camera with a lens
-camera obscurer – use a large cardboard box - lens (order from science section)
-make two square holes one larger and one slightly smaller
-add tracing paper to the large hole using masking tape on the outside- then black parcel tape on top of box
-add a overhead projector magnifier sheet
-could expose an image normally with photo paper
Activity 3
-make a personal pinhole camera with a lens
-using a net template and black card cut out the two sections – fold at the right sections and secure using pritt stick
and black tape
-add a hole for the lens
-add a lens to the box secure with tape and then close the lens lid and seal with tape
-add tracing paper to one side of the rectangular tube – fix with tape
-push the rectangular tube into the back of the box
-cut out the f numbers strip and attach – this can be used to explore images
-set up a still life and use lighting
-use the camera to expore images
-use your mobile phone to take photos of your pin hole images
UCL Slade school of Art
Session 2 - March 2026 - How do we draw time in a fixed image? How do we render movement & time?
Activity 1 Warm up
1- find a line in the room and draw a continuous line 3-5 mins
Activity 2
2- Draw the figure walking across the room
3- draw the the figure moving across the space but then return to start position and repeat 4-5 times
4- Draw the figure moving across the space, then stopping for 2-3 mins then continue moving
5- using 2x tracing paper folded so 4 sections- draw the movement of the head as a long line
6- using more tracing paper start to redraw and overlap images - you could include collage tissue - gels
Activity 3
7- using images and a light box create a collage moving
image using either still images animated on the phone or use
an animation App or another App to create a moving image
inspired by time and movement
UCL Slade school of Art
Session 3 - OBSERVING/DRAWING
Using a mobile phone,
camera drawing exercises are created
Other useful CPD links/opportunities
National Portrait Gallery
Schools hub is the Gallery's new free online learning resource hub designed to support Art & Design and History through portraiture. It features more than 150 newly commissioned learning resources and videos, as well as details of our learning sessions for schools.
Watch the video below to find out more.
https://www.npg.org.uk/learning/
https://www.npg.org.uk/schools-hub/
Royal Academy
Teachers and schools
Teachers and schools
Visit our exhibitions with a school group, use our learning resources in the classroom or learn about our professional development programme for primary school teachers.
Warmly welcome teachers to the RA, to experience and engage with our Collection and exhibitions, explore their own creativity and connect and share ideas with other teachers.
Upcoming activities including private views of our exhibitions and creative workshops will be listed below. We particularly welcome state school teachers to attend. To stay up to date on event releases, please join the mailing list.
The Photographers' Gallery
Alongside pre-booked school visits that offer self-led visits to our exhibitions, we also hold free events for teachers and trainee teachers to come together to share professional practice.
Teachers’ Sessions and TeachMeets take place every season:
Teachers' Sessions currently focus on two themes – diversifying the curriculum and the environment. They aim to introduce photography practitioners and new approaches into the classroom.
TeachMeets are focused on the ideas and experiences of teachers. They include informal presentations and networking related to teacher-proposed themes. TeachMeets aim to share ideas, create dialogue and widen understanding of working with photography within the school environment.
We are always looking to programme new events with and for teachers. If you are interested in leading a session or would like to suggest a theme for the future, please email projects@tpg.org.uk
Teaching and learning resources
Teaching and learning resources
Explore our teaching resources, creative activities and in-depth broadcasts suitable for young people of all ages and backgrounds, whether you prefer to look, listen or create.
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/page/families-teachers-resources
Teacher Twilights
Teacher Twilights
These sessions offer teachers the opportunity to meet members of the Hayward Gallery curatorial team, gain deeper knowledge and insight into the exhibited artist, find out more about our programmes, and visit the exhibition free of charge.
Teachers have attended a range of previews, workshops and CPDs over the years.
Whitechapel Gallery - previews, workshops, CPD
Bow Arts - previews, workshops, CPD
Slade School of Art - workshops, CPD and previews
Chisenhale Gallery - previews
RA - previews, exhibition visits
Raven Row - previews
Hayward Gallery - previews, exhibition visits, CPD
Autograph - previews and exhibition visits
Auto Italia - previews and exhibitions
Peer - Previews and exhibitions
Tate - exhibition visits
Royal Drawing School - previews
Kings Foundation - previews
National Portrait Gallery - Workshops, previews, exhibition visits, CPD
National Gallery - exhibitions
V&A - Workshops, previews and exhibition visits
Courtauld - exhibition visits
Somerset House - exhibition visits
Barbican - workshops - CPD
Photographers Gallery - CPD and exhibition visits
White Cube - exhibition visits
Barbican - exhibition visits
October Gallery - exhibition visits
Gagcosian - exhibition visits
Stephen Friedman Gallery - previews and exhibition visits
Flowers Gallery - previews and exhibition visits
Victoria Miro - exhibition visits
Saatchi Gallery - previews and exhibition visits
London Metropolitan University - School of Art, Architecture and Design - workshops, previews, CPD
University of the Arts London - London College of Communication - Camberwell - Central Saint Martins - London College of Fashion - workshops, previews, CPD
Additional Info:
If you have an idea for a workshop or want to share CPD information email us @ thatnetworklondon@gmail.com
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