Courses & Workshops

This popular Saturday morning group for 8-13 year olds provides fun and detailed exploration of both digital and stop motion animation.

This animation course, designed for autistic young people, with smaller class sizes, explores digital and stop motion animation.

Read and discuss some great works and discover that they are perfectly approachable and enjoyable by anyone who likes reading, regardless of their academic background.

Freefall is a youth arts group for young people aged between 13-16 years run by Exeter Phoenix. The group aims to create a space to socialize, share ideas and opinions and develop creative projects together. 

This workshop session will be a chance for those aged 16 – 25 to learn about the process and approaches of Curation and Exhibition from the perspectives of cinemas, festivals, museums and pop-up events.

In this 8 week course, we’ll explore the contemporary poetry scene in the UK, Ireland and America.

DOCLAB hosts monthly Development Lab, offering a safe space to talk about, workshop and develop your documentary film projects.

Now in its fifth iteration, the Writers Workshop has successfully helped many aspiring writers develop their writing skills in order to analyse their own work with a critical eye.

The Exeter Phoenix Camera Group is a monthly social meet-up for anyone keen on photography who has some experience, or may have been on the beginners course and would like to keep in contact with like minded enthusiasts.

Make time to work on your novel, memoir, short story, play or poetry in this warm and supportive space.

We’ll be analysing stories by Zadie Smith, Kevin Barry, Yiyun Li, Clare Keegan, and other twenty-first-century greats, and exploring how real-life material can enrich our writing.

This free event, hosted by Devon United Women, invites everyone to come together under the theme: Women Raising Voices for Change.

Learn how to bring your films to life with Adobe After Effects’ animation and visual effect tools.

In this workshop, Christina Deinsberger will lead physical exercises to explore a devising practice, connecting the individual body to the collective to create an image, explore a dynamic, or tell a little story. For actors, directors and theatre non-professionals – all experience levels are welcome.

Join Medical Herbalist, Yasmin Kerr, for an afternoon of exploration and hands-on medicine making.

Learn to edit, retouch and apply special effects to images in this two day introduction to Adobe Software, the professional image manipulation software.

Work from a model and using clay learn how to hand sculpt a hollow ceramic bust. During this 2-day course you will be taught the foundations of building a three-dimensional form, and explore anatomy, gesture, and expression to bring your sculpture to life.

A practical, hands-on workshop introducing participants to the culture, methods, and creative possibilities of both physical and digital zine-making.

Star in your own Superhero Movie in this hands-on filmmaking workshop!

Use stop motion animation techniques to design, plan and shoot a short film using your favourite Lego from home.

Join Agents Kahlo & Dali of the Company of International Artists on a top secret creative mission exploring Mexican art in this workshop for 6 – 11 year olds.